BIRDS & 
White-crowned Sparrow 
This beautiful bird brings a bit of the northern 
forest into the garden when he stops to rest there for 
a few days in spring and fall. He will prolong his visit 
wherever he is provided with a generous supply of 
elderberries. 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
Tiniest of birds and dainty as 
the flowers from which they feed, 
are the hummers. They love the 
sweets in red and orange col- 
ored flowers and are always 
to be found near the haunts 
of the jewelweed, cardinal 
flower, bush honey~suckle, 
wild bergamot and trumpet~ 
vine. They are also fond of 
the nectar of salvias, cannas, 
nasturtiums, gladiolas, colum- 
bine, fuchsias and tiger lillies. 
Cedar Waxwing 
Shy, reticent cedar birds are lured near human hab- 
itations by choke cherries and mulberries. For days be- 
fore the fruit is ripe, flocks of these crested birds may be 
seen in the trees anxiously watching for the first tinge of 
red on the green berries. Barberries, wild cherries, wild 
grapes, elderberries, hackberries, and Juneberries, poke- 
berries and the fruit of buckthorn, red cedar, dogwood, 
juniper and mountain ash also aftract them. 
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