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to the east has purposely had the shrubbery left to form protection for 

 the birds. In front of the house a bank covered with young maples 

 attracts many of the shyer species and a big crab-apple tree at the 

 corner of the house is the favorite feeding place for both resident birds 

 and migrants. A very large grape vine completely covering a ledge to 

 the west of the house serves as a splendid cover for many young birds, 

 the old ones taking them there after their first flight and feeding them 

 there for many days after. 



Cats have never been kept on the farm and as the nearest neighbor 

 on one side is about one-eighth of a mile away, and one-fourth on the 

 other, with a decided elevation on both sides, there have been prac- 

 tically no depredations from them. Red squirrels were more numerous 

 when we first moved to the farm than now. After having several pairs 

 killed there has been no apparent trouble from them. 



The woodlands are in the main pasture and in the "back lot," the 

 former being made up largely of sugar maples, the lower side of it 

 being thick with an underbrush of young maples. The woods in the 

 "back lot" are of beech, birch (yellow and white), maple, hop horn 

 beam, sumach, and a few maples. In one section of this lot, 10,000 

 white and Scotch pines and Norway spruces have been set out. 



The farm is watered by springs, a small brook flowing from the 

 one in the 10-acre lot, and two watering troughs, one by the shady road- 

 side and another in the main pastures serve as bird-baths. 



Hay is the only crop raised regularly on the farm. There are two 

 vegetable gardens and a large flower garden. A young orchard, a 

 grafted orchard, several old apple trees and scattering natural fruit 

 trees as well as plenty of bird, black and choke cherry trees, hawthorne, 

 red elder, barberry, mountain ash and shad are on various parts of the 

 farm. 



The house stands at an elevation of 1,460 feet. The main hill at 

 the west is 1,700 or more feet. "Pike's Peak" in the main field is 1,600 

 feet. 



The distribution of birds by fields is as follows: 



Main Pasture and Woodland. 



'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 



Hermit thrush 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 



Wood thrush 1 1 1 1 2 



Veery 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 



Scarlet tanager 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 



Solitary vireo 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



