OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 



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gestions might be made as to where trees could advantageously be 

 planted in a town. Such a survey might result in real civic better- 



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A collection of fern leaves made by high school pupils. 



ment. A survey of forest trees would be another interesting 

 project. Planting and raising seedling trees is certainly another 

 worth-while activity. 



Other outdoor activities. Birds are most plentiful in the spring 

 and should then be studied out of doors. But birds can always be 

 attracted to your own home by means of nesting boxes, drinking 

 fountains, and by feeding stations. Photographing wild birds is a 

 pleasure worth working for. A census of the number and kinds of 

 birds that frequent your neighborhood and the kind of nests they 

 build are interesting projects. Through bird trapping and band- 

 ing much can be learned about the migrating and nesting of birds. 



Gardening. Gardening and the study of the life of some com- 

 mon garden plants will interest some of us. Others may want to 

 make a study of certain garden or other plant pests and how to 

 eradicate them. Still another study might be that of the plants 

 which do damage to crops or trees of our neighborhood. In short, 



