| Show BIRDS BIRT US LOYAL lu I 1 Y A L FRIENDS E 1 4 D S OF COUNTRY PEOPLE they kill hill insects that destroy our crops and their songs are delightfully sweet and cheering r ZT 10 W X 1 I 1 za IA s y 4 al I 1 I 1 1 41 1 wa I 1 i 0 N pg I 1 ae q A 4 1 5 X k ab I 1 q f S 4 lk vl 41 9 1 1 1141 i I 1 0 16 A N ak r qa y I 1 A A 7 01 1 54 1 6 I 1 1 oe 6 iivo 19 Z N IV 4 NO p IF IM R 11 01 1 4 e 0 03 I 1 lk t 41 ft T 1 an insect destroyer destro yer on its nest there is no sweeter sound around the tarm houe e than the notes of sum mer b ads birds are welcome visit ors ind and true and appreciated friends to be without them life loses much of its charm and bea ity to ha hae e tt tl air company life cannot help but be cheery and and gardening a bleness birds bring us both pleas ure and profit pi out they cheer us with tl e r songs they kill insects that destroy our crops the amount of good they do in both ways can scarce iv be overestimated over estimated even the hated english sparrow does more good than it does harm A single pair in one diy daiy with a nest of oung will carry off and consume several I 1 undred cabbage caterpillars how flow many other harm ful insects they destroy during the boyise of a summer no one knows since stringent quail laws have gone into active effect in so many states and quails have increased in numbers chinch bugs have practically digap feared from the face of the country with a saving of millions of dollars each year in grain crops quails may not dot be wholly responsible for all of this good yet it is positively known that they destroy countless numbers of the noxious bugs each summer birds will stay about a home if they are given encouragement the best together or rather birds do not feel comfortable in the presence of cats cats however have no objection to the presence of birds if you want the confiding presence of birds you must not keep cats it Is a simple question I 1 ot of choice cats will not only kill and eat both young and old birds but frighten them away in trying to catch them throwing stones or shooting at them will result in driving them away birds are wild animals and natural iv timid yet by giving them natural protection and nesting places in the forn of trees and bushes they will come and stay near the dwelling house the house wren has nested season atter after season on the writer writers s front porch and has sat on a vine and sung within three feet of the newspaper he vas reading nearly all birds that come about the place will become al most as tame as poultry it if they are not disturbed in their natural acrivi ties and are made to feel that they will not be harmed avoid quick and threatening movements in their pres ence it if a robin alights near you on tt e lawn to look for a worm either stand still or walk malk straight raight bt ahead about your business and it will not be alarmed on the north and west sides of our home grounds we have an abundance of trees tree sand and shrubs some places in 1 I 1 I X S I 1 e 11 q A A 4 4 I k 1 t k t t u 1 e 11 1 V 1 1 I aa v I 1 9 1 I t g ik X IA 1 V 14 1 14 4 irl tu V 11 ak i 1 ailt 4 1 v 1 1 I 1 41 1 1 4 k V v ic g A N 4 4 I 1 a A dainty morsel fo arthe youngsters encouragement is an abundance of 0 trees and shrubs for them to hide and nest in most of our common birds nest in low bushes or the lower branches of trees A few nest on the ground if there are trees and shrubs about the home the birds will surely ome and make male these their home if they are not disturbed they will return to this retreat from spring to spring after the r annual winter isit to the southland cats and birds do not get along well dense masses in these from a dozen to twenty different kinds of birds nest each s immer simmer and other dozens come as frequent visitors their twitter ings are heard all day long in summer and in early morning in may and june they nil fill the air with their chorus 8 song greeting the coming day with wath the sweetest music we should not caie care to live in a home not surrounded with shrubs and trees filled each spring erring and summer with our friends tl e birds |
