92 NATURE STUDY REVIEW [10:3— Mar., 1914 



INTERMEDIATE GRADES 

 Winter 



GRADE 5 



Our winter bird friends. 



a. Study of common winter birds, such as chickadee, 



nuthatch, woodpecker, blue jay, snowflake. 

 h. What they do for us. 

 c. What we can do for them in the winter. 



Spring 



GRADE 4 



a. Calendar. 



h. Special study of birds of the dooryard and shade trees 

 of Mankato, such as English sparrow, robin, bluebird, 

 chipping sparrow, Baltimore oriole, yellow warbler. 



c. Building nesting houses for the wren. 



GRADE 5 



a. Special study of birds of the air, such as rough- winged 

 swallow, bank swallow, purple martin, chimney swift, 

 bam swallow, night hawk. 



h. Building nesting houses for the bluebird and wren. 



c. Nests of birds. 



GRADE 6 



a. Study of birds of the slough, such as red- winged black- 

 bird, kingfisher, bobolink, marsh wren, and of birds of 

 meadows and fields, such as homed lark, bob white, gold- 

 finch, song sparrow, meadow lark, vesper sparrow, field 

 sparrow, flicker, cowbird, indigo bunting. 



h. Bird songs. 



c. Drinking fountains for the birds. 



d. Bird enemies and bird protection; Audubon Societies; 

 state and federal laws. 



