. How to attract the birds, and other talks about bird neighbours [microform]. Birds, Attracting of; Oiseaux, Attraction des; Oiseaux; Birds. How to Attract the Birds kiiui, uiulfrhriish, shrubbery and tangled vines to hide and hunt among, no one need be told; but certain trees and bushes attract certain birds more than ()thers. Some trees there are—the cotti)n- wood tor example— which, trom the bird's standpoint, are useful merely as perches, but others furnish food, too, or favourite nesting sites, therefore, \v h v not choose them r If the bird-lover's door-vard is so small as to hold only
. How to attract the birds, and other talks about bird neighbours [microform]. Birds, Attracting of; Oiseaux, Attraction des; Oiseaux; Birds. How to Attract the Birds kiiui, uiulfrhriish, shrubbery and tangled vines to hide and hunt among, no one need be told; but certain trees and bushes attract certain birds more than ()thers. Some trees there are—the cotti)n- wood tor example— which, trom the bird's standpoint, are useful merely as perches, but others furnish food, too, or favourite nesting sites, therefore, \v h v not choose them r If the bird-lover's door-vard is so small as to hold only one tree, no other one will attract so many feathered \isitors as the Russian mulberry. Robins, catbirds, tan- agers, grosbeaks, wax- wings, orioles and thrushes are not bv anv means the only ap- preciative visitors with the poor sense to prefer the insipid, sweet truit, to the best berrv Ciod ever made. Scientific farmers are now systematically planting mulberry trees, the shad bush and June berry as counter attractions to their strawberry beds, whose fruit ripens at the same time. Myriad r" rlies, ants, wasps and other insects that come to ip the syrup ot over-ripe mulberries, draw insectivorous birds, as well as more dainty feasters. Probably the next best food tree for birds is the. Bt•rrie^ of tlii- Ariierii ;iii liollv. 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 Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918. Toronto : Copp, Clark
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