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Birds Not in Bird Houses 



pairs 

 pairs 



Bluebirds 13 



Bluejays 10 



Brown Thrashers 11 pairs 



Catbirds 15 pairs 



Chimney Swiftsf 6 pairs 



Doves 1 pair 



Flickers 14 pairs 



Goldfinches 3 pairs 



Wrens 



English Sparrows in bird houses 



English Sparrows not in bird houses 

 English Sparrows rearing more than 

 English Sparrows rearing more than 

 Number of Cats 



Humming Birds 3 pairs 



Mockingbirds 4 pairs 



OriolesJ 8 pairs 



Redbirds 11 pairs 



Robins 96 pairs 



English Sparrows 411 pairs 



Swallows* 5 pairs 



Woodpeckers§ 11 pairs 



56 pairs 



53 pairs 



411 pairs 



one brood in bird houses 17 pairs 



one brood not in bird houses 53 pairs 

 132 



* The name of the swallow was not given. 



t Chimney swifts were numerous. The number given is not accurate. 



t Not named. The Baltimore and Orchard both nest here. 



§ Not named. 



H. T. Featherly. 



ONE HUNDRED SIXTY HOMES AND THEIR BUILDERS AT WATERLOO 



Photo by H. T. Featherly 



1 hree Really True Stories 



I have often read of birds doing strange things to coax 

 people and animals away from their nests when there are baby 

 birds, and since I have had a unique experience of the kind I 

 am sure that many of the stories are true. 



One afternoon I was standing on the porch when I happened 

 to look down and see a female Redbird fluttering in the grass. 

 Both her wings were outspread and she seemed to be dragging 

 them behind her, as she fluttered along, stopping now and then. 

 In a few minutes I saw a squirrel not far behind her. As he 



