Bird lore - Project Puffin

The World's Record for Density of Bird Population 83
nest in a dying cherry tree, as shown in our illustration. The nest was not
more than ten yards from the house, but was taken possession of in 1914 and
again in 1915.
The photographs illustrate some of our tenants. We are putting up this
winter many more houses on the rest of the farm, as, up to this time, our efforts
have been confined to the ten acres nearest the house.
We have already found the following birds nesting on some part of the 100
acres of field and woods: Flicker, Robin, Catbird, Bluebird, Orchard Oriole,
House Wren, Purple Martin, Summer Warbler, Brown Thrasher, Chipping
Sparrow, Phoebe, Barn Swallow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Whip-poor-will,
Towhee, Indigo Bunting, Black-and-White Warbler, Song Sparrow, Meadow-
A ILlCkl.K- \l,-l r.oX l)\ AN
APPLE TREE ONLY TWELVE YARDS
FROM THE HOUSE AND BORDER-
ING THE DRIVEWAY.
In this same tree. also, a pair of Robins
and a pair of Chipping Sparrows nested in
1915-
A BOX OCCUPIED BY FLICKERS
AND WRENS
When the Flickers came back the second
year (1915), they tricil to excavate a new
door to their house, on the opposite side
from that shown in the picture, but soon
desisted, leaving a hole about 2 inches deep.
Later a pair of Wrens built a nest in the
new hole, so that in :qi5 a brood of Flickers
and a brood of house Wrens were living in
the box at the same time. Note the Flicker's
head in the doorway.