. Birdcraft : a field book of two hundred song, game, and water birds . ways cheery and lovable, is afamiliar figure in our light woods and garden trees inautumn and winter, seeming, by his good-nature and energy,to be trying to console us, in a measure, for the loss of thetree-haunting summer Warblers. The Chickadee adapts himself to all surroundings and toall circumstances, suiting his appetite to what he can find,when insects fail, taking kindly to seeds, berries, cone-kernels, and crumbs. In the winter of 1891-92, when the cold was severe, thesnow deep, and the tree trunks often covered wi
. Birdcraft : a field book of two hundred song, game, and water birds . ways cheery and lovable, is afamiliar figure in our light woods and garden trees inautumn and winter, seeming, by his good-nature and energy,to be trying to console us, in a measure, for the loss of thetree-haunting summer Warblers. The Chickadee adapts himself to all surroundings and toall circumstances, suiting his appetite to what he can find,when insects fail, taking kindly to seeds, berries, cone-kernels, and crumbs. In the winter of 1891-92, when the cold was severe, thesnow deep, and the tree trunks often covered with ice, theChickadees repaired in flocks daily to the kennel of my olddog Colin and fed from his dish, hopping over his back andcalling Chickadee, dee, dee, in his face, — proceedings thathe never in the least resented, but seemed rather to enjoy. Taking a hint from this, I made a compound of finelyminced meat, waste canary seed, buckwheat, and crackedoats, which was scattered in a sheltered spot from whichthe snow had been swept. This bird-hash was rapidly con- 72. en O
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