BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



If they are more numerous in this district than 

 in other parts they must have decreased uni- 

 versally, and it is quite time this was given 

 serious consideration. Bluebird houses have 

 been placed in many gardens by bird en- 

 thusiasts, but something more should be done 

 on the farms for such useful and beautiful 

 birds. 



As the Bluebirds are naturally shy they will 

 seek nesting places first in the country. But 

 though we have vast stretches of farm land, a 

 safe and suitable nesting place has not been so 

 easy to find within the last few years, when 

 clumps of trees and bits of swamp and bush 

 have been disappearing so rapidly. Time was 

 when there was scarcely a farm without a few 

 acres of some sort of bush and swamp, and 

 rotten cedar stumps or hollow trees could be 

 found almost anywhere. Moreover there were 

 rail fences then, a great boon to birds that nest 

 in a hole, for they are sure to find a hollow rail 

 somewhere, and the long grass or bushes in the 

 fence corners made excellent cover for the 

 young. 



Now it is not only the bush and swamp that 

 has gone, but picturesque rail fences are also 

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