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Bird - Lore 



AN AUDUBON LIBRARY EXHIBIT 



Because these boys in the picture are more interested in birds than they 

 ever were before, and because they read Bird-Lore in the children's room of 

 the pubHc hbrary where this exhibit was held, we are sending the picture to 

 you. 



There was no prize at all, and yet many boys responded. 



All the books and articles from magazines were utihzed, and yet many boys 

 tried original models. 



BIRD-BOXES MADE WITH AND WITHOUT MODELS 



Now we are looking for simple bird-baths. Each one of these boys, and 

 many others, have gardens of their own and Mr. Fullerton told them that 

 each garden needs a bird-bath. Most models are too elaborate. 



There never have been so many beautiful birds here before! Can it be 

 because boys everywhere, who used to shoot them, are now their protectors? 

 — A. H. Thompson, Whiteston, L. I. 



[More birds than usual at this season of the year are reported in parts of Rhode 

 Island and elsewhere. It is to be hoped that continued protection of birds in the South 

 will increase their numbers in the North. — A. H. W.] 



MY FIRST BIRD TENANTS 



When, on June i, I reached Sorrento, Maine, where I was to spend the 

 summer, I was delightfully surprised to find that many summer birds had 

 already arrived. The Robins had begun to build their nests, and some had 

 laid their eggs. That same day about ten Tree Swallows came and inspected 

 the bird-boxes I had made and put up the year before. They seemed to be 

 specially attracted by a box which was made out of a hollow log which I had 

 gotten at a nearby sawmill. By night it was plain that one pair had decided 



