BIRDS @ 
Bluebird 
The gentle bluebird, true harbinger of Spring, re~ 
turns to his summer home so early in the season that of- 
ten the only palatable food to 
be relied uponisthe dried and 
shrunken fruit that still clings to 
the bifer-sweet, juniper and su- 
mac. The garden in which these 
attractive shrubs are planted 
is sure to harbor bluebirds 
ta) aga ad Alpes ata 
8 perchance, there are mulberries, 
mountain ash trees, red cedars, choke 
cherries, bush cranberries, Virginia creeper, 
dogwoods, elderberries, hackberries, June- 
berries, partridgeberries, smilax, pokeberries 
and holly growing there too, the bluebirds 
will know where to find food for them- 
selves and their young all summer. 
Brown Thrasher 
The lively and varied song of the brown thrasher 
endears him to all who know his vocal powers. He is, 
however, naturally rather shy and timid and can best be 
induced. to take up his abode near the garden, if hemp- 
seed, oats and wheat are scattered ina quiet corner in 
the early spring. A few tangled brush heaps and thick, 
thorny shrubbery in a sheltered spot may induce him 
to spend the summer, and will aftract thrushes, yellow- 
breasted chats, wrens and other birds as well. 
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