. Attracting birds to public and semipublic reservations . y increasethe beauty and interest of the place, but would add to its dignityby suggesting a specific usefulness for the space. As for nest boxes BULLETIX 715. T7. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. for other birds, they may be so inconspicuously placed that thechief evidence of their presence would be the increased number ofbuds, and decreased injury to vegetation by insect pests. Theperfection of specimen trees in parks and the work of the tree surgeonon imperfect trees make it necessary to supply nest boxes if thehole-nesting birds are to
. Attracting birds to public and semipublic reservations . y increasethe beauty and interest of the place, but would add to its dignityby suggesting a specific usefulness for the space. As for nest boxes BULLETIX 715. T7. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. for other birds, they may be so inconspicuously placed that thechief evidence of their presence would be the increased number ofbuds, and decreased injury to vegetation by insect pests. Theperfection of specimen trees in parks and the work of the tree surgeonon imperfect trees make it necessary to supply nest boxes if thehole-nesting birds are to have any chance of inhabiting parks. Feeding stations for birds are made in a number of sightly designs,and the principles upon which they are built allow of their beingextensively varied or incorporated into other park structures. Thegreatest usefulness of feeding stations in parks, aside from the preser-vation of birds, is in rendering the parks more attractive to the publicin winter. The feeding of birds is carried on with most obvious results W^yL m. Fig. 3.—Flicker at a bird fountain. during the colder months, and adding this feature to parks appealsstrongly to thousands of lovers of nature. By means of feeding stations it is possible to attract to convenientobservation points several species of the most interesting and valu-able birds. Such stations are particularly pleasing to children. Asevidence of the value of the method, the following statement ofexperience by Theodore TTirth, Superintendent of Parks. Minneapolis,Minn., is presented: For the past five or six years we have maintained a number of feeding stations invarious parts of our park system, with very satisfactory results. I rive you a list ofthe birds which stay with us over winter. The permanent winter-birds found inthe vicinity of our parks are the chickadee, blue jay. white-breasted nuthatch,downy and hairy woodpeckers, and screech owl: winter visitors, the redpoll, treesparrow, and junco: irregular winte
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