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Bird - Lore 



phasis should always be given to the value and interest of watching a nest 

 through all the activities until the young take wing. This will help to curb 

 the impulse which some boys have for making a collection of birds' eggs, for 

 they will soon learn how much more interesting is the life about the nest than 

 the fragile egg-shell in the collection, no matter how beautiful it may be. If 

 the children become interested in the birds' eggs, refer to the July-August 

 1920, Bird-Lore for suggestions. 



Whatever else you do, be sure to maintain a feeding-station for birds on 

 the school-grounds and encourage the children to feed the birds at their homes. 

 This will not interfere with anything else you may wish to do and it will bring 



A BALTIMORE ORIOLE BUILDING ITS NEST (Upper, right-hand). 

 The old nest can be seen in the lower, left-hand corner 



the birds to the windows for close observation. Some of the boys will be inter- 

 ested in building a feeding-shelter somewhere along the edge of the woods and 

 when the birds are coming in numbers to this feeding-place, take the whole 

 class for a field-trip to study winter birds and visit this feeding-station during 

 the walk. The winter birds are always concentrated about good feeding- 

 spots, and, unless one knows where these are, he may walk long distances 

 without seeing a bird. The winter is a good time to begin bird-study, however, 

 because the birds are relatively so few in number that they are not confusing. 

 Furthermore, the majority are quite tame and will allow a close approach, 



