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TOLD OF BIRDS

DR. Gamers S. z. G, A. members
will be interested in the following
written to the baltimore News by q
lover of birds. who styles herself a
country woman
Telling Of her method Of feeding the
wild birds Iii winter. she says
As the snow covers the ground In
the, outlying sections their chances
Tor getting seeds and worms are
scarce They do not come to my call,
as some persons have testified they
come 10 theirs. but they surely come
TO the open box have nailed To a
large hickory tree lii my yard not
far from the house. IN full view Of the
windows The open part faces he
south. and on cold day they are pro-
|tected on all sides except the open enc.
In the box Is KEEP. q supply or crushed
corn, whole corn, cracked nuts. and
for ) gray squirrel that comes oecas-
ionagIy few chestnuts Above the
box and nailed to the tree are pieces Of
suet and tough beer especially for the
nut matches Bluejays are also fond
.of II and the red headed woodpeckers
appreciate It, too,
Last winter noticed q clever trick
done BY one OF the latter birds. A
big red-headed woodpecker was peck.
ing away at the suet Leaving the
window for time and later coming
back saw the meat had disappeared
On closer inspection / found 1t tucked
away between the layers Of bark.
The nuthatches are my favorite
birds to watch They come regularly
every day Their motion on the trees
IL different from that Of other birds,
climbing upward and downward, seem
ing 10 defy the laws of gravity. There
SIS no good feeling between them and
the English sparroWs have seen one
keep sparrow from coming 10 the
box II was comical to see the blusser
the little fellow used 50 effectively.
Juncos different kinds OF sparroWs,
Ichickadees and starlings, as well as
redbirds. doves and crows have been
seen at the feeding place. the larger
birds picking the feed dropped On the
ground
II have often wondered why the
birds that come to be fed cannot pick
the slugs from the rosebushes later In
the season. Is 1t because they are
$50 busy feeding their young. some
times on the scarlet rambler that has
the slugs thick on It's branches, tina.
they do not think to look for food SO
near at hand. or Is that kind of food
unfit for their young
The music OF the birds In summer
Ii SUFFICIENT pay for what do To keep
them fed lii winter. No place can be
cheerless. however humble with song
birds flying around and building their
nests and raising their young
For the larger birds that do not
come III from fields and woods, grain
Is taken out and put along fences. By
springs and other places where hey
probably 90 for food
Besides the good these feathered
tribes do In keeping down harmful In
5sects, they are full OF beauty and in
terest to those who watch and pro-
tect them.
q try to keep food always in the
box Disappointment to q hungry
bird would be as great as TO . hungry
person. and as food Is appealing to a
human being, so IS b square meal to
the feathered tribe
To keep the birds about your place
and to watch their actions and learn
their habits can all be done by having
food In one place during the severe
weather of winter