THE BLUEBIRDS 



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Chickadees and flickers take to the home- 

 made box and, sometimes the little screech 

 owl occupies one of the man-made residences. 



He makes a worthy tenant, for as a mouser, 

 he is superior to the house cat. 



Kobin Bed Breast is another easily at- 

 tracted native bird. Last year I put up a 

 robin shelf, similar to the ones shown in the 

 following drawings, and inside of fifteen min- 

 utes Mr. and Mrs. Kobin had hired the apart- 

 ment for the season and were soon busily en- 

 gaged in weaving the nest within fifteen feet of 

 where we were observing them. 



THE BLUEBIRDS. 



The eastern bluebird is a common inhabit- 

 ant of all States east of the Rocky Mountains 

 from the Gulf of Mexico to Southern Canada. 



In the Mississippi Valley it winters as far 



Fig. 2. Blue Bird Entering Box. 



north as Southern Illinois, and in the East as 

 far as Pennsylvania. It is one of the earliest 

 northern migrants and everywhere is hailed as 

 a harbinger of spring. 



