File:The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds (1918) (14732507216).jpg

Identifier: bookofbirdscommo00nati (find matches)
Title: The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.) Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Kennard, F. H., (Frederic Hedge), 1865- Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 Shiras, George, 1859-1942
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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riiMtogrnp:! IV i. i,:i>e li.rt i.aynrs T.VKING THE C.\KE This pliototsraph shows how rcsimnsive Ijirds arc to a little attention and how tame theymay become. This wild chickadee will enter the house, perch upon his favorite delicacy, andenjoy a meal in no way afTrightcd by the presence of his human entertainers. 173
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Phut.iiraijli Liy ICmcit llarulJ LaynesSONG-SPARROWS TAKING A BATH A pool with foundation of concrete sunken in the ground . . . can be made a veryinteresting feature of any garden, to say nothing of its attractiveness to birds. It is essen-tial, however, that the slope of the sides should, be gradual and the water at the edgesshallow (see page 172). the planting of food for ducks. If tlielay of the ground is such that a meadowor woodland glade may be flooded and apond thereby installed, there is hardlyany limit to the enjoyment that may bederived from a pond of this sort. There is a little woodland glade, con-taining an acre or so, on my place, anopening in the woods surrounded by redmaples, birches, alders, poison sumach,white azalea, high-bush blueberries, etc.,which I flooded one winter merely as asafe skating pond for the children in theneighborhood. ATTRACTING THE WILD DUCK Imagine my surprise and delight whenone spring day, after the ice had gone.I discovered there a whole floc

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