Bird Lod&e, a Bird Sanctuary, on the Kankakee River 
birds, Wrens, Flickers, or Golden Winged Woodpecker, White Bellied or Tree 
Swallows, Chickadees, Nuthatches and Fly Catchers. This is because these birds 
are the most easily attracted to man-made houses. They are, also, among the 
most valuable, most sociable and most delightful of all birds. 
There are dozens of other birds, however, which are won to you by setting out 
the Dodson Bird Houses. Among the three or four hundred birds which live in 
my garden here, there are Robins, Scarlet Tanagers, Orioles, Red Cardinals, Cat 
Birds, Brown Thrashers, Warblers, Flickers, Rose Breasted Grosbeaks, Humming 
Birds, Juncos, Song Sparrows, Wood Thrushes, Vireos, Cedar Wax Wings, 
Downey and Red-Headed Woodpeckers and many others. They insist upon 
building their own nests, some of these fellows, but they benefit by my bird 
baths, and many build nests on my Shelter Shelves, or “invitations to nest,” as 
I call them. 
They know they are welcome, know that they are protected from the English 
Sparrow and the cat. They like to live near the other birds; and they are all 
welcome—all except the English Sparrow, who has forfeited all rights by his 
mean, quarrelsome selfishness, his uselessness to man and his uncleanliness. For 
love of native birds, I banish the English sparrow. 
The charm and value of the Purple Martin is 
emphasized by the contentment and happiness and 
the community interest evidenced by these birds of 
industrious habits. Martins live in colonies and are 
encouraged by the placing of Colony Houses. 
Houses Must be Ri^ht 
A number of little things that seem unimportant 
to man, I have found are essential in making bird 
houses successful. 
Many of my bird-loving friends have been 
bitterly disappointed in the commercial bird houses. 
My houses are all built under my personal super¬ 
vision, so that I know that these little details are 
attended to. 
The winning of our Native Birds is possible alike 
to the dweller in the most humble cottage, or the 
owner of a country estate with most spacious Dodson Bird Houses Blend into 
grounds. In this, birds are simple respecters. Offer Natural Surroundings 
