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THE MAKING OF BIRDCBAFT SANCTUARY 



eat or Imman monse-cateher. In a short time the cellar was 

 eiitirel}" cleaned and when the Owl was set free in March, he had 

 paid well for his board and lodging. 



The having- of a bird student and taxidermist as warden in 

 Birdcraft makes it a gathering-place for those who have tales 

 to tell of their local experiences, and allows these stories either 

 to be proven by him or disproved with authority. This also helps 

 the warden to keep in touch with local bird-life through the 

 specimens brought in for mounting and he is able to control, in 

 a measure, illegal shooting by refusing to mount the specimens 

 shot and reporting them to the county warden. 



As an instance of establishing a local record — word was 

 lu'ought to him during the January zero weather that from 



ONE PIPE FOB TWO.— A CHICKADEE SHARES THE WARDEN'S 



CORN-COB 



Photogi-iiphed by Wilbur F. Smith 



