. Woodland, field and shore : wild nature depicted with pen and camera . keep to the thick shelter offir trees. Pinches resort to a stream-side or railwayembankment, and live on seeds of such dead plantsas show above the snow\ Pollarded willows willalso be well worked by Tree-Creepers and other insect-feedingbirds. Those who wan-der about thecountry lanes andwoods throughoutthe year will no-tice what affectionbirds have for theirhomes. By theirhomes I mean theimmediate neigh-bourhood in which *S^ <^ -^ lifAy \:/--ag&i».* lOOR-HENS FEEDING IN A SNOW-COVERED MEADOW. they first had theirnest.
. Woodland, field and shore : wild nature depicted with pen and camera . keep to the thick shelter offir trees. Pinches resort to a stream-side or railwayembankment, and live on seeds of such dead plantsas show above the snow\ Pollarded willows willalso be well worked by Tree-Creepers and other insect-feedingbirds. Those who wan-der about thecountry lanes andwoods throughoutthe year will no-tice what affectionbirds have for theirhomes. By theirhomes I mean theimmediate neigh-bourhood in which *S^ <^ -^ lifAy \:/--ag&i».* lOOR-HENS FEEDING IN A SNOW-COVERED MEADOW. they first had theirnest. Hedge-Sparrows in the coldest weather willstill be seen where they were in the brighter daysof spring. Robins that have bred far from aninhabited dwelling stay near their breeding-hauntsall through the coldest weather of winter. Perhapsthe greatest affection for their special haunts is seenin our larger birds. Carrion-Crows will remain in BIRDS IN THE SNOW, 163 the wood they have chosen for their home althoughgreatly persecuted. It is the young birds of the year. SPARROWS. that come in such great numbers to the houses in thehard times of winter. Although in a severe winter a large number of thefeathered tribes perish, one seldom sees a dead bird. i64 WOODLAND, FIELD, AND SHORE For the most part, when death is drawing near,animals will hide themselves in some out-of-lhe-wayspot. Hundreds of little lives could be saved in hardwinter weather if people would only feed them more. A little food goes along way even withhungry birds. A fewmeat bones, piecesof fat, bread-crumbs,and other things,which would other-wise be wasted, will,if placed in a garden—no matter hownear a city or largetown — quickly at-tract a number ofinteresting famishing
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