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Bird -Lore 



Recently a very pleasing and efficient device has been used at some few 

 places. With an inch-and-a-half collapsible auger, a hole is bored for a 

 couple of inches into a dead tree or stump, and into this the suet is jammed 

 flush with the bark. In this way, if there are no projections, no Crow can 

 get a crop full, and no squirrel can run off with the whole piece, every one 

 gets a bit and no one gets none. There is also an economy not found with the 

 other methods. Far better for the photographer — as can be seen from the 

 pictures — the bird is in his natural pose, feels much more at home, and is 

 confined to a smaller area (thus insuring his being in focus), besides, the 

 picture does not suffer from an artistic point of view. 



This device can easily be adapted to any environment or limitation. For 

 instance, a suet-hole may be bored into a stub of an orchard tree. If one is 

 desired near the house, the hole can be bored in a section of dead wood or 

 limb, and erected in the yard. If a natural background is wanted at the 

 window, a slab with the bark still on may be fitted to the side of the window- 

 frame, and the hole bored in the slab wherever most convenient. Thus, what- 

 ever the situation, one can always procure a natural and attractive bird pic- 

 ture, and do away with the artificial and 'civilized' appearance of a wild- 

 bird picture. 



YOUNG LUUN AFLOAT ON A LILY PAD 

 Photographed by S. S. S. Stansell, Manly, Alberta 



