KKYN'OLDS 



WHAT BIRDS FEED ON IN WINTER 



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Many times have I watched a jolly party of crows, those Robin- 

 hood like birds, and observed their clamorous joy at a banquet 

 up a persimmon tree. 



The jays love them, also, but a jay likes to come alone, and take 

 fruit as if he was stealing it; that is his idea of enjoying it. It 

 may be, that his bright colors, like those of the red bird, make 

 him restless, as they are better marks for a gun than the other 

 darker birds. The gum is the last one to be noticed, and the best 

 of all, its rich red leaves, and hundreds of blue berries make it 

 most attractive. How all the birds love it, more than any other 

 berry. The robins will come miles and miles to revel in it. The 

 flickers — log cock is another name for our most beautifully marked 

 woodpecker; nuthatches, all the birds will come, feast, sing, and 

 play in its branches, while a berry remains to be eaten of the delight- 

 ful repast. So they gather their food, for has not the Lord said, 

 ''Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they 

 reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth 

 them." 



Rivals for Chickadee favors 



Photo by Arthur A. A\ 



