. American ornithology for the home and school . its that for hundreds of years they have nested in, orabout, buildings, chimneys, walls, or in bird boxes put up for theiraccommodation. It is also well known that our newer American civilization has in-duced similar changes in bird habits and even in bird Chimney Swift, Tree Swallow, Purple Martin, Bluebird, and HouseWren have found nesting places provided for them in or near our dwell-ings, and in many cases they have occupied these from choice, evenbefore their former homes, the dead and hollow trees of the forest, hadbeen cu
. American ornithology for the home and school . its that for hundreds of years they have nested in, orabout, buildings, chimneys, walls, or in bird boxes put up for theiraccommodation. It is also well known that our newer American civilization has in-duced similar changes in bird habits and even in bird Chimney Swift, Tree Swallow, Purple Martin, Bluebird, and HouseWren have found nesting places provided for them in or near our dwell-ings, and in many cases they have occupied these from choice, evenbefore their former homes, the dead and hollow trees of the forest, hadbeen cut down. The Phoebe and Barn Swallow,finding that the dwellings of man afford-ed more secure retreats than cliffs or caves, have become widely distribut-ed along the lines of human emigration. The Night Hawks now breed,to some extent, on the flat roofs of large city blocks. In Europe cer-tain Woodpeckers and Titmice are among the birds which have now be-come semi-domesticated, and occupy dwellings put up for them by the 350 AMERICAN WATCHING THE HOUSEKEEPING. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 351 householders. Here the Flicker has already begun to inhabit build-ings, using them chiefly as a winter protection and making a doorwayof its own. The Chickadee, our only common titmouse, sometimesfinds shelter about buildings during severe winter storms, but does notyet breed in buildings or bird boxes, except in rare cases. Thirty years ago, before the English Sparrow became common andwidely distributed here, the Chickadee was a familiar bird about thefarm, both in Winter and Summer. Its nest was built in some hollowfruit tree in the orchard, yard, or garden. Where Sparrows are scarceit still seeks such situations. Last Summer a pair of Chickadees rearedtheir young in a hollow pear tree near the doorway of a neighbor, butwherever the ubiquitous sparrow has come to stay, the Chickadee isdriven to the woods, returning to the farm yard chiefly in Winter whenSparrows do most resort to th
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