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branches, chippering excitedly, but the native birds, at the first alarm, froze 

 immovable wherever they happened to be. A Song Sparrow on an open feeding- 

 shelf, a Junco on a bare branch, and several Juncos on the open snow remained 

 motionless for twenty minutes and as long as the Shrike was quiet. As soon 

 as he moved or darted at a bird, they all made for the hedge, except the one 

 pursued, which made off through the open. The Chickadees, among the native 

 birds, were an exception. They could not remain quiet for more than a few 

 minutes without getting nervous, when they would fly to the tree over the 

 Shrike's head and scold him. 



That the freezing method had its advantages was evidenced by the fact 

 that all of the birds captured by the Shrike, in so far as any traces were left, 



were House Sparrows. 

 ~" — -- Strangely enough they 



were all male Sparrows. 

 Apparently their flut- 

 tering drew attention 

 to themselves, and 

 since they never left 

 the hedge, they were 

 more easily cornered 

 than the native birds 

 that took to flight in 

 the open when pur- 

 sued. 



The permanent 

 : feeding-stations have 

 many advantages over 

 the temporary ones 

 that one establishes in 

 going after some par- 

 ticular bird. One ad- 

 vantage is that a per- 

 manent shack or 

 'Chickadee barn' can 

 be erected in which 

 one can sit with his 

 camera and photog- 

 raph to his heart's con- 

 tent without scaring 

 the birds away. If one 



FEEDING-STATIONS OFFER ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES doeS not wish tO build 



TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER a blind of boards, one 



To show all of the distinctive marks of a species in one photograph , ., 



requires a good deal of ingenuity and patience. Tree Sparrows Can USC an UmDrelia 



