How to Attract the Birds 



out a tunnel to their liking ? Of course, the master 

 carpenters are the stockily built woodpeckers whose 

 deserted homes many a bluebird, owl, tree swallow, 

 wren or woodduck is thankful to occupy. First a 



Photograph by Dugmore 



The chickadees swelter in a lining of fur and feathers 



are 



circle of holes, more perfect than you or I 

 likely to draw, is drilled on the trunk or larger limb 

 of a tree. Naturally, a partially decayed one is 

 preferred. After the circular doorway has been cut 

 out, how Mr. and Mrs. Woodpecker, working in 



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