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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Great Horned Owl 



On one of its early trips this 

 spring, one of the bird classes of Car- 

 thage College discovered this little 

 Owl's home. It was high up in an 

 oak tree. A week later the nest was 

 almost destroyed. We do not know by 

 what — or by whom. A third trip in 

 that vicinity showed the nest built up 

 again and the mother Owl sitting on 

 four eggs. Two weeks later we visited 

 it and found three babies. The fol- 

 lowing week we brought back one to 

 the college — taking the accompany- 

 ing pictures of it. It was perhaps 

 three weeks old. One of the girls car- 

 ried it close to her with her muff as 

 a shield and the little Owl was quite 

 content. Its amusing way of looking 

 5 t about from one to another of us while 

 having its picture taken kept us all 



laughing, but a piece of beefsteak was more to the satisfaction of the little 



Owl. 



Mrs. F. C. Gates. 



Seed Planting for Birds 



A timely suggestion from Mr. Musselman is that those who wish an 

 abundance of birds both in numbers and varieties should begin to prepare in 

 the spring for the growing of feed for the next winter's restaurant. 



Most important for those who desire nuthatches and goldfinches will 

 be the planting of the large sunflower. A dime's worth of seed properly 

 planted will supply a large harvest of fine heads for next winter. Plant 

 them near your tennis court wires so that when the heads are heavy you 

 can help support them. 



Those wishing to attract tree sparrows and juncoes should plant a 

 supply of large headed grass such as millet, and this should be cut when 

 ripe and laid away until the winter days. Then let it be dropped at the 

 base of your feed box tree with small particles of bread crumbs and ground 

 suet. 



Broom corn and maize both are good to be cut and reserved for the 

 winter seed feeding. Blue grass when ripe may be cut and laid away 

 also. This makes a good scratching bed for the birds, supplying feed 

 and when placed over packed snow acts as a carpet. If this is not con- 

 venient, remember that the sweepings from the hay mow make attractive 

 gleaming for all ground-feeding birds. You can increase your winter 

 bird visitors by planning and planting now. 



