How to Invite Bird Neighbours 



Poke-weed berries 



Photograph by Brownell 



large increase in the number of song birds wherever 

 protective laws, reinforced by Audubon Societies 

 and public sentiment, have operated for even a few 

 years. Sparrows drive no birds from England. 



ATTRACTIVE TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES 



Protection and home being assured, the food 

 supply becomes a burning question by June when, 

 in well-regulated bird homes, there are little, gaping, 

 clamouring mouths thrust above the nest every few 

 minutes throughout the long day. In planting our 

 gardens and lawns, why not remember the needs of 

 the birds, if we really wish them about ? 



That birds love trees, large old ones and plenty of 

 them, groves of mixed species, rather than a single 



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