How to Attract the Birds 



birds about. Bluebirds, which readily accept invita- 

 tions to nest in boxes placed on poles and trees, de- 

 stroy immense numbers of insects taken from the 

 trees, ground, and air. In the Georgia orchard re- 

 ferred to, titmice, chickadees, and nuthatches are at- 

 tracted by raw peanuts placed in the trees and scat- 



junior partners : young house-wrens almost ready to earn their own living 



tered over the ground. Once these favorite nuts 

 were discovered, this family of birds likewise joined 

 the firm which, with the addition of the owner of the 

 estate, now consists of purple martins, barn swallows, 

 chimney-swifts, bluebirds and wrens. Of course they 

 have numerous assistants that come and go, but these 

 are the recognized partners, both full-fledged and 

 juniors, with homes on the place. And all draw 



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