. Wild bird protection and nesting boxes ... and a full list of the orders made under the "Wild Birds Protection Acts" .. . iling,or other open perch, to enable it to see more readilythe flies and other insects flying around which formits staple food. Such a perch will be occupied byone of the parent birds all day long, and also affordsa convenient place for the young when they firstleave the nest. I have fiequently seen three or fouryoung Flycatchers sitting in a row on such a perch,whilst the mother bird continues to feed them. For our friends the Swallows much may be donein providing them w
. Wild bird protection and nesting boxes ... and a full list of the orders made under the "Wild Birds Protection Acts" .. . iling,or other open perch, to enable it to see more readilythe flies and other insects flying around which formits staple food. Such a perch will be occupied byone of the parent birds all day long, and also affordsa convenient place for the young when they firstleave the nest. I have fiequently seen three or fouryoung Flycatchers sitting in a row on such a perch,whilst the mother bird continues to feed them. For our friends the Swallows much may be donein providing them with convenient shelves againstbeams and rafters in lofts, open sheds, and out-buildings, where these birds can obtain ingressand egress through an opening or window. Theseshelves or plain brackets, say, about 6 inches by 4|inches, may be placed in all sorts of positions on theinside timbers of an open roof, or against sheltered 50 NESTING BOXES, ETC. corners of walls under the eaves of a building, assuggested by the following sketch (Fig. 12). One of these shelves has also been used by a Wrenwhereon to build its Fig. 12.—Section of a Building or Outhouse, sliowing thepositions where Nesting Brackets or Trays may be most suit-ably placed. For House Martins, Mr. Sutton Davies informsme, little boxes of birch bark attached to the wallsof a house are provided by the Lapps, and he sawone of these little boxes actually occupied by a nestof this bird. He also states that most houses in Ihitr V.
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