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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1913 
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Attracting the Wild Birds 
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the Baron von Berlepsch who developed 
it in Germany. After twenty years de¬ 
voted to the study of bird habits, the baron 
devised a type of nesting box which the 
birds would really deign to use. The av¬ 
erage man supposes that any sort of box 
stuck up in a tree will be welcomed with 
joyful appreciation. In point of fact, most 
birds will pay but scant attention to such 
contrivances. The English sparrow may 
appropriate them, but this breed needs no 
coaxing. Wrens are sometimes tempted, 
too, but the average box will be taken pos¬ 
session of by the squirrels, if the sparrows 
do not get it first. 
Baron von Berlepsch made a point of 
examining the nests made by wood¬ 
peckers, sometimes having the trees split 
open, so that he might study the interior 
construction of the nests, and after a time 
was struck with the marked similarity of 
them all. Then it occurred to him to make 
an imitation woodpecker’s nest, knowing 
that other birds beside the builders event¬ 
ually find shelter in the nests which the 
woodpeckers laboriously construct. It 
was found that the opening was always 
round and inclined at such an angle that 
the rain could not beat in; also, that the 
lower part inside was shaped like a bottle 
and that fine shavings were used for the 
eggs to rest upon. Von Berlepsch pro¬ 
ceeded with infinite pains to duplicate 
these nests of the woodpeckers, and boxes 
similar to the two shown in the illustra¬ 
tions were the result. 
Mr. Ivennard scattered the boxes all 
through the woods and the apple orchard. 
Some were occupied very promptly the 
first year. Others found tenants the year 
after. Still others have been usurped by 
squirrels, while a few seem to have been 
altogether neglected. The number of spe¬ 
cies which have habits such as would lead 
them to nest in boxes of this character is, 
in this part of the country, only about ten, 
and include screech owls, woodpeckers of 
several kinds, great-crested flycatchers, 
tree swallows, blue birds, chicadees, nut¬ 
hatches and house wrens, and, perhaps, 
in some locations, sparrow hawks. 
No little care in putting up these boxes 
is necessary. If not hung absolutely ver¬ 
tically, the top must incline in the direction 
of the opening rather than the other way, 
or water will enter; and the boxes must 
not wabble. 
The imported boxes have covers which 
are screwed in place, but those now being 
made in this country have their covers 
hinged and fitted with thumb nuts, which 
is a valuable improvement. There are 
three types of boxes made, vertical, hori¬ 
zontal and one, a cup-shaped affair, with 
open sides. Openings of different sizes to 
accommodate different species of birds 
may be provided. People not familiar 
with feathered life are amazed when they 
learn how exceedingly particular the birds 
are about every detail of their homes. 
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