November, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
337 
makes his toilet and sings his song that is 
always so surprisingly big for him, and is 
seemingly much at home. The wren 
knows that he owns the tree and scolds at 
any intruder, be lie large or small. The 
white throat sparrow sleeps there when he 
stops on his way South. I say sparrow, 
for one only sleeps there. He will not al¬ 
low another one in the bush, and even 
after dark we have often heard his pro¬ 
testing voice over and over again, and 
finally we see him hop back to the center 
of the bush again and all is quiet. 
When you plant your garden, don’t for¬ 
get to put in plenty of sunflower seed for 
the goldfinches. Nothing is sweeter than 
their call and song, and it is a joy to have 
them near. How the ruby throated hum¬ 
mingbird loves the salvia and the trumpet 
vine, especially the latter. Not only are 
its blossoms attractive, but its time of 
blooming is long, and the hummingbird is 
ever present during the warm months. 
Many people have exclaimed when they 
have seen the ruby throat for the first 
time, sitting quietly on the telephone wire 
near the vine, arranging his feathers and 
resting, as do other birds. 
Don’t forget the evening primrose. Put 
some in for the night flying moths. The 
children will love to watch .the buds hop 
open in the twilight and see the moths 
come to taste the flowers’ sweetness. 
Then when cold weather comes and only 
a few of the birds are left, have a little 
thought for them still. Hang out suet on 
the limb of a tree. It is well, too, to hang 
some lower down on a bush, for the 
chickadees and smaller birds to patronize. 
One very cold winter a piece was hung 
from the branch of a little bush near the 
window where we could have touched the 
birds had the window been open. The 
chickadees would come, give their call and 
peck at the suet, one little leg held up in 
the puffed out feathers to keep it warm. 
Then another call of thanks for the food 
perhaps, and down would go the warmed 
foot and up would go the other close to the 
tiny body. If when you put out the suet 
you bore a hole through it and hang it so 
that it swings from the limb of the tree, 
the disturbing sparrow cannot help him¬ 
self to it. But the woodpeckers will, as 
well as other birds. 
Now often at daybreak I have heard 
the sharp squeak of the hairy woodpecker. 
He would come to the top of the butternut 
tree first to be sure that all was safe, and 
gradually he would get down to the frozen 
suet. Then he would hop on it, hold fast 
with his strong toes, and with his tail as a 
prop he would swing in the wind pecking 
hard and fast at the suet. Then with a 
little goodbye call, off he would go, to re¬ 
turn again and again as his hunger called 
him. 
Yes, help the winter birds. A little 
thought and a little time spent in making 
your grounds more attractive to them will 
yield a rich reward that, once you have 
enjoyed it, you will never wish to give 
it up. F. S. Stone 
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