Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-01
BIRDS HELP FARMER
BY GREAT WORK IN
DESTROYING VE:RN|k
Also. They Exterminate Rats ana
Mice and Eat Weed
Seeds.
FULLY EARN THEIR KEEP

Philadelphia Record
while il Is well known that birds
I'D on insects. it is not Scnerally
,ud,rstood what particular kinds they
.af Rccausc the crow sometimes eats
..orn IN the field is not sufficient owl
dencc to condemn it. Birds may do
injury AT one time and not at another.
They may bc a pest in one section and
q blessing in another.
Tree Sparrow Renehcial.
Roughly speaking. small birds are
grouped into two classes: those that
eat seeds and those that eat insects. me
seed eaters largely belong TO the spar
roV family. Their stout bodies ana
strong coujcal bills admirably adaP'
th,m for crushing seeds.
nh, sparrow tribe probably is COM
prl~.a I'll more species than any othel
gluup 80 lords and il IS well that TINS
Il Tor thr destruction Of weed seed
ID great importance To tho farmer
~. ffr,. suarrow is one Of the most
,,..t.rrI,d seed caters Of the group. IL
t..-t...tt.a tlat IN aduit bind will con
..H aaaft.t. II IN ounce OF sced d
uat
NhI, the SPARROW chiefly subsists on
~,.ds !, also cats many insects ana
.nest .4-tvelN foes its young on '"'
I it.t,rn quail or bohwhite is
.sfHs14ed weed seed cater. a
b ~ TWO oi quad on a farm is an
a.-.t fh,. value ot which no farmer can
,r..l IL ,,cr.ooN Doves are also oil
fptrh use in tins ,apacity Al me
I,.,..,t a daN th, ,rop Of the turtle
an,. l- u,otralls packed 70 the hmi'
W4.h se.d- 81 W,,ds-
Ns.a, IL. fl .,I welcomes the pres
III lords tH.t ,,aiiHd ih"f 'l'l'
... t.r,.t.- .Fd wood seeds, they ar
,Y..b ,..,I.ae,., /, fh hsrds thai cal corn
vI,.,t urd bar.,t Is the latter class
~. ,.v and ,hr b'ackbird helong
b.u.,,r iii, u,alav ulee cutworms
III. ,.r.. insect pests I.at the Gro"
L. .uNS aHd thy I.anl kinGS oi -
-, if.at th INA >hird deNours' are ~
us &. 81 tl.rs considered ample 70 on
,t, damage dou' IT 'thsI WaS 2
a Is leaving a halanSe III i''Noi =
.hes, birds
Insects That Rird~ Consume
rri vu as nycat,h4 rs warhiers
.v sh..auey Wtats ne pFaC-
,.t...4y nn in~e.'~t and hlaSk-
orioles and sofa hi"Ns aepeh0
ar th .. .ey Z phrt q tnei'
b,irs Tho SPARROW hawN Ii IN aaes'
II a.4hori.rs. ,rl, >,t, ana hee'i's.
HaWks 4ua owls a ,c theH alteh
f-.-.,, small .odents. Hawks
es,h tly.r ray tc,We,n Gay i1s ~ an
aark. and Owls hani in iht carry even
.,e auu morning huH's Fr ~ moon
SHIT The species u laws 1ha' de
Nours birds and small ehi4ks + hho"
as the Cooper hawk. the Shafp-shlhilel
hawk and the goshawk The so-cAiiee
-ncr-bavts usually either the red
shaaldered or red-tau haW th. while they
tua, occas. uaily snat Il q chicken af'
rs ru.c III tEs At.I- 81 dong 50
-,t.r Il &. ~.ru, rats and mice.
priou> Methods Of digestion.
FL hawks and Owls often swallow
,rl.re ~ iu IarFe fragments
WITH III. bones Aa.. ana eyer
I'll. & t.,ss AN.aa digestion
-.l. .f4 i.- 3 1T il is .ncqla
~ * ~~.taI...tirs 81 sub
stances and ae.. iincIy both hawks
.ws a., u p hes rec "A i
ii form 81 + II rolled Pellets i
il q. III, Se. habits of birds @
nr rIsa SIS. a.aG II. these pellets
H rs. 81 nlt. =: neSt * pair 9
sis t- lu, nde, frequentl,
.t i-'a..t..le RECORD q tn
.a ana .Ea.s that Of In
:r e..~th~ ar eyc1 years
n. - the Biological
SU. ~ I) I).a4.tru4rt Of Agri
- Fl. Ira ice Of oTerini
- .- s~.l....u4-.ly t0i The head
~ - Is IL been don
~t i 4taEe and re
a. iu TIC vastin1 Of publ
.: I'll. d >rrz,ttln ( Vallab
u l.. .t14ct.5 i al al
Ut. 1r.a. difficult. tne after tn
term. * lelE
ne Ia-t- Is. d"es the public
..y the sportsman and farmeI
D.. eG1.at-l more THAN in III
.se ~ HAWKS. The temptation I
.aeat hawk ~ "y,l. per-hins or flying
woH nigh irresistible AMI the ba
N4t E, having the naflra result O
s. r.4-, th. number - these bird
.aa ], uupessl !, 81. the sur
- III. work uat.re inteude
ti da. The ucta1I. increase Q
urx x.aas saaents IN the last decade il
certain pants II the United States an
resulting damage - crops withol
ar, de IN no small part TO IN
o,.t.4rt4cI ~ their natural enemies
rl..t ~ Walch are the birds Of prey