BIRDS IN THE GARDEN 



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or ground, at least. If you are so fortunate as to have a pair of 

 phoebes nest on your house, you will be well repaid for the trouble of 

 putting up the little shelf and be sure that it is some dark color, 

 brownish or grayish, or you will have your trouble for nothing. 



To make the birds perfectly at home we must provide a bird bath 

 or drinking basin. For this purpose any low bowl can be used in which 

 the water is not too deep, for it would appear that some birds fear 

 too deep water. If the bowl is deep, fill in with clean pebbles or 

 cement, or very attractive baths may be procured from some of the 

 seed and florist firms. These pedestals and bowls furnish an excel- 

 lent ornament to the garden as well. 



A suggestion for making the bath more attractive is to plant an 

 umbrella-plant in a small pot and place it at the side. A small quantity 

 of Colomba and Parrot's Feather (Myriophyllum) might also be in- 

 cluded and so placed that the pot will be entirely hidden. 



I have divided the birds into four distinctive groups, as follows: 



No.l. SUET GROUP: 



Chickadee 



Tufted titmouse 



White-breasted nuthatch 



Red-breasted nuthatch 



Downy woodpecker 



Hairy woodpecker 



Red-bellied woodpecker 



Flicker 



Blue jay 



Oregon jay 



Whisky jack 



Grow 



Glarks crow 



Brown creeper 



Myrtle warbler 



Rose-breasted grosbeak 



Hermit thrush 



Winter wren 



House wren 



Starling 



Screech owl 

 No.2. SEED GROUP: 



Junco 



Tree sparrow Song sparrow 



White-throated sparrow 



White crowned sparrow 



Foxsparrow. Cardinal goldfinch 



Redpoll. Snow bunting 



Evening grosbeak 



Pine-grosbeak Purple finch 



Gray-crowned rosy^finch 



Other finches and sparrows 



These birds also eat 

 Sunflower seed 

 Squash seed 

 Meat 

 Fat pork 

 Crumbs 

 Dog biscuit 

 Walnuts 

 Butternuts 

 Unroasted peanuts 

 Other oily nuts 



A few of these birds will also 

 eat "cracked corn and oats. 



These birds also eat almost any 

 kind of small seeds or cracked grains 

 such as bird seed, millet, etc., 

 crumbs, bread, crackers, dog biscuit, 

 etc. 



A few of this group will also eat a 

 little suet, or will pick at a bone 

 with a little meat or fat adhering, 

 but their normal food is vegetable. 



