The following- Ivventy-one species nested and reared their 

 young during the summer just past: 



Purple martin, tree swallow, flicker, bluebird, wren, 

 chimney swift, robin, Baltimore oriole, orchard oriole, cat- 

 bird, purple grackle, yellow warbler, brown thrasher, North- 

 ern yellow throat, bobolink, meadowlark, chipping sparrow, 

 song sparrow, gold finch, English sparrow and starling. 



Immediately outside the land under discussion the king 

 bird, redwinged blackbird, downey woodpecker and pewee 

 nested. 



The only nest to my knowledge that contained a cowbird 

 was destroyed by a cat. 



During the summer of 1914 an albino cowbird was 

 reared on the place by a pair of song sparrows. 



For two winters, 1912 and 1913, a mocking bird visited 

 our window lunch counter from January to March 15th. 



The following species ha^•e also visited the same window 

 shelf : Chickadees, downey woodpeckers, white breasted 

 nuthatches, song sparrows, tree sparrows, starlings, juncos. 



Purple finches and white throated sparrows have fre- 

 quently visited our weather \'ane feeding table. Chicadees 

 took sunflower seed from the hand at the window shelf. 



No planting to furnish food and shelter for the birds has 

 been done until now. This August over thirty evergreens 

 were planted and later about 200 shrubs selected for their 

 fruit will be set out. 



The writer has come to the conclusion that birds will oc- 

 cupy boxes or posts exposed to nearly full sun, more readily 

 than when they are placed on trees. He intends to try the 

 experiment of placing partly decayed tree trunks eight feet 

 above ground in situations close to growing trees, but not 

 completely shaded by them, with a view of attracting downy 

 woodpeckers and chicadees. For the latter's use a hole will 

 be bored one and one-fourth inches in diameter as an invita- 

 tion to complete the excavation to suit themselves. 



This brief account shows what can be accomplished in a 

 locality lacking woods and open country from which to draw 

 the birds. To emphasize how quickly they discover a pro- 

 tected area, the writer would add that none of his immedi- 

 ate neighbors are engaged in this delightful pastime of at- 

 tracting birds about the home. Niel Morrow Ladd. 



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