THE MAKING OF BIRUCRAFT SANCTUARY 



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BIRD BATH 

 iplu'd ljy Wilbur F. Smith 



a iilace where they can nest in peace, or rest in their travels. 

 Pciiple must he considered only as they fit in ivith this 

 sell (' me." 



In June, 1914, 

 the legal techni- 

 calities h a V i n g- 

 been duly sat'e- 

 g u a r d e d, the 

 p r p e r t y "was 

 deeded to t h e 

 State of (Connect- 

 icut, the control 

 being vested in a 

 Board of Govern- 

 ors, chosen in the 

 first place from 

 its Executive 

 <_'ommittee, then 

 self perpetuating. 



The list of requirements, considered from l)oth the prac- 

 tical and the ethical sides, read thus : A cat-i)roof fence to sur- 

 round the entire place. That it may not look aggressive, it 

 should be set well iiiside the picturesque old wall. Stone gate- 

 posts and a rustic gate at the entrance on the highway. A 

 bungalow for the cai-etaker, wherein there shall be a room for 

 the meetings of the Society's Executive Committee and Board. 

 A tool and workshop of corresponding style. Several rustic 

 shelters and many seats. 



The assembling of the various springs into a pond, so de- 

 signed as to make an island of a place where the Redwings 

 may nest. 



Trails to be cut through the brush and turf grass, and a 

 charming bit of old orchard on the hill-top, to be restored for 

 the benefit of worm-pulling Robins. 



Several stone basins to be constructed for bird-baths, 

 houses to be put up of all sorts, from Wren boxes, von 

 Berlepsch model, Flicker and Owl boxes to a Martin 

 hotel; and lastly, the supplementing of the natural growth 

 by planting pines, spruce, and hemlocks for windbreaks, 

 ;^nd mountain ash, mulberries, sweet cherries, flower- 



