. How to have bird neighbors . STRINGS AND COTTON AND CHICKEN FEATHERS FOR THE birds nestings {See page 56) HOW TO HAVE BIRDNEIGHBORS ^* BY s/louise patteson AUTHOR OF pussy MEOW, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CATAND kITTY-KAT KIMMIE, A CATs TALE PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR COVER BY HELEN BABBITT ANDETHEL BLOSSOM D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO ,5 T3 COPYRIGHT, 191 7, BYS. LOUISE PATTESON IK7 # ^. ^^ DEC -6 1917 ©CU477861 1 ■ DEDICATED TO BOYS AND GIRLS FOREWORD This narrative of neighborship with birds issuggestive rather than exhaustive. It aims not somuch to inform the reader, as to
. How to have bird neighbors . STRINGS AND COTTON AND CHICKEN FEATHERS FOR THE birds nestings {See page 56) HOW TO HAVE BIRDNEIGHBORS ^* BY s/louise patteson AUTHOR OF pussy MEOW, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CATAND kITTY-KAT KIMMIE, A CATs TALE PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR COVER BY HELEN BABBITT ANDETHEL BLOSSOM D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO ,5 T3 COPYRIGHT, 191 7, BYS. LOUISE PATTESON IK7 # ^. ^^ DEC -6 1917 ©CU477861 1 ■ DEDICATED TO BOYS AND GIRLS FOREWORD This narrative of neighborship with birds issuggestive rather than exhaustive. It aims not somuch to inform the reader, as to instill in him thedesire to learn from the outdoors itself, to knowat first hand about the charms and the benefac-tions of birdlife. The observing reader will supplywhat has been left unsaid, and so experience thezest of initiative, the joy of discovery, in ourmysterious and manifold bird-world. S. L. p. Waldheim, East Clev^land, Ohio, October, SUET AND DOUGHNUTS FOR DOWNY, CORN FOR THECARDINAL, CEREAL FOR THE SONG SPARROW CONTENTS PAGE List of Illustrations vii I. My First Bird Neighbors 1 n. New Adventures in Birdland 11 m. Real Troubles in Birdland 21 IV. The Bluebirds Bungalow ...... 28 V. The Wrens Apartment House .... 36 VI. The Boy 44 VII. The Chimney Swifts 62 Vni. Birds Not of a Feather ...... 68 IX. The Martins Aircastle 78 X. More about the Boy 92 XI. The Cardinals 102 XII. My Bird Family 110 Glossary 123 Index 127
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