BIRDS IN THE GARDEN 



or ground, at least. If you are so fortunate as to have a pair of 

 phoebes nest on your house, you will be well repaid for the trouble of 

 putting up the Uttle shelf and be sure that it is some dark color, 

 brownish or grayish, or you wiH have your trouble for nothing. To make 

 the birds perfectly at home we must provide a bird bath or drinking 

 basin. For this purpose any low bowl can be used in which the water 

 is not too deep, for it would appeeff that some birds fear too deep 

 water. If the bowl is deep, fill in with clean pebbles or cement, 

 or very attractive baths may be procured from some of \he seed and 

 florist firms. These pedestals and bowls furnish an excellent orna- 

 ■ ment to the garden as well. 



A suggestion for noaking the bath more attractive is to plant an 

 umbrella-plant in a small pot and place it at the side. A small quantity 

 of Golomba and Parrot's Feather (Myriophyllum) might also be in- 

 cluded and so placed that the pot will be entirely hidden. 



I have divided the birds into four distinctive groups, as follows: 



No.l. — Suet Group: 



Chickadee 



Tufted titmouse 



White-breasted nuthatch 



Red-breasted nuthatch 



Downy woodpecker 



Hairy woodpecker 



Red-bellied woodpecker 



Fhcker 



Blue jay 



Oregon jay 



Whisky jack 



Crow 



Clarks crow 



Brown creeper 



Myrtle warbler 



Rose-breasted grosbeak 



Hermit thrush 



Winter wren 



House wren 



Starling 



Screech owl 

 No.2.— Seed Group: 



Junco 



Tree sparrow Song sparrow 



White-throated sparrow 



White crowned sparrow 



Foxsparrow. Cardinal goldfinch 



Redpoll. Snow buntmg 



Evening grosbeak 



Fine-grosbeak Purple finch 



Gray-crowned tosn finfih 



Other finches and 'sparrows 



These birds also eat 

 Sunfloiw^er seed 

 Squash seed 

 Meat 

 Fat pork 

 Crumbs 

 Dog biscuit 

 Walnuts 

 Butternuts 

 Unroasted peanuts 

 Other oily nuts 



A few of these birds will also 

 eat cracked com and oats. 



These birds also eat almost any 

 kind of small seeds or cracked grains 

 such as bird seed, millet, etc., 

 crumbs, bread, crackers, dog biscuit, 

 etc. 



A few of this group will also eat a 

 Uttle suet, or will pick at a bone 

 with a little meat or fat adhering, 

 but their normal food is vegetable. 



