SANCTUARY 283 



from eight to twelve feet high, on trees near clear- 

 ings, apple trees, even on houses and barns. 

 Chickadees prefer swampy woodland, five or six 

 feet up. Nuthatches choose dense wood at the 

 edge of clearings, probably fifteen feet high. 

 Every bird has his own ideas, and, if you want to 

 content the birds in 'Bull's Sanctuary,' you must 

 see to it that every different species of bird shall 

 be able to find not only what he wants to eat, not 

 only an opportunity for a drink and a bath, but 

 also a place to make a home. 



"Of course, Shan," the Feather Man continued, 

 *'I'm telling you all this for your big sanctuary 

 plan, but if you should ever leave here and go to 

 live in a city, or a small town, you can do just the 

 same. No matter where you go, in any part of 

 this country, birds need food, birds need water 

 and birds need nests. Anywhere that a boy hap- 

 pens to live, he can be a patron of the birds. 



*'A boy who plants shrubs, vines or trees which 

 give food to the birds, who builds a safe bird-bath, 

 or who makes a proper bird box and fastens it in 

 a proper place in the proper way, is like one of the 

 patriarchs in olden times, who dug a well in the 

 desert. The boy's name may not be handed down 

 from generation to generation by the birds, for 



