38 ] How to Understand the Birds 



a board that fits into the window frame where your feeding tray 

 ns placed. When you wish to take pictures you can raise the window, 

 insert the board barrier, and direct your camera through the hole. 

 Birds will partake of your food offering without the least alarm 

 as they let themselves be photographed. 



Feeding trays, moreover, have their uses beyond country or 

 suburb. A businessman in Topeka, Kansas, who decided to put 

 a tray of sunflower seeds at his office window sill, reported that 

 the following day it was visited by a chickadee, a downy wood- 

 pecker, a junco, and a brown creeper. 



One other excellent type of feeding station is a covered plat- 

 form attached to a post. The covering keeps the food dry and the 

 elevation protects the birds while they are eating. There are many 

 other efficient types of bird feeders that you can buy or make and 

 place on porch, window sill, or around the yard. 



WHAT BIRDS FEED ON 



Insect-eating birds, such as chickadees and woodpeckers, 

 welcome suet when their usual food is not available. Seed-eating 

 birds are not greatly tempted by fat, but they thrive on stale 





THE GROUSE-SPORTSMAN'S FAVORITE 



These handsome game birds are great favorites with hunters. Grouse are hardy 

 creatures, accustomed to living through the rigors of severe winter. When 

 their usual insect diet is not available, they get by on twigs and buds. 



