. Bird-lore . A DRUMMING GROUSEPhotographed by J. H. McDonald, Guelph, Ontario, at a distance of six feet j^otesi from iftelfci anb J>tubp Birds from a Breakfast Table As a busy housewife, living in the heart oftown, I have no time to linger under trees, ortake a half day off to stretch out in some se-cluded nook, with a field-glass in one handand a camera in the other. But the birds aremy dear friends, and last November I con-ceived the idea of putting up a food-boardnear my breakfast-room window, where, atleast once a day, I could observe the littlefeathered creatures. The porch is open t
. Bird-lore . A DRUMMING GROUSEPhotographed by J. H. McDonald, Guelph, Ontario, at a distance of six feet j^otesi from iftelfci anb J>tubp Birds from a Breakfast Table As a busy housewife, living in the heart oftown, I have no time to linger under trees, ortake a half day off to stretch out in some se-cluded nook, with a field-glass in one handand a camera in the other. But the birds aremy dear friends, and last November I con-ceived the idea of putting up a food-boardnear my breakfast-room window, where, atleast once a day, I could observe the littlefeathered creatures. The porch is open to the sky, and so is thefood-board, a primitive arrangement of onelong plank nailed to two supports, attachedto the veranda railing. But the amount ofinformation which I gleaned, showed me thatany sort of feeding-place is good enough, pro-viding the snow is brushed away from time totime. I put out whole wheat bread crumbs, whitebread, crackers, cracked wheat, bird-foodwhich I bought from my grocer, and sun-flo
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