BIRD FRIENDS 



NEUTRAL BIRDS, OR BIRDS OF DOUBTFUL UTILITY 



Name of bird Harm done Good done 



Catbird. Eats cultivated fruit. Eats insect pests. 



Cedar-bird Eats cultivated fruit. Eats a few insect pests. 



Crow. Eats grain, and eggs and Eats insect pests, 



nestlings of valuable 

 birds. 



Crow blackbird. Eats grain, and eggs and Eats some insect pests 



nestlings of valuable and weed seeds, 

 birds. 



Blue jay. Eats grain, and eggs Eats some insect pests, 



and nestlings of valu- 

 able birds. 



BIRDS CHIEFLY BENEFICIAL 



Name of bird Harm done 



Red-winged blackbird. Eats grain. 



Bluebird. 

 Bobolink. 



Cowbird. 



Mourning dove. 



Flycatchers (king- 

 bird, phrebe, pe- 

 wee, chebec). 



Meadowlark. 



Robin. 



Brown thrasher. 



Red-headed 

 pecker. 



wood- 



Eats beneficial insects. 

 Eats rice. 



Destroys nestlings of 



other birds. 

 Eats grain. 

 Eat beneficial insects. 



Eats grain and benefi- 

 cial insects. 



Eats cultivated fruit. 



Eats cultivated fruit 

 and beneficial in- 

 sects. 



Eats beneficial insects, 

 grain, and cultivated 

 fruit, and injures 

 other birds. 



Good done 



Eats insect pests and 



weed seeds. 

 Eats insect pests. 

 Eats insect pests and 



weed seeds. 

 Eats insect pests and 



weed seeds. 

 Eats weed seeds. 

 Eat insect pests. 



Eats insect pests and 



weed seeds. 

 Eats insect pests. 

 Eats insect pests 



Eats insect pests. 



