Identifier: birdlore19nati (find matches)
Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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that morepeople do not provide accommodationsfor our native birds. If the average 148 Bird - Lore farmer realized how many destructiveinsects are annually consumed by theMartins, it is likely he would be morewilling to take a little trouble to keepthese birds around his farm.—R. W.McDowell, Uniontown, Pa. Bird-Boxes and Signboards I herewith inclose a photo taken ashort time ago by myself, which may be ofpossible interest for your magazine. Thepicture shows bird-houses placed onbulletin boards throughout the city byan advertising firm. —established themselves within a tallchurch steeple, opposite me. Here theyhave lived all this bitter winter, leavingat dawn, flying toward the beaches.Regularly, they return at dusk. Lately a few are on my lawn digging forsomething and making holes. Theseare the first Starlings I have even seenabout here.—(Mrs.) A. C. A. Brown,Providence, R. I. Starlings at Carlisle, Pa. The English Starling has appeared inour midst as well as at Newville, Pa. I
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BIRD-HOUSES AND SIGNBOARDSPhotographed by A. J. Anderson As I am interested in the protection ofbirds, this idea attracted my attention asbeing both useful and ornamental. You will notice that these bird-housesare adapted more for small birds, such asMartins, Wrens, and the like.—A. J.Anderson, 3544-16 Ave. So., Minneapolis,Minn. Starlings at Providence, R. I. About the last of October a large colonyof Starlings—numbering in the hundreds saw several of them on March 13.—Emelin Know Parker, Carlisle, Pa. Evening Grosbeak Records The Evening Grosbeak was formerlyone of our rarest winter visitants, but ifone may judge by the history of the pastfew years, we shall soon have to class it asof regular occurrence; common locally.In addition to the large number of recordswhich Bird-Lore has published, includ- Notes from Field and Study 149 ing those contained in The Season ofthe present issue, we have received thefollowing: S. Paul Jones reports two males andthree females at Waukesha, Wi

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