Phoebes will occupy four inch square shchcs put up 

 under the eaves of buildings. 



Barn and eave swallows will often build their mud nests 

 on narrow cleats fastened in like situations. 



Robins will occupy open shelves, as will catbirds and 

 brown thrashers, if placed in shrubbery. 



The devices described, while they will help increase the 

 bird life about one's home, there remains much to do to make 

 one's place attractive to nesting birds. 



Planting to Attract Birds 



Modern landscape gardening makes little provision for 

 nest-hunting birds. Tangled roadside thickets are cut down 

 to be supplanted by evergreens or thinh- planted shrubber)-, 

 or perhaps by a wall or wire fence. 



Ooe-Year-Old Whorls Recently Pruned 



t.)ld Whorls Recently Pruned 



Briery patches overgrown with wild grape and other 

 vines are eliminated to make room for great stretches of 

 closely cropped lawn. Little thought is given to the need of 

 quiet, secluded spots where birds can build their nests and 

 rear their young free from inquisitive young people and safe 

 from their many enemies. 



No suggestions that can be made will help to increase 

 the bird population as much as an area planted with shrubs 

 and trees which will offer secure nest sites. Once planted, it 

 must be left severely alone, save to prune to stimulate denser 

 growth and the creation of whorls of stems or branches. 



Proper pruning is clearly shown in the illustrations. Ty- 

 ing stems of shrubs increases the number of saddles or 



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