She still gives them a little, but administers a friendly shove off too.

They all pick up feathers or grass, and hop from side to side of their mates, as if saying, "Come, let us play at making little houses." The wagtail has shaken her young quite off, and has a new nest.
She warbles prettily, very much like a canary, and is extremely active in catching flies, but eats crumbs of bread-and-milk too.

Sun-birds visit the pomegranate flowers and eat insects therein too, as well as nectar.

The young whydah birds crouch closely together at night for heat.

They look like a woolly ball on a branch.