BIRDS 6^ 

 Bluebird 



XLe gentle blueDird, true kartinger of Spring, re- 

 turns to nis summer hom.e so early m the season tnat of- 

 ten the only palataole food to 

 DC relied upon is the dried ana 

 shrunken fruit tLat still clings to 

 tne Difier-sweet, juniper and su- 

 mac. Tke garden m -which these 

 aftractive snruDS are planted 

 is sure to hartor bluebirds 

 in March ana. April, and 

 if, percnance, there are mulberries, 

 mountain ask trees, red cedars, ckoke 

 ckerries, kusk cranberries, Virginia creeper, 

 dogwoods, elderberries, kackberries, June- 

 berries, partridgeberries, smilax, pokeberries 

 ana kolly growing tkere too, tke bluebirds 

 •will know wkere to find food for tkem- 

 selves and tkeir young all summer. 



Brown Thrasher 



Tke lively and varied song of tke bro-wn tkrasker 

 endears mm to all -wko know kis vocal po'wers. lie is, 

 kowever, naturally ratker sky and timid and can best be 

 induced to take up kis abode near tke garden, if kemp- 

 aeed, oats and -wkeat are sca^ered in a quiet comer in 

 tke early spring. A. few tangled brusk keaps and tkick, 

 tkomy skrukbery in a skeltered spot may induce kim 

 to spend tke summer, and •will aAract tkruskes, yello-w- 

 kreasted ckats, wrens and otker birds as well. 



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