. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. ^ tiUk. ^ WHAT JilKDS CAN DO Photo by Joseph 11 A great-crested flycatcher huuse, with bluebird, suspended from a pear tree, from which Mr. Dodson last year picked eight bushels of pears with not a worm hole in one, and that notwithstanding" the fact that the tree had never been sprayed. A flycatcher is certainly a cheaper investment than a sprayintj-machinc. "About houses and buildings, particularly those on our farms, the ordinary type of bird- house rather than the hollow log is perhaps more appropriate. Blueb
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. ^ tiUk. ^ WHAT JilKDS CAN DO Photo by Joseph 11 A great-crested flycatcher huuse, with bluebird, suspended from a pear tree, from which Mr. Dodson last year picked eight bushels of pears with not a worm hole in one, and that notwithstanding" the fact that the tree had never been sprayed. A flycatcher is certainly a cheaper investment than a sprayintj-machinc. "About houses and buildings, particularly those on our farms, the ordinary type of bird- house rather than the hollow log is perhaps more appropriate. Bluebirds, tree-swallows, and house-wrens take to them readily, and if you have a large house on a high pole you may be lucky enough to attract a colon}- of martins" (see text, page 341'). completeh' metamorphosed into a very attractive and interesting spot, replete with bird life. If wild rice can be made to grow, ducks will be sure to come in greater numbers each year, while regular feeding with corn at proper times may prove an additional attraction to whole flocks of ducks during the migration. Tame call- ducks may be introduced, and if there arc near-by woods nest boxes for the attrac- tion of the wood-ducks should be put up. One may even go into the raising of ducks, though this is often both bother- some and expensive, while the simple flooding of a meadow and intelligent planting of its shores is comparatively little trouble. Mr. Herbert K. Job, State Ornitholo- gist of Connecticut, is having some very interesting experiences on a game pre- .serve in Connecticut, where low-lving areas have been flooded and the wild ducks attracted in increasing numbers each year from miles around (see picture, page 338). I know of one man in Canada who several years ago fed a small flock of wild geese that chanced to alight in a ])ond close beside his house. The geese appreciated the treatment so much that they later returned with friends, and have kept it up from year to year until now
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