BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



black and white Woodpecker, the long-beaked 

 Nuthatch and the short-beaked Chickadee do 

 now? The wind blew as it sometimes blows on 

 the Georgian Bay. If forced to go to the woods 

 they might not come back to the orchard. In 

 a sheltered nook behind the hedge we hung a 

 piece of suet. The first to come was the Wood- 

 pecker. His little feathers blew back and forth 

 as he bored out his dinner. Then came the 

 Nuthatch. The suet was freezing hard now 

 and he had to hammer away before he could get 

 a bite. He was rewarded at last, for he broke 

 off such a big piece that he flew away with it 

 to some spot where he could do proper justice 

 to it. The Chickadees came next and pecked 

 and pounded. They seemed to be satisfied with 

 smaller pieces. Sometimes they made a good 

 meal out of the crumbs the other birds dropped. 

 The suet was moved gradually nearer and 

 nearer the house, until it was just outside the 

 window. Although it was kept there always it 

 did not stop the work the birds were doing. 

 They were among the trees whenever possible. 

 But the fact that when hungry a bit of food 

 was always waiting for them kept them in the 

 orchard. And so all winter long they worked 

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