290 FARM FRIENDS AND FARM FOES 



OBSERVATIONS FOR PUPILS 

 BIRDS IN APPLE ORCHARDS 



1 . Make a list of the birds you have seen searching the bark of the 

 trunk and larger branches of apple trees. 



2. What birds occur on apple trees in winter? 



3. What birds have the habit of snapping up insects in the air? 



4. Make a list of all the different birds that you can find in apple 

 orchards. 



B 



1. Write a little story with this title : The Birds in Our Orchard. 

 Simply tell what you have seen. 



2. Read as many of these references as you have access to : 



Birds in their Relation to Man, pages 1-8, 68-80, 304-315. Useful Birds and 

 their Protection, pages 149-154. How Birds Affect the Orchard, Yearbook Reprint 

 197. Does it Pay the Farmer to Protect the Birds ? Yearbook Reprint 443. The 

 Relations between Birds and Insects, Yearbook Reprint 486. 



