trafton] students TO TEACH ABOUT BIRDS 93 



GRAMMAR GRADES 

 Spring 



GRADE 7 



Bird friends of the garden and orchard. 



a. Special study of these birds, such as catbird, chickadee, 

 cuckoo, kingbird, nuthatch, phoebe, brown thrasher, 

 wood thrush, cedar waxwing, woodpeckers, grosbeak, 

 robin, wren, bluebird, Baltimore oriole, 



b. Attracting bird friends to the yard and garden. 



GRADE 8 



Bird friends of our trees and forests. 



a. Special study of birds of the woods, such as warblers, 

 vireos, woodpeckers, thrushes, flycatchers. 



b. Economic value of birds; work of Bureau of Biological 

 Survey. 



c. State and national laws protecting birds. 



d. Government reservations for birds. 



Last spring the children contributed sufficient money to buy a 

 martin house, a bluebird house, and a wren house, which were put 

 on the school grounds. The martin house was so delayed in ship- 

 ment that it was too late for it to be occupied when it finally 

 arrived. The bluebird and wren house were both occupied by 

 wrens. 



This fall there was erected on the school grounds a feeding house 

 similar in construction to the one used by Baron von Berlepsch 

 in Germany, but more rustic in appearance and without the glass 

 sides. The different grades of children in the intermediate and 

 grammar departments take turns in keeping this supplied with 

 food. 



The kindergarten and primary departments have charge of a 

 feeding car, which runs on a wire extending from a window of the 

 building to a neighboring tree. 



Plans are being made to construct a bird fountain upon the 

 school grounds. 



State Normal School, Mankato, Minn. 



