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trough at the window-sill. November 22nd I also moved the 

 moving trough in a few inches. In a short time a brown creeper 

 and several more blue jays came to feed. 



I continued to move my moving trough from one to two feet 

 each day, until on December 23d my trough was at the window, 

 where the same birds continued to come. 



When birds become accustomed to feed at the window sill, there 

 is a possibility of having them become so tame that they will eat 

 from your hand. Birds must not be approached too quickly, 

 or they may become frightened. If the bird observer is quiet 

 and very patient the birds will soon feed from his hand. Some 

 people, perhaps, would be tempted to hold a tame bird by force, 

 but by so doing the bird would probably be frightened away for 

 good. 



December 24th, while watching a number of chickadees feed, I 

 held out my hand with some ground walnuts, hoping that some 

 chickadee might see the food and eat from my hand. I had not 

 long to wait, for several chickadees saw the food and ate. The 

 next day was a joyous Christmas, for almost all the chickadees 

 that came to feed ate out of my hand. The chickadees from 

 that time on seemed very tame and would frequently eat from 

 my hand. 



The person trying to feed the birds rmist not be discouraged if 

 they do not feed in mild weather. It is the hard winter weather 

 that compels the birds to take food supplied by man. 



My success did not begin until after the heavy snowstorm on 

 January 17th and 18th. On the 19th, about a dozen chickadees, 

 several brown creepers and downy woodpeckers came to feed at my 

 moving trough, which I let out to the tree on several days after 

 the storm. A flock of about fifteen juncos also came to feed upon 

 crumbs on the .ground. 



A few days after the snowstorm a new visitor, a hermit thrush, 

 came to feed on the crumbs with the juncos. This rare bird was 

 gladly welcomed. I put up another feeding trough about three 

 feet from the ground on a cedar tree not far away. Here before 

 long the hungry thrush became accustomed to eat suet. 



February 6th, the juncos and hermit thrush came to feed at the 

 moving trough, the thrush eating suet, and the juncos sun- 

 flower seeds. 



February 10th, all birds that had so far fed, came to the window 



