Identifier: birdsnature161904chic (find matches)
Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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s sometimes started. The Bluebirds are of incalculable valueto the farmer as they devour vast num-bers of insects especially during the nest-ing season when the young must be fed.For this reason it is highly desirable thatthe farmer should encourage the nestingof the Bluebird on his farm, and espe-cially in his orchard, by erecting birdhouses. The birds will pay rent for thesehouses many times over by destroyingmyriads of injurious insects. While alarge part of the diet of the Bluebird con-sists of insects, they also* eat seeds andberries. The English sparrows as a rule preventthe Bluebird from nesting near cities orvillages, driving it away when it en-deavors to> nest on or near a house. Dur-ing the month of August the Bluebirdsmay be. seen in large flocks, scouring thefields and the cleared woodlands afterfood. Although a summer resident in thenorthern part of the United States, theBluebird is occasionally seen in winter inthe Northern States. In October or November the Bluebirds
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BY A. W. MUMFORD, CHICAGO. begin their southward journey. At thistime their plumage is mixed with grayand their song is reduced to a singlemournful note, in great contrast to thecheerful warble of spring. The winteris spent in the southern United States oreven farther south. The Bluebird ranges throughout the eastern part of the United States fromthe Atlantic ocean to the eastern base ofthe Rocky Mountains, and from Mani-toba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia to theGulf States and Cuba. Curiously enough,it is a permanent resident of Bermuda. COLLTNS ThURP.KR. JIMMIE. It had rained all night, but the sunrose bright and clear that morning, mak-ing a glittering display of diamonds ontree and leaf and every blade of grass.The world was very beautiful as I stoodby the gate. But what was that little brown bun-dle slowly making its way across theroad? Could it be a kitten? Whateverit was it was certainly very nearlydrowned, for the poor little thing waswet to the skin. I picked it up and found it wa

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