Show A 10 M FUA 05 INVITE I 1 L to fo tv I 1 e 11 N rf T i T 1 T BY ne TH lamp mani NEST SHELTERS one of r most valuable anil and inter esting birda to have about the home or farm farmstead stend Is the also brid brodse ge bird ad preacher bird it fee almost ill oil kindi of insets and ani helps to make the country more habitable for man like ille to net 6 0 0 10 7 outdoor nest et nest shelter about buildings and a simple shelf under lie the roof root of a porch or shed 1 N all hei thel require it Is iq pointed out by the united beates bureau of biological if it it 13 1 desirable to liaro have them stay outside the shelf must be provided with nith a roof root haure I 1 estios a shelf shielded from the QUESTIONS TO DETERMINE BE i FORE BUILDING HOUSES before erecting birdhouses one should first de tennin tha the kind of birds to which hia his premises are adopted the question usually next aels arl ing ts Is as to the number of birds that can bo be accommodated unless grounds are large it Is generally useless to expect as tenants more than a pair of each species epe clee except martins accord ing 0 co o the united states biological survey ll however oever the singular intolerance shown by most bires during the breeding to others of their kind does not operate between those of different species A dozen different kinds of at birds wilt will pursue their modes of hunting and raise their families on the same lot but rarely two of the samo mama sort sorl of all our native house birds martins lone alone are sociable birds are tolerant the fait fact the birds are more tolerant toward strangers than toward relative relatives was well illustrated by an observation made recently in lew new mexico A one story ten fee feet square had bad nailed to three corners carnen of its roof rough birdhouses bird housea made from packing boxes one ono was occupied by violet green swallows another by western bluebirds and the third by engli english ah sparrows A till still more remarkable association of different epe des clem has been reported by a resident of st louis who oace once had a pair each of ickers fl martins house wrens und andi english sparrows nesting in the tame same house the fact that there Is a limit to the possible bird population on any given tract must be taken into consideration when the probable tenants have been decided upon the rt r lection of bites sites Is in order for the bite site often decides UK th CATERING TO THEIR NEEDS birds may rally bo be gathered about us tn in all 11 II seasons of the year with ease and merely by offering what hat they desire in winter they ire u often pushed for or food and if we supply this need they will report dally daily at the lunch counter and help to relieve the tedium pt t our indoor life in sum raer mer they care less for or food provided by their buman bunion friends friend and other 1 bird butr a ra Iott try b metal or coo eon crete crate means meant roust must be bought sought to attract them bout about the home they appreciate reth matr for or bathing and drin drinking kini A ty poc pool 4 of var varying ing depth 1 if I only a toot vertra becomes on hot days a center of attraction for all 1 the bird 1 in the vicinity and it may be milade rt rb th little tl tle effort and Milt material erfal only a 4 niall small amount of at cement Is required orl op if it that be lacking a pan part with tones stones in it let et linthe in the ground will be assily serviceable trees scrubs ibs tt ainther by one oile null III alad a raf tit ed aln under th alu tie liila altif if one placed of if a ano no story building may attract birn ind ond robin build 1 ft it if it I 1 also are likely to ul upon not iw than eglit feet frodi from tl if fe ground in fit SOUK 1 cai es it will lc ie ud ad pliable to one ile hlll adt 01 dpn i A net dt to it blaed in shrubbery for catbird bro brauwn a and song sparrows Is shown shoun in haure 2 A it requires little lumber lumi or labor chae oil may wall ell be pia placed I 1 in fit every patch of cede or brush fre quieted q united by these there birds rastel led to a large horizontal bratich or in a crotch of a 0 tree it Is likely to be used by robins stile of house that Is to occupy it in the final i lacing of birdhouses care should be taken to have them face away amay from train the winds pie in stormy stomy weather the strongly deul oiled homing instincts of birds can be relied on to artech theia them to the neigh boyhood oil where they first saw the light and the identical pairs which nest in the house provided for them one ear mill often return the nest next season searon to b enjoy the same bounty and protection location of houses the location of a birdhouse or food shelter has much to do with its success for the reason that birds have decided notions as to proper sur roun soundings dings tor for a dwelling delling martins prefer to breed near hases but not within 2 21 19 feet of trees or buil din s are inclined to select orchards or having scattered trees NN rens thrashers and catbirds live in thick rh rubbery robins like trees with sturdy trunks and branches titmice nuthatches and most of the woodpeckers are woodland species although flickers and redheaded red headed wood peckers are more at home borne among the scattered trees of roadsides and pas tures song sparrows freau frequent t weedy swales and brush fences swallows Tw swallows allows do not poter enter woods s 93 that a house would be aa as attractive to them loone lo one open place as another the eastern phoebe the black phocbe phoebe and the house finch each while not hot limited to the haunts of man mail are noticeably partial to them crested flycatchers screech auls barn owls and sparrow sparr olm hawks are governed more by convenience than by taste although normally in dined to hold aloof toot frem man they have in many instances reared their broods in close proximity to dwelling barn owls true to their name accept without hesitation suitable sul talle quarters in to buildings and vines bearing fruit relished by birds are great attraction in their season birds are desirable about premises not anly on account of their beauty and song but because of their economic worth according to the united S 8 ates bureau of biological survey they are especially u useful it us inject destroyers during the breeding period when they nave have to work early and lat latt to obtain nt rit food for theli theil nestlings nest neit lings and their at time arc are more interesting than during any other seaton there Is therefore it double purpose in offering them clat nesting facilities it if mud raud la is available sp apt 31 swallows ew allows robins and found an aej wall their nest ness t with it it we put out feathers teather bit of wool cr or twine a dozen different finla of 0 bids bi ds trill will nabe make use of then thein if vc furnish ate late retreat retreats in which h their they 1 1 1 can rear young comfortably 1 inot of them theril will be occupied in fact no attrel tion for eummer summer bird 11 mere effel teal than a series of houses the needs culled gulled to end and habits of th the kinds of house birds A few years aco ago only four specie species were commonly birds bird the house regarded ati a houe houte wren th the e bluebird the tree ans be the martin marlin the movement since inco to protect binia and neighbors of them hf ever heir their began llo natures and c 0 me better understood needs need brav ie become known that and ad 1 11 4 biow ow many other r avail spiel 1 will them themselves selve of hocq houes cd for or ahm by their construct tract the human Ur flAti friends practice of in this country erecting while wide ide now nation ie is not so 0 o coBi C inon alid 1 distributed 29 a it should be uniformly Provi provision slon of this and anore cannot fall fail nature it tn result 1 in cil a largely in creed number of hoult bout birds bird |