WINTER CARE OF BIRDS 



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The window shelf shown on Plate 20, Fig. 

 1, is convenient and can be easily watched 

 and tended. Fig. 2 shows a feeding stick. 

 Melted suet is poured into the holes and al- 

 lowed to cool and the birds eat from the out- 

 side. 



The cocoanut larder is inexpensive and 

 easily set up. One end of a cocoanut is broken 

 in as shown and the birds have access to the 

 meat. Fig. 4 is one type of rustic feeder which 

 has proven popular. 



The following birds have been attracted 

 about local feeders: Chickadees, Fig. 3, nut- 

 hatches, woodpeckers, j uncos, and even the 

 wary jay, Fig. 13. Figure 14 shows a simple 

 form of feeding shelf with sides of glass. A 

 hairy woodpecker can be seen just below the 

 upper box. 



Corn, suet, scraps of meat, crumbs from 

 the table, pieces of doughnut, nuts, sunflower 

 seed, frozen milk and many other food ma- 

 terials may be utilized, if one wishes to ex- 

 periment. 



These methods of attracting and domesti 

 eating the birds will be found full of interest, 

 and in some cases our efforts will be rewarded 

 by having some little feathered ball jump fear- 

 lessly on our fingers for a choice titbit. 



The birds will furnish instruction and 

 amusement to the household throughout the 

 year and a vast amount of good may be accom- 

 plished in this manner, adding greatly to the 

 comfort and happiness of our wild bird 

 friends. 



