ed to the lower side of branches or placed in half-inch wire 
netting cages in spots where, unseen, a watcher may enjoy 
sights unusual to the average person. 
The end of an apple box with a rim of narrow board 
| placed around it, to prevent warping, projecting a half inch 
above the level so that food will not be swept away by the 
wind, makes a fine bird table. It can be hung in a good 
location by ropes attached to nails at the four corners, and 
after the birds have learned to use it, will furnish joy to 
them and to observers. 
| A food tree in the depth of winter can baa: be pre- 
| pared for a centrepiece for a bird table, by pouring the suet 
Oregon—Taken by Mrs. C. E. Focevth 
: ivainied Thrush and Apple 
_eake material over the limbs of discarded Christmas trees 
or evergreen decorations; and bits of nuts and apples tied 
to the tree will give variety. 
If birds are called by one sional, as one big man calls 
his flock of Oregon Towhees, and Oregon Juncos, they learn 
to come through their shrubbery paths at the sound. When 
this man in Southern Oregon takes a piece of bread and calls 
“Gebe! Gebe!” sounds of wings and feet touching bare twigs 
can be heard, as birds come from all directions, until, at 
times, he has fed more than a hundred winter residents 
among which are many chestnut-backed chickadees, white- 
breasted nuthatches, hermit thrushes, and mountain quail. 
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