. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. 38 surprisingly early nesters. Sometimes boxes put up for larger birds will be used by them. They will often bring a great deal of rough material such as leaves with which to fill a large space. Chickadee: If an old Downy Woodpecker nest is not available, a box eight or ten inches deep, and about four inches in diameter (inside measurements) with round entrance hole one and one-eighth inches in diameter placed well toward the top of the box, will at- tract Chickadees. This box may be placed on the side of a house, or on a
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. 38 surprisingly early nesters. Sometimes boxes put up for larger birds will be used by them. They will often bring a great deal of rough material such as leaves with which to fill a large space. Chickadee: If an old Downy Woodpecker nest is not available, a box eight or ten inches deep, and about four inches in diameter (inside measurements) with round entrance hole one and one-eighth inches in diameter placed well toward the top of the box, will at- tract Chickadees. This box may be placed on the side of a house, or on a tree trunk from eight to ten feet from the ground, in almost any sort of place. Chickadees will use plant fibre, thread or bits of cotton in the construction of their nest. More than once I have located a Chickadee's nest by dropping cotton about which the birds took while I waited. White-breasted Nuthatch: Nuthatches often use natural cavities as nesting sites. A box eight inches deep and four inches in dia- meter (inside measurements) with one and one-fourth inch round entrance toward the top of the box will suffice, if it is placed on a tree trunk from ten to forty feet from the ground. Nuthatches often nest much higher than either Chickadees or Titmice. They appreci- ate bits of soft material that they may use in their nests. They sometimes start nest building late in Photograph by Miss Esther Heacock. Wyncote. Fig. 29. HOUSE WREN AT NEST-BOX A familiar dooryard bird whose habits bear watching. 39 House Wren: House Wrens may use almost anything as a nest- ing site. They build in tin cans, pockets of old coats, gourds, jugs, ^ old woodpecker cavities, natural cavities, or boxes which are placed for them. In making a House Wren box the size of the entrance hole is rather important. This should be seven-eights of an inch ^ or a trifle more in diameter. Unless the entrance hole is made small English Sparrows will enter and cause the wrens to desert. â ^ The box which
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