Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1923-04-12

birds, the pnoebes and other fly
catchers are raiders of the air. Wrens
1orage IN plants, shrubs, and in
cracks and crannies of house walls
and fences. Hawks and owls hunt
mice and moles One brood of
robins eats half million insects and
larvae III summer.
The Iondness OF woodpeckers for
the bark beetle makes them an ines
tiniaDie 10 the spruce tImb Der of the
northwest. In many hundreds OF in
tested tres examined, at least one
half of the beetles and their young
had been destroyed by the birds. Es-I
tlmating one hundred beetles to the
square foot OF bark in the average
infested tree, ana an average OF Sixty
square feet of infested bark, it is pos
slpie to yield an average OF six thou
sand individuals.
II is, therefore, plain that if one
half or two-thirds OF the number are
destroyed by the birds and other enc
ulles, Inc amount OF TIMBER Inc re-
naming can xiii viii be lessoned.
bros are creatures OF light and
sunshine and they bring these two
things TO everyone of US.
Birds add bright touches OF color
10 our world, which would hardly be
worm ilyins IN, IL they were absent.
The stroller, in late August or
Sepuem Der 'Ilnds hlmseu IN Tie woods
me silence being broken only by the
drumming ola distan; partridge, the
cnirpIng Oh Insects, or other familiar
HI he
general quiet That preYalis. He is
thinking now the woods, now almost
reuanrIess, were onIy month or so
ago IuIed with lie OF the most ami
mated ana intense kind.
Every snruD, every tree, then had
its featnered occupant, and perhaps
a dozen or twenty species, represent
ing several distinct families, could be
recognized.
every individual was alert and
busy, gliding from one tWIg. to an.
other nearby, or flying from all sides
come the soft calls and notes of in
dlvldual members OF the flock. Ana
now IN a few weeks silence reigns
where all was commotion and activity
He looks around with a feeling OF
loss but Is buoyed up by the assur-
ance OF their coming again the fol-
lowing summer.
There can be no doubt that one OF
the most fonderfuI cases of adapta-
ton TO be found in all nature is that
birds have wings that makes them
capable of flight but il is the hun
dreds of little and big adaptations Of
their bodies, their legs, their tails,
their heads, their very bones that lift
them from the ground and drive
them successfully through the air. 1t
was not until these principals were
thoroughly understood and applied
that real successful aeroplane was
invented.
The birds are wonderfully adapted
to nature in coloring. Those that
nest in bushes and trees are more or
less the color of the trees and those
that nest in the meadows, such as
the meadow-lark are the dressed in
the shares of the meadow grass.
We should go into the fields in
search of our comon birds armed with
fleld-glasses instead of gun,
If you do lot dsair~ to protect tn,
birds on account of their helpfullnes
you surely want TO protect them o.
account OF their beauty and thei
wonderful songs.
All the joyous prelude of birt
music and beauty of plumage is no
to delight our eyes and ears. The
real meaning is hidden away in the
grass, and trees, and the bushes. II
a mortal found the secret, happy the
| mortal If not, happier still the
birds, and in either case, perhaps
small difference in the scheme nj
Eternal Nature.
Different birds will effect a nerso,
In different ways:-One ALWAYS feele
rapid for any effort when a Roaa-
runner is seen, for they are such
striking. interesting looking birds.
the lark sparrows are delight to the
beholder because of their pleasing
manners and vocal ability: one al.
ways welcomes chipping sparrow a 9
they are so dainty of form and er-
tremely friendly in manner
Students. there strelv Is NO, :,
e Vi YOU VINO does tot love the tall
and stately trees. The bir6s sbou1d
be protected for thet aid - ~
II LOT no other eason.
And this little trei which No
planting to-day will \ nrotao."S or
cared for by the the frds N ~ s an
OF their ability. " 'Ne oes'
buiId ito nase oirqwhich does not
vav nIooo - N suci an out-of-the-
in anvone,e y coufn't possibly be
pIe give % ~, anqyet, many peo-
the birds. that their ests niIiins
in the. way. ''S are Always
Boys and Girlstr Re- w., ~.
such country as tai, ou Ii'ed IN !
are hardly anv son where there
tainly would apprecfa ou Ger
Jananese H. leatnfed friends. The |
seldom, sinos are BE and homely. |
What If vor dndl seldom seen |
this place uri., we're iced to live in
of the birds ~ IN Unpleasant songs
their p1aae;, sreeI your ear or
eye. 70 greet your
these thinea one I you, think OF
the thing =, "hen hpted to take
nv tbe bird. Is IHed above all
THE BbU9rRD
By Emily Hun}gton Miller