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Identifier: birdlore181916nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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rd Oriole 2 Catbird 2 Song Sparrow i Chipping Sparrow 2 Phoebe i The asterisk (*) indicates pairs nesting in boxes put up by the family. A similar census made of the second adjoining acre showed thirty-threepairs nesting in this area, as follows: The Worlds Record for Density of Bird Population 79 LIST OF BIRDS NESTING ON SECOND ACRESong Sparrow i pair Screech Owl* (no young in nest Carolina Wren* i Flicker* i Maryland Yellow-Throat . . . . i Brown Thrasher i House Wren* 4 Robin 2 Catbird i Chipping Sparrow i June 15, as brood had already left) 1 pair Martins* 18 Towhee i Total 33 pairs English Sparrows o I attribute our success primarily to shooting the Sparrows and driving allcats away, to putting up many boxes, to keeping fresh water handy at all times,etc. We did everything we could for the comfort of our birds; for instance, weput on twigs little pieces of the oil-paper that our butter was wrapped in, andwe left mud in convenient places for the Martins. The Catbirds used the oil-
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A MARTIN HOUSE IN THE MEADOW, ABOUTONE HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE HOUSE It is advisable not to place the Martin box too near thehouse, for the birds begin to chatter long before dawn, andwill awaken the household. MARTIN HOUSE IN THEHEN-YARD OCCUPIED BYTWENTY-FIVE PAIRS OFMARTINS IN 1914 AND 1915. The Martins are very efficientguardians of our chickens. I haveoften seen them drive the Hawksand Crows away. They hate Buz-zards also. 8o Bird - Lore paper for their nests, in fact, they used all kinds of scraps. Imagine the delightof the family when, on examining one of the Catbirds nests in the autumn, wefound one of the childrens hair-ribbons, and also a piece of an old dress of thebaby ! We had read a great deal about how tame birds become when they are pro-tected, but were constantly amazed at the quickness with which they perceivedthe care taken of them. Perhaps the most remarkable nest was that of a

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