CHAPTER XXII 



HOW TO MAKE AND HANG NEST BOXES 



KNOWING the difficulty birds that nest 

 in hollow trees have in finding nesting 

 places, one realizes that unless they are 

 helped in some way they will be forced to leave 

 altogether. Fortunately, with very little 

 trouble, nest boxes sufficiently like their natu- 

 ral nesting places can be supplied to them. 

 Every year it is more and more impressed 

 upon us that this is the only way to keep these 

 birds with us. Great pleasure and profit will be 

 derived from this means of inducing the birds 

 to come near us and make our gardens and 

 orchards and fields take the place of the woods 

 and swamps of long ago. 



In order to make nest boxes with success one 

 must study the natural homes of the birds and 

 the surroundings they most desire. To induce 

 the birds to inspect the nest boxes these should 

 appear as much as possible like their natural 

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