. Bird lore . es 381 upon insects, feed during the winter upon all fatty substances, and it is for thisreason that it is easy to supply them with food. Beef suet, meat scraps, allkinds of nuts, raw peanuts, sunflower seed, pancakes, and doughnuts seem tocontain the necessary substancesand are much relished by granivorou§ birds found innorthern United States duringwinter are mostly members ofthe Sparrow family, and thosethat come most commonly towindow feeding-stations are theJuncos, Tree Sparrows, SongSparrows, Purple Finches, andGrosbeaks. All kinds of seedsare suitable for them, and
. Bird lore . es 381 upon insects, feed during the winter upon all fatty substances, and it is for thisreason that it is easy to supply them with food. Beef suet, meat scraps, allkinds of nuts, raw peanuts, sunflower seed, pancakes, and doughnuts seem tocontain the necessary substancesand are much relished by granivorou§ birds found innorthern United States duringwinter are mostly members ofthe Sparrow family, and thosethat come most commonly towindow feeding-stations are theJuncos, Tree Sparrows, SongSparrows, Purple Finches, andGrosbeaks. All kinds of seedsare suitable for them, and, whennothing else is available, crackedgrain, commonly called chick-feed, is the most convenient andthe cheapest. Weed seed col-lected by the children, sweepingsfrom the barn floor, screeningsfrom the mill, and the crumbsfrom the childrens lunches are ^^^^ tREtPLR ai ihe .uEr-LOG The wire screen protects the suet from Crows andall equally SatlSlaCtOry. squirrels which might carry it away in one or two visits. WHEN TO BEGIN If you have not already begun feeding the winter birds when you read theselines, begin now. The best time to begin, however, is in the fall before the birdshave formed the fixed habits which later on take them over approximately thesame course every day. Early in the season they learn which trees are infestedwith insects and which ones are barren of food and ordinarily they fly from oneto the next, skipping the barren trees. If one happens to select trees barren ofinsect life for the suet, the birds may not find it for a long time. On the otherhand if one watches the birds before placing the suet and selects trees throughwhich they regularly pass, it makes little difference how late in the season hebegins. HOW TO BEGIN The best way to begin is to select the window or spot in the yard where onewishes the birds to come and, from this as a center, as nearly as possible in thefour directions, fasten pieces of suet in the branches of the trees to a distance ofse
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