. Nature study and life. Nature study. DOMESTICATION OF OUR WILD BIRDS 333 We should guard against such disappointments in con- nection with the autumn bird census and during the study of nests and nesting materials. For each bird included in their grade plan they should have clear ideas as to its preferences and be led to accommodate them- selves to the bird's life, rather than expect the bird to do impossible things. To supply homes, nest- ing places, and materials for nests is a fascinating study. Trees may be pruned to make inviting crotches, and a dark tangle of bushes overgrown with vine
. Nature study and life. Nature study. DOMESTICATION OF OUR WILD BIRDS 333 We should guard against such disappointments in con- nection with the autumn bird census and during the study of nests and nesting materials. For each bird included in their grade plan they should have clear ideas as to its preferences and be led to accommodate them- selves to the bird's life, rather than expect the bird to do impossible things. To supply homes, nest- ing places, and materials for nests is a fascinating study. Trees may be pruned to make inviting crotches, and a dark tangle of bushes overgrown with vines and suniiowers, dense lilac bushes, or a " syringa thicket" will be sure to attract catbirds, brown thrashers, and some others. Bird houses furnish homes for wrens, bluebirds, chick- adees, nuthatches, tree swallows, and purple mar- tins, but here, again, Eng- lish sparrows are the omnipresent nuisance and must be served frequent notice to quit the premises. The proper size for a bird house is six inches square floor space and. Fig. 130. Bluebird One of tlie author's tenement houses. There are five young ones inside, and the pair reared three broods in 1901. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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