Show inver tv INIE iro 1 1 ar JV 0 4 3 1 FIX l 4 0 te ite I fir fig U 1 alir 2 halt half ot of for or swallowed Sw SA allowe allowa and bluebird bluebirds I cross section and mew lew of front floor and nd posts added to foundation 4 a 2 foundation tor for house aleh bouss reada to place over alj pot posts BIRDHOUSE construction wood Is a better building mitt material ettal for birdhouses bird housea than metal or earthen ware war In trance should be sheltered by projecting roots to to exclude all houses should be easy cosy to open for chuning A perch at the lie en trance 1 I anil and may eyen eye be au on objection ua us it Is frequently used by english i arrow a while they twitter exasperatingly exas peru tingle to frighten off wore desirable to provi f for ventilation entila tion a row of small liolis holts Is sometimes lored bored jut juit the bavei but should never bu be a ventilating hole lower than the entrance anil and joints should be nude made tight as a drafts of air are dangerous in case there Is danger that rain may be driven la in through hie the door a small drainage hole vm be corned by fly the nest may bo be made in the middle of the tile floor the appearance and durability of house are improve Imp roel by a coat of paint A neutral shade of enen en en or gray Is suitable for houses mo anted in trees icille those on poles being con placed lend to tha the landscape when painted hite pleads of maliq and screws should be bit rather deeply und and coerced with mith putty patty in bull ling bird houes it should be ith the object of attracting particular species of birds a as the acquire of thi tho different species vary the following tanas forms of birdhouse birdhouses are mg by the united states bureau of biological survey the house elico u in figures I 1 fn I 1 united state states bureau of biological survey lure re tile roast coast la is rocky anil and the soil of ordin ordinary nry charn cUr conditions are little different from those inland anil and except in relation to exposure there lidd be 10 no lie especial preference pret trence glun lir the tile thoice holce of plants it la is worth north mentioning hoener lio libeer eer that sev cral tit es onil and shrubs are better to withstand tand tile winds so preN prevalent clent on lie the coast thee there the e include three species of juniper common barberry english th thorn hybrid crabapple cm bapple lur european and lind american mountain allies lies smooth and Irl irleta Nets buckthorn and red berried elder IN here the toll Is chlell sand and that often shifting conditions are not suited to many plants selection may bb bit made how ever froin from the foll following oling nil till of which are tire knoma to thrive thrle in buch nul ings b tor or seed enters beach ernstes Jaw inese and sunflower sun floer er for I 1 or fruit batel 4 kaberry sea buckthorn sand cherry cli erry aca beach th VIUM cranberries and FEEDING FRUIT EA BIRDS reeding fruit eating birdi Is best accomplished complis hed by planting selected ap epe cles of fruit bearing shrubs and tree through late spring and summer there Is usually an abundance of insect food in addition to fruit enough for nil all tha the birdi fco so far for us as fruit alone Is con ceruti fall la Is the season of overflowing abundance in winter inter the tile supply gradually di decreases creases and late winter and early spring are tire the beacon season of actual scarcity this Is the critical f 61 4 fig 5 mg 6 7 fr 6 sotyie of suitable Sul table for or sparrow hawks screech owl oala bird and wren It sIgned te to be placed 11 in trees bottom can be B by turning dutton flicker houe to da mounted on a post or stub ta tree ea 7 to lie B placed in tre tree for woodpeckers nuthatch nuthatches cr titmice Tit rolce 4 ie Is designer design eJ to be sot act on a pole or a tree stub for the use of sw swallows allos especially and nd for these birds the cay ity should re 1 about 5 by 5 indies alth with a depth of 0 inches end and no an entrance 14 inches la in diameter it can be cleaned by blindly lifting the lie box from its base and wren is well as fm allows owl nest in this style of house though they prefer a cavity 8 inches deep ligure 5 6 illustrates a house to be attached to a trie it can be opened for cleaning by turning a button and removing the bottom bottem this bouto Is easy to build and if suitably proportioned la Is adapted to a great va biety of birda birds I 1 lans ore are furnished for two sizes one for bluebirds and the other for screech Is or sparrow hais the flicker house shown in figure 0 la Is designed to be b placed on a post or the stub of a tree the cavity should be 7 7 by 7 inches and 10 to 18 inches dp tho the roof can be lifted in the same way that a stopper Is removed from a bottle A house suitable eul table for members of the woodpecker family timily and also for nuthatches and titmice including chickadees Is shown in I 1 fig ig ure uro 7 it la Is attached to bole boles of trees the tile bottom Is removable NN woodpeck erg ra demand a rather deep cavity for nesting from froin 12 to 18 inches the other dimensions required are rubout 0 by 0 6 inches ft ith an entrance from 11 14 A to 2 inches la in diameter an inch or so 10 of should bo be placed in the bottom of the house as woodpeck ere ers do not father gather nest materials FOOD rood PLANTS ALONG THE SEA SHORE besides winter feeding where in this cerles series birds f frequenting re quen qu the seashore may be cat entered ered to by growing plants which produce istir ivorite oraf foo booda ace according to the time of year for many birds and a plentiful supply of vald fruit will tide them over fortunately everywhere in the united states there are some fruits that persist until there I 1 is no longer any need of them it if enough are planted no birds 1 able to lire live on this clas 1 of food should beare the best of these long persisting fruits are juniper barberry bayberry thorn apples and related fruit fruits holly and enow sn oberry berry information on fruits useful for or his this purpose in any section of the united states may be obtained from the united stated states bureau of biological survey birds devour cultivated fruit principally because the processes of cultivation the wild sarly the tile presence pre euce of wild fruit la in a locality always senea to protect domestic domen tic varieties rie riet ties les especially hen ahen the wild mild trees or shrubs are ore of the same lind kind its me cultivated ones and ripen earlier among those roost most useful for the purpose are mulberry wild blackberries and strawberries servi serviceberry ceber wild cherry and elderberry |