. How to attract the birds : and other talks about bird neighbors . Phutograph from life by Carlin An «ar]y nest-builder ; the bronzed crackle How to Attract the Birds HOUSE HUNTING When a young mans fancv Hghtly turns tothoughts ot love, mating is the hirds one ahsorhingidea. Some of them, having taken partners tor Htein previous vears, or having found mates on the. Iy Blue-birds are peering about for some hole in an old hollow tree or fence iourney northward, are ready to begin housekeepingas soon as they reach our home grounds. Others,though still in the agonies of jeal
. How to attract the birds : and other talks about bird neighbors . Phutograph from life by Carlin An «ar]y nest-builder ; the bronzed crackle How to Attract the Birds HOUSE HUNTING When a young mans fancv Hghtly turns tothoughts ot love, mating is the hirds one ahsorhingidea. Some of them, having taken partners tor Htein previous vears, or having found mates on the. Iy Blue-birds are peering about for some hole in an old hollow tree or fence iourney northward, are ready to begin housekeepingas soon as they reach our home grounds. Others,though still in the agonies of jealousy or the blissof wooing, do not long delay the serious ^\■orkof life. Only the cedar waxwings and goldfinchpostpone nesting until midsummer, when their prin-cipal food supplies—choke-cherries and thistle seeds—are most abundant. But even in March, blue-birds are peering about for some hole in an oldhollow tree or fence rail to shelter their nest from 6 How to Invite Bird Neighbours rude spring winds. Flocks of iridescent grackles orblackbirds, as they are also called, wheeze and creaktheir discussions over suitable sites in the top of ourtall evergreens. The robins clear, ringing, militarycall is heard again fromthe apple trees and little phoebestimidly investigate thebeams under our piazzaroofs; swallows skimabove our barns. Alittle later
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