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The Delightful Hobby of Bird Watching 



wren was seen feeding her three babies 1 1 1 spiders and insects 

 within four hours! Chipping sparrows brought their three young- 

 sters thirty-seven grasshoppers in an hour and a half. Most amazing 

 of all, a baby robin, just ready to leave its nest, was able to eat 

 the equivalent of fourteen feet of earthworms in a day! 



Fortunately, you can supply substitutes for natural foods if a 

 young bird suddenly becomes your responsibility. Sparrows, rob- 

 ins, bluebirds, waxwings, and many others, will flourish on a 

 well-balanced diet of meal worms, hard-boiled egg yolk fully grated, 

 bread with milk, and berries. 



Remember, before rashly adopting a bird "orphan," that young 

 ones sometimes become separated temporarily from their family 

 and cry loudly trying to attract their parents' attention. If you 

 find one of these lost youngsters on the ground, you do best to 

 place the bird gently on the branch of a tree rather than take it 

 home. If the hour is late, your wisest course may be to take the 

 baby home and wait until early next morning to return it to the 

 place where you found it. 



THE RAVEN-FRIEND OR FOE? 



These blackbirds, immortalized by Edgar Allan Poe in his famous poem, are twice 

 as big as crows. They are very intelligent and can be trained to talk and to 

 perform simple stunts. But out in the fields, ravens are a nuisance and their 

 raids are very costly to farmers. Their notes are loud and coarse. 



