50 ] The Delightful Hobby of Bird Watching 



on feeding? Do they hunt worms or look for seeds for their food? 

 You can proceed from these questions to others that will come 

 to you naturally enough as you read what this book has to say 

 about birds. All you need is a start. Your child's rich imagination 

 will carry you the rest of the way. 



How TO GET THE MOST OUT OF BIRD WALKS 



Once boys and girls have become interested in watching 

 birds at home, they are usually eager to go farther afield. Then you 

 will enjoy your trip a lot more if you are forearmed with some 

 general knowledge: What birds may be found where? 



For example: In orchards and gardens you are likely to find 

 bluebirds, mockingbirds, screech owls, downy woodpeckers, chicka- 



fHE BRILLIANT SCARLET TANAGER 



With his striking red body and black wings and tail, the male tanager is one 

 of the most brilliant birds of North America. The female, olive-colored, is not 

 nearly so pretty, but she's the one that gathers twigs and weeds to build the 

 nest in an oak or orchard tree. Here she lays three or four bluish-white eggs. 



dees. In open meadows, look for bobolinks and crows; in damp 

 meadows, red-winged blackbirds. Along rivers and by lakes and 

 ponds you may find kingfishers, swallows, and phoebes. At woods' 



