. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . PLATE L. — Owl Box, at Authors Home. The front has been removed,and the mother lifted to show the downy yonng. (Photograph, fromlife, by C. Allan Lyford.) THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 395 Europe or west of the Rocky Mountains, but it is unsafehere, where our severest rainstorms come from the north-east. The entrance shoukl face the south or west, whereverpossible. It is also bes
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . PLATE L. — Owl Box, at Authors Home. The front has been removed,and the mother lifted to show the downy yonng. (Photograph, fromlife, by C. Allan Lyford.) THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 395 Europe or west of the Rocky Mountains, but it is unsafehere, where our severest rainstorms come from the north-east. The entrance shoukl face the south or west, whereverpossible. It is also best to have boxes, especially tin ones,so situated that they will be .shaded by trees or buildings. Fig. 168. — Chickadees feeding their young in an observation box at the authorswindow. (From Reeds American Ornitliology.) during the hotter part of the day. By these precautionswe may guard against the danger of having the young birdswet and chilled by cold storms or overheated by the very hot weather 3^oung birds in unshaded boxes some-times die from excessive heat. Those who wish to study the domestic affairs of birds mayconstruct an observation box with a door on one side, backof which a pane of glass is set. Such a bird house may beset up on a window sill, so that by opening the door the feed-ing and care of the young birds may be watched through the 396 USEFUL BIRDS. glass. I have often thus watched Bluebirds and Chickadeesfeeding their young. Thus far it has been my intention to show how expense maybe avoided in the construction of nesting boxes. Neverthe-less, expensive ornamental l)ird houses add to the attractive-ness of a country home, and may be displayed where ol
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