BIRD HELPERS IN THE GARDEN 



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Add Birds to the Garden Exhibit 



The birds which help us keep the garden clean of insects should 

 have some recognition in the exhibits of the produce of the garden. 

 A piece of cardboard i8 inches wide and 2 feet long should be given 

 to each bird obser\^ed nesting near the garden. The following plan 

 shows how such a card may be arranged to show the bird and give 

 an account of its habits together with the way it has helped in the 

 garden. 



Through the courtesy of the publishers, Mr. Louis Fuertes' out- 

 lines of eight birds common in the garden have been included with 

 this article. They are printed upon water color paper, so that 

 they may be colored by the pupils and used in your garden exhibit. 



COLORED PICTURE 

 OF THE BIRD 



OUR GARDEN HELPER 



This (Bird) assisted us in making our garden successful. 



It built its nest in . 



The nest was built of . 



It reared its young birds by feeding them a great number of 

 insects each day, and many of these insects were injuring the plants 

 in our garden. The names of these insects are {give a list of insects 

 which the bird is knaimi to feed upon, as found in books or better still 

 as obserced by the pupils.) 



This bird comes to us to build its nest and rear its brood in the 



month of , and leaves us in the month of , 



spending its winter in . 



It does not build its nest or sing its songs in {the place where it 

 winters). 



Its song is {description of song). 



We think {give pupils' ideas about this bird.) 



