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Courtesy, National Ass'n of Audubon Societies

"IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BUILD ELABORATE BIRD HOUSES"

through the neck of the gourd makes it possible to hang it from a branch, underneath the leaves, or among the vines on a piazza. A number of these gourd bird shelters may be strung on a pole and will attract the martins who like to nest in colonies. Wrens and bluebirds will nest in the ones you hang up singly. Phoebes are very neighborly little birds and like to nest about buildings. You can put up a shelf for them underneath a porch or shed, or under the eaves, on which they