A Bird Sanctuary in a Small Residential Garden 



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Among the fruit trees has been put another Bluebird house of the circular 

 type, placed on an 8-foot galvanized iron pole. This house was visited by 

 Bluebirds last year and again this season. At the base of the pole we have 

 planted dwarf red pine and some bittersweet vine. 



Just at the south border of the garden has been placed a nesting-supply 

 station, with very happy results for many birds. This also can be used in 

 winter for a suet-supply station as well as a grain-feeding station. 



The rear of the garden is bounded in part by a trellis which is covered with 

 bittersweet vine. In among this vine are placed two wall suet-cone feeding- 

 stations, two Robin shelter nest-shelves and one Wren house. In this Wren 



NESTING-SUPPLY STATION AT CLOSE RANGE 



A little to the center and behind can be seen the Rockaway bird-bath and Martin-house pole 



house a pair of Wrens built this spring but after completing the work they 

 deserted the nest and built in a Wren house in a birch tree across the street. 

 Here they successfully reared a brood. These sprightly little songsters have 

 been a source of great pleasure to us all and as I write I can hear their song 

 of 'five notes all in one,' as Burroughs puts it. 



In the far northeast corner of the garden we erected a Purple Martin house 

 this spring. This house has fifteen apartments and is placed on a pole 30 feet 

 long. At the base of this pole was built a Rockaway bird-bath 4 feet high and 

 4 feet across the top. This bath contains three basins of cement varying in 

 depth from 2 inches to a half inch. This has been a rendezvous for many 

 birds in which to make their toilet. The Song Sparrows seem to enjoy it most, 

 and this just at dusk each evening. How happy they seem in their bath, well 

 protected from cats and shaded by the fruit trees, vines, and the sumac tree 

 which grows very near! 



Just at the south of this bath we placed a swing feeding-station which 

 serves its purpose very well. All in all, this corner of the garden, bounded by 



