Photograph by Ernest Harold Baynes 
PINE SISKINS AND RED POLLS FEEDING ABOUT A HOUSE: NEW HAMPSHIRE 
The pine siskin is a lover of evergreens and spends the winter wandering from copse 
to copse in search of seeds and pine cones. 
The red poll is a winter visitor from the far 
North, and with its rich crimson head and breast makes a pretty picture in the snow. 
rows’ nests, while in winter it was the 
protected resort of such birds as stayed 
with us. 
In the Year Book of the Department 
of Agriculture for 1909 there is a most 
interesting article on “Plants Useful to 
Attract Birds and Protect Fruit,” by 
W.L. McAtee. In this there is a list, on 
page 186, of the best trees and shrubs for 
attracting birds, given in the order of 
their attractiveness, as follows: Elders, 
raspberries and blackberries, mulberries, 
dogwood fruits, sumachs, wild cherries, 
blueberries, wild grapes, pokeberries, Vir- 
ginia creeper berries, bayberries, juniper 
berries, service berries, holly berries, 
strawberries, the fruits of viburnums, 
hackberries, huckleberries, haws, spice- 
bush berries, rose hips, sarsaparilla, sour 
gum, gooseberries, currants, and snow- 
berry. 
To the above list is added the follow- 
ing supplementary list of some other 
plants known to be attractive to birds, 
and to this the names of other species 
doubtless might be added: Manzanita, 
barberry, buffalo berry, silverberry, buck- 
thorn, mountain ash, China berry, Cali- 
fornia Christmas berry, pepper tree, mag- 
nolia, nockaway, lote bush, and bluewood. 
With the above very comprehensive 
lists to choose from, it is not a difficult 
matter to make out a list of trees and 
shrubs for almost any place, no matter 
how small, that will supply its quota of 
birds’ food from early summer to the 
following spring, while if the place is a 
large one, or the problem at all difficult, 
it may be the best policy, as well as in 
the end the most economical, to consult 
some competent landscape architect as to 
the proper disposition of the proposed 
plantations. What is worth doing at all 
is always worth doing well. 
Besides the trees and shrubs in the 
above lists, there are many herbaceous 
plants whose seeds are attractive to birds. 
Sunflowers may be planted in groups 
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