FEEDING BIRDS IN WINTER 55 
735. Chickadee. 756. Wilson’s Thrush. 
748. Golden-crowned Kinglet. 758a. Olive-backed Thrush. 
749. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 761. American Robin. 
755. Wood Thrush. 766. Bluebird. 
The numbers refer to the second edition of the Check-List of 
North American Birds published by the American Ornithologists’ 
Union. 
The only frequent winter visitors I have in St. Paul, 
on a somewhat crowded residence street, are chickadees, 
downy woodpeckers, nuthatches, blue jays, and Eng- 
lish sparrows. A few days ago, however, a flock of 
evening grosbeaks ate the seeds on the only seed- 
bearing box-elder I have on the lot. The number of 
birds you can attract is largely governed by the local- 
ity and surroundings. In the middle and southern 
states regular feeding will probably attract a greater 
number of species than can be attracted in the 
northern states and in Canada. The best feeding 
places are those that have several bird roads leading to 
them. Fringes of brush and timber along streams and 
lakes, street trees, and hedges are such bird roads. 
Feeding places should not be disturbed by cats, dogs, 
noise of factories, etc. A uniform, continuous noise 
disturbs the birds less than an intermittent noise, and 
people passing at some distance annoy them much less 
than people stopping. In the autumn collect the heads 
of cultivated and wild sunflowers, just before the seed 
begins to drop, also collect hemp and ragweeds, the 
seeds of maple, ash, box-elder, birches, and other trees. 
The stalks of sunflowers, hemp, and other plants stuck 
