. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, September, 1919 341 5 ^S Jll \ â¢'.â dar Waxwiiig sunning itself a fence post. nown Bitterns to be momentarily attracted y a small artificial lilly pond in the city out- urts. The Search for Sanctuaries. Next to water comes protection as a factor I attracting birds. The life of wild things is ne continuous watchfulness against danger, 'leir enemies are mnumerable and their per- )nal histories are little more than a sequence [ escapes. They discover isles of safety as seems that they associat
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, September, 1919 341 5 ^S Jll \ â¢'.â dar Waxwiiig sunning itself a fence post. nown Bitterns to be momentarily attracted y a small artificial lilly pond in the city out- urts. The Search for Sanctuaries. Next to water comes protection as a factor I attracting birds. The life of wild things is ne continuous watchfulness against danger, 'leir enemies are mnumerable and their per- )nal histories are little more than a sequence [ escapes. They discover isles of safety as seems that they associate locally with danger ad soon learn to avoid spots where they have een repeatedly endangered. Under these cir- imstances it is hardly surprising that a place here they can lay aside some degree of their /er watchful constraint has an attraction for lem, and it is surprising what results where otection from enemies will produce. To see hundreds of wild geese, the wariest birds, as tame as barnyard poultry at Jack Miner's place at Kingsville, Ontario, simply because they know they are safe, is an object lesson. In Meriden, New Hampshire, through co-operation throughout the village, all the birds are equally tame; come to the hand and be fed, and show a confidence in man and his protection that is more like the Golden Age than this one of Steel and Iron. Beware the Cat! Principal among the bird dangers to be guarded against in settled communities, is the common domestic cat. The toll taken by gentle pussy from bird life is, in total, enormous. No cat but is a hunter on opportunity. Even the best of care and feeding fails to restrain the feline nature in this direction. Of course hun- gry cats who have to hunt to live, kill more birds than the pampered pets, but not even the aristocratic Angora or Persian is guiltless. How to control the cat is rather a difficult problem. A cat-proof fence about the grounds is the most satisfactory method. High fences of poultry wire, or topped
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