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Figure 156. — Plan for Bird House. 



definite plan for bird study is suggested in the Ap- 

 pendix. There are many facts which we should know 

 about each bird which are more important than knowing 

 its name. 



One of the best times to study birds is in the winter by 

 means of feeding stations (Figures 154, 155). If you have 

 trees near your home, especially if you live on the edge of a 



city or in a country 

 town, it is a simple 

 matter to get birds to 

 come to you. It will 

 take a little time for the 

 birds to learn that you 

 are friendly. The first 

 ones to come will be 

 house sparrows and their 

 noisy chatter helps to 

 attract other birds. 



Each feeding station 

 may have one kind of 

 food, as suet, seeds, bread 

 crumbs, or whole grain. 

 Some of the birds will 

 visit all of the feeding places, but in general birds are 

 either seed-eating or suet-eating. 



At a suet station one may expect to see the following : 

 Screech owl, woodpecker, blue jay, crow, tree sparrow, 

 junco, rosebreasted grosbeak, myrtle warbler, brown 

 creeper, nuthatch, chickadee. At a hemp and millet seed 

 station: Pine grosbeak, red poll, goldfinch, pine siskin, 

 vesper sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated 

 sparrow, song sparrow, junco, nuthatch, chickadee, purple 

 finch. At a bread crumb station : Blue jay, crow, tree 

 sparrow, brown creeper. At a station where whole grain 



Figure 157. — Plan for Bird House. 



