HOW TO ATTRACT BIRDS IN NORTHEASTERN 

 UNITED STATES. 



CONTENTS. 



Protection 



Breeding places 

 Water supply _. 



Page. 

 3 

 4 

 5 



Page. 



Food supply 6 



Protecting cultivated fruit 15 



Plants for the shore 15 



THE means of increasing the number of birds about the home 

 are few and simple. They comprise adequate protection and 

 the provision of suitable nesting places, food, and water. It is 

 planned in a series of publications, of which this bulletin relating 

 to northeastern United States (fig. 1) is the first, to recommend 

 practicable methods of 

 attracting birds about 

 homes in the various 

 parts of the United 

 States. Especial attention 

 will be given to the value 

 of fruit - bearing shrubs 

 and trees, as less informa- 

 tion relating to these as a 

 means of attracting birds 

 is available than concern- 

 ing more widely known 

 but not more important 

 measures, as protection, winter feeding, and the supplying of nesting 

 boxes and water. Furthermore, the last-named measures need not 

 vary so much with the locality as does choice of fruit-bearing shrubs 

 and trees. 



PROTECTION. 



Protection is the prime requisite for increasing the number of 

 birds in any area, and the results of protection are in direct propor- 

 tion to its thoroughness. Besides being insured against every form 

 of persecution by human kind, birds must be defended from various 



NOTE. The original issue of this bulletin appeared December 14, 1914. 



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FIG. 1. Map of the United States, the shaded 

 area showing the territory to which this bulletin 

 applies. 



