Show LET GEORGE DO IT ITA Bird Baile Baffle Brings Plea for Aid AidA A letter leter from Mrs lr Edna S. S Carroll Carroll Car Car- roll 14 Heather st. st reads Can you get someone to rescue a nest full ul pf of boby robins near my home They I are bel being n g at attacked attacked at- at 2 tacked by chicken chick chick- en hawks and are in danger of losing los ing the battle batte Wh Why couldn't the police d department depart depart- cpa r to p P ment have one of their crack shots' shots George put nn an end to these menaces As an old bird fancier lancer from way back George decided this called for personal investigation and h hopped out to see the battle of the birds for himself himsel Sure enough just as Mrs Carroll Carrol reported the robins' robins nest nest perched high up In a large tree was the object of much swooping and screeching on the part par a of the hawks So far af none of the robins has been killed as asfar asfar asfar far as os could be learned and it I seemed that the hawks were being successfully kept away from the nest by groups of robins On Investigation George learned that Salt Lake police polee are not al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed to shoot the hawks hawks In fact they are ore not permitted ot at shoot at al anything the city limits unless it is a fleeing criminal siad Chief of Police L. L C C. Crowther lr Mrs Charles W. W Lockerbie of the Salt Lake Audubon society Informed Informed in informed In- In formed Georgo that the best way to get rid of chicken hawks and other predatory birds without killing killing kill kill- ing them is to place a scarecrow like ke the picture in this column in the tree Another good method Is to tie te a towel or white cloth coth on the end of a n pole placed in the tree Mrs Lockerbie Lockerbie Lock Lock- erbie erble said Thle methods Will wil vU scare the hawks away long enough to allow aHa small birds to grow row ant and I fly away from the nest Mrs Lockerbie Lockerbie Lockerbie Lock Lock- erbie noted Hawks Jn like other predatory birds arc ore protected by state laws lass's since after nil nl thc they must cat eat too ns its Mrs Lockerbie pointed out out They he are ore considered valuable since they cat field mice grasshoppers grass grass- hoppers and ant other animals which can cnn become crop menaces if i aLlowed al allowed al- al lowed to roam at nt will wi |