86 BIRDS OF SWOPE PARK 



Harris's Sparrows and White Crowned Sparrows and Song 



Sparrows and Brown Creepers will be seen. 



If we succeed in attracting the birds to our homes by 

 feeding them in the winter, we have made a good beginning, 

 and if nesting places are available, some will stay with us 

 throughout the summer. 



In addition to the nesting sites, we should add nesting 

 material. Do not forget to have various kinds of strings and 

 fiber left in bunches here and there about the yard. I attribute 

 a Warbling Vireo's nest in my yard to be due largely to a 

 bunch of tow left hanging in a clump of bushes. A handful 



Fig. 24 A Good Way to Attract Birds to the Home in the Summer 

 Is to Provide a Bird Bath 



