236 MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



of such food as is especially acceptable to birds by 

 planting trees, shrubs and grains that wiU attract 

 them. No one tree can be planted that will attract 

 so wide a variety of birds as the Russian mulberry. 

 From the time the first fruit begins to redden in 

 June until sometime in September the trees will be 

 alive with a surprising variety of birds and many of 

 the early spring migrant birds wUl visit the trees for 

 insects they find on the twigs and the seeds of the 

 berries which they gather from the ground. Last 

 spring a large flock of juncos stayed about the trees 

 several weeks, scratching over every foot of the 

 ground in search of food and so tame were they that 

 they paid little attention to my presence, scratching 

 away, with both feet at once, within a yard of me. 

 Mountain ash attracts many migrant birds and the 

 trees are seldom without birds as long as a berry 

 remains. Where mulberries are planted little if any 

 damage is done to other fruit, as the birds much pre- 

 fer them and many fruit growers plant them for 

 protection. The following list of shrubs, trees and 

 vines which attract birds will be suggestive, as some, 

 or all of them, may be found growing wild in one's 

 vicinity and may be easily transplanted to one's door 

 yard. 



