THE UNCLE REMUS BIRD SANCTUARY. HOME OF THE LATE JOEL 



CHANDLER HARRIS 



The mail-box at the left was used by the Wrens for a nest, and gave the place the name of 



"The Wrens' Nest" 



A Bird Sanctuary for The Sign of the Wren's Nest 



By MRS. J. O. PARMELE, Atlanta. Ga. 



THE Sign of The Wren's Nest" is a phrase always used when people 

 speak of the home of the late Joel Chandler Harris, situated on one 

 of the most beautiful streets in Atlanta, Georgia. 

 The local chapter of the Burroughs' Nature Club and the Uncle Remus 

 Association have made The Wren's Nest a bird sanctuary. It is proposed by 

 the committee to make at once an effort to get rid of the English Sparrows by 

 the use of a Dodson sparrow-trap, and they have put in place two bird-baths 

 and one or more feeding-stations. Bird-houses will later be placed in the trees, 

 and plants and trees useful to attract birds and produce fruit will be set out, 

 particularly those that bear berries in the late fall that will serve as food for 

 the birds during the winter. 



The Uncle Remus Bird Sanctuary is the first bird sanctuary in Georgia, 

 though there are many in other states. Years ago a little family of Wrens, 

 worried and persecuted by the bulldozing Sparrows of the neighborhood, 



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