. Birds and berries in my grandmother's garden . on, nowever, ne is quite social ana may frequentlybe seen m the skrubbery about villages and tow^ns. Ckaff,hemp ana small gram scattered under a trusk Leap orthicket will usually a^ract him at tKis season. Rose-breasted Grosheak In certain parts of nis range, tliis beautiful tirdseems to have a fondness for tne obnoxious potato beetle,an injurious insect eaten by comparatively few birds. Healso relishes wild blackberries, elderberries, and wildraspberries, but wnen tbese are not obtainable, tbe fruitsof mountain ash, bucktborn, black cberry, dog
. Birds and berries in my grandmother's garden . on, nowever, ne is quite social ana may frequentlybe seen m the skrubbery about villages and tow^ns. Ckaff,hemp ana small gram scattered under a trusk Leap orthicket will usually a^ract him at tKis season. Rose-breasted Grosheak In certain parts of nis range, tliis beautiful tirdseems to have a fondness for tne obnoxious potato beetle,an injurious insect eaten by comparatively few birds. Healso relishes wild blackberries, elderberries, and wildraspberries, but wnen tbese are not obtainable, tbe fruitsof mountain ash, bucktborn, black cberry, dogwood,Juneberry, mulberry, pokeberry and sumac are eaten. Cardinal Flowering dogwood, wild grape, w^ild blackberry,mulberry, hackberry, wild raspberry, blueberry, buck-thorn, red cedar, black cberry, cboke cberry, bolly andspicebusb fumisn food for tbe flaming cardinal. Inthe spring ne seeks weed seeds and dried berries undertbickets and shrubbery. xVbeat, oats and especiallycom, sca^ered in sucb places seldom fail t o aftract bim. Page Eighteen. Evergreen s^^ires of ^Rcd Cedar havegreat landscape i^osswihties and createa pleasing contrast when planted amongdeciduous trees and shruhs. Scarlet Tanager Wild blackberry, Juneberry, miJberry and wildraspberry are relisbed by tbis brilliantly plumaged bird. Red-eyed vtreo \Vild blackberry, dogwood, elderberry, mulberryand wild raspberry w^iU bring tbe red-eyed vireo toyour garden wbere bis incessant warble may be beardtnrougnout long summer days. Myrt?e Warller Tbe bayberry is tbe favorite fruit of tbis cedar, black cberry and juniper also furnisb bimwitb food. Catbird Tbe catbird is almost as gifted as bis cousin, tbemockingbird, in imitating tbe songs of otber birds. Be-cause bis songs are so varied, be is a desirable speciein tbe garden. He too, likes tbe protection of tbicketsand is a^iracted by sbrubbery and underbrusb. He isfond of tbe wild blackberry, blueberry, black cberry,cboke cberry, elderberry, mulberry, pokeb
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