Identifier: birdlore24nati (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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a mature tree willfeed hundreds of birds. They prefer the mul-berry to all other fruits, consequently it is ofgreat protecton to the fruit-raisers. Dr.Kalbfus, the late Secretary of the Game Com-mission of Pennsylvania, one morning, in lessthan an hour counted twenty-two species ofbirds feeding on a mulberry tree. Fellow members of the Audubon Society,let us plant bird treesâmillions of trees,dedicating at least half the fruit to the birds.Let us interest our children in planting birdtrees as well as erecting bird-housesâthis isthe foundation of conservation. Let us askour various state forestry departments toraise seedling Russian mulberries in theirmany nurseries and send them to our schoolsby parcel post. Let us work in a sustained driveto save the lives of our birds. A tree for alife! Thats what it means! Then let us planttrees for our feathered friends, that they maybe saved for future generations. Trees that may in summer wearNests of Robins in their hair. John M. Phillips.
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1. BOAT-TAILED CRACKLE, MALE 2. BOAT-TAILED CRACKLE, FEMALE 3, GREAT-TAILED CRACKLE, MALE 4. GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, FEMALE ^trb=1tore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audubon Societies Vol. XXIV July- August. 1922 No. 4 A Bird Sanctuary in a Small Residential Garden By GEORGE S. FOSTER, M.D., Manchester, N. H. THE writer has long felt that a well-established home with a small adja-cent garden has something wanting about its environment if it doesnot have the things necessary to attract birds. Song-birds certainly play an important part in the happiness of a home.Also, if children who have reached the proper age are continually playingabout the garden, they will develop traits of observation if given somethingin nature to observe. The writer has children of this age and they are con-tinually making inquiry about birds and plants, trees, and flowers. Suchinquiries must assist the parents to be better observers and naturally to acqui

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