MAKING BIRD SANCTUARIES 



The foregoing list does not contain the names of all 

 the kinds of birds which have thus far been induced 

 to occupy these artificial nesting sites, but it has 

 most of them. It should be remembered that hole- 

 nesting birds are the only kind that will ever use a 

 bird box. One need not expect a Meadowlark to 

 leave its nest in the grass for a box on a pole, nor 

 imagine that an Oriole will give up the practice 

 of weaving its swinging cradle on an elm limb to go 

 into a box nailed to the side of the tree. 



Feeding Birds. — Much can be done to bring birds 

 about the home or the schoolhouse by placing food 

 where they can readily get it. The majority of land 

 birds that pass the winter in Canada or in the colder 

 parts of the United States feed mainly upon seeds. 

 Cracked corn, wheat, rice, sunflower seed, hemp seed, 

 and bird seed, purchased readily in any town, are, 

 therefore, exceedingly attractive articles of diet. 

 Bread crumbs are enjoyed by many species. Food 

 should not be thrown out on the snow unless there is a 

 crust on it or the snow has been well trampled down. 

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