ENCOURAGLXG THE PRESENCE OF BIRDS. 



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are many native shrubs 

 the same time attractive 

 mer food is a good site 

 places birds that care 

 attracted. 



It is well known that 

 lar kind of tree for th 

 breed in maples oflener 

 so does the warbling v 



and trees that are decorative and at 

 to birds. More important than sum- 

 for a nest, and by providing nesting- 

 little or nothinf^ for fruit will be 



certain ])irds usually select a particu- 

 eir nests. For histance, goldfinches 

 than in all other trees put together; 

 ireo. Baltimore orioles prefer elms. 



A RETREAT FOR WINTER BIR 



Brown thrashers select tliorny shrubs. Many birds are not 

 particular so long as they have a good cover. 



Between food and nest habits, he who would plant trees 

 can select such varieties as to fill his grounds with beauty and 

 song. Let him set a few maples. Vireos will peer and sing 

 in them all sunmier long, and very often leave their ixMident 

 nests as a reminder of summer days, when tlie branclu^s are 

 bare and cold winds go moaning through tliem. Goldiinches 

 are sure to come in August. Robins and cedar-birds fre- 

 quently reside there, and when I he pine-liiich comes down 



