. Birds and berries in my grandmother's garden . Bird attracting; Birds; Berries. BIRDS ^ for tlie kummers, and several came each day to banquet tkere. The most exquisite tit of tird life I kave ever seen ^vas tliat of a little motker bummer teaching her tiny t^vins to feed at ttose golden horns - of - plenty. Across the trook in an evergreen glade we wan- dered in the early evening and list- ened to the hells of the wood ttrusli ringing m one of its to'w- ers. His exclusive cousin, the her- mit, never graced the glade ^vith his ventriloquial m^usic, but in the ear- ly days â w^hen the cottage
. Birds and berries in my grandmother's garden . Bird attracting; Birds; Berries. BIRDS ^ for tlie kummers, and several came each day to banquet tkere. The most exquisite tit of tird life I kave ever seen ^vas tliat of a little motker bummer teaching her tiny t^vins to feed at ttose golden horns - of - plenty. Across the trook in an evergreen glade we wan- dered in the early evening and list- ened to the hells of the wood ttrusli ringing m one of its to'w- ers. His exclusive cousin, the her- mit, never graced the glade ^vith his ventriloquial m^usic, but in the ear- ly days â w^hen the cottage was new and the evergreens stood at the edge of a forest, his rare voice was often heard. There was no need of a bird garden then, for Nature cared for all the birds around t b e little gray bouse; only the advance of civilization necessitated the provision of food and shelter m order to keep them there. 'Jhe, garden was almost a s attractive m -winter as in summer and it was quite as interesting. ibe scarlet berries of the bittersweet, black alder, and the barberry mingled -with the black fruit of the sheepberry, making a pleasing picture in the sno-w; -when a host of chickadees and nuthatches came to feast on them, the hedge became a thing of beauty. Chinese Christmas berry, arrow- â wood, Japanese silver thorn, mountain ash, woodbine and. ^;| Page Five. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bird Man. West Webster, N. Y. E. H. Reiber
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