. American birds, studied and photographed from life . Sparrow Row 157 will be in dominant possession of the country as well asthe city. Some people advocate a wholesale slaughter,but others always object, for they still fall back to the factthat he is a bird. For several years I had a bird-house that was rentedeach summer by the bluebirds. Then one spring, whenthey returned from the South, they found a pair of spar-rows in possession. After that I was never able to get thebluebird tenants to return, although I pitched the spar-rows into the street and cleaned the house every sp
. American birds, studied and photographed from life . Sparrow Row 157 will be in dominant possession of the country as well asthe city. Some people advocate a wholesale slaughter,but others always object, for they still fall back to the factthat he is a bird. For several years I had a bird-house that was rentedeach summer by the bluebirds. Then one spring, whenthey returned from the South, they found a pair of spar-rows in possession. After that I was never able to get thebluebird tenants to return, although I pitched the spar-rows into the street and cleaned the house every sparrow I choked and ejected another occupantcame to take possession, till at last I used the box forkindling. I had the same difficulty with some swallowtenants. The bluebird, the white-breasted swallow, andParkman wren are all common residents about our city,and each of these birds likes to take up a homestead in agood, sheltered bird-box. From my own standpoint, myproperty increases in value whenever one of these song-sters takes up a residence with
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