BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



By the latter part of March these resident 

 birds in most places are seldom seen. They 

 have gone off to search out hollow trees where 

 they can nest. Suitable nest boxes would keep 

 them with us and increase their numbers. But 

 Woodpecker and Chickadee nest very early, so 

 their nest boxes should be up the fall before. 

 A piece of suet hung near a nest box will at- 

 tract them to it. It is possible that the birds 

 may use these boxes to sleep in during the 

 winter as they do the hollow trees, and in that 

 case they are almost certain to remain and nest. 

 Chickadees usually prefer a hole in a soft birch 

 stub, so a house made for them of a decaying 

 birch log is one most likely to find favor. 



In the early spring the Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch never fails to come to the orchard 

 trees. At this season it is a very bright 

 little bird, its reddish brown under parts 

 giving a touch of warm coloring to the 

 leafless branches. Late in the summer, 

 when the leaves are out and we do not need its 

 brightness so much, its red colouring fades and 

 it becomes more like its White-breasted cousin. 

 But though it has the same short tail and the 

 same long beak, it is so much smaller that it 

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