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Title: Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947 Dearborn, Ned, 1865-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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shrubby garden, closed tocats and boys, which large numbers of birds visit on theirmigrations. Rare warblers, which many an observer hasnever seen in that region, visit that spot almost every year. That birds visit orchards, out-buildings, and door-yards inwinter for such odd bits of food as they may obtain, is wellknown by all who live in the country. The profit that maybe derived from feeding them is not so well known. Mr. E. H.Forbnsh2 gives an account of how birds were attracted to anold neglected orchard in the town of Medford, Massachusetts.Its situation was favorable, there being a variety of wild fruit-bearing trees and shrubs, and a small piece of woodlandconsisting chiefly of pines near by. The orchard was in adilapidated condition at the start, and for three years effortsin its behalf were limited to pruning the trees and protectingthem from the ravages of the canker-worms and tent-cater- 1 A Year with the Birds, p. 118.In Bulletin No. 2, Mass. Crop Reports, July, 1895.304
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Photographed from life by Dr. 11. II. Shufeldl. ORCHARD ORIOLE. YOUNG. ENCOURAGING THE PRESENCE OF RIRDS. 305 pillars which infested the district. These trees revived some-what under this treatment and began to bear sparingly. Thefourth year nothing was done towards destroying the insectpests or in any way interfering with their increase. In thefall of this year immense numbers of the wingless females ofthe fall canker-worm were seen ascending the trees and de-positing their eggs. The eggs of the tent-caterpillar mothwere also numerous on the twigs, giving promise of greatdamage to the foliage of the old orchard on the followingsummer. In the mean time, however, pieces of meat, bone,and suet were suspended from the trees, and chickadees,nuthatches, woodpeckers, and brown creepers made the or-chard their central station. The chickadees, which, of course,were most numerous, became so tame as frequently to alightupon the person having the experiment in charge, and occa-sionally took food

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