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One of the characteristics of man is his continuing drive to progress. Perhaps his ability to use tools is one reason for this. Through constantly improved tools and technology he has progressed from the cold, inhospitable cave to the push-button home; from smoke signals as a means of communication to satellites | Walter E. Schutz how to attract house feed Revised Edition of Bird Watching Housing and Feeding The Bruce Publishing Company New York Ash Cla vs School Library Ann Arbor Michigan AUG 71974 We wish to acknowledge and thank the following for giving us permission to use photographs page ii Catbird feeding young page x Canada Goose nest Oregon page xii Curlew page 12 Morning Doves page 49 Wild Turkey West Virginia page 50 Catbird 285620 page 67 Bluebird by J. J. Audubon page 103 Passenger Pigeon by J. J. Audubon page 104 Red-Shafted Flicker with Young page 114 Egrets Everglades page 183 Blue Jay page 184 Horned Owl . Department of Agriculture . Department of Interior . Department of Interior no credit Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History Courtesy of the New York Historical Society New York City Courtesy of the New York Historical Society New York City . Department of Agriculture Florida State News Bureau Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History . Department of Agriculture The first edition of this book was published under the title How to Build Birdhouses and Feeders. The second edition was titled Bird Watching Housing and Feeding by the Bruce Publishing Company Milwaukee. Copyright The Bruce Publishing Company 1955 1963 1970 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the Publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 74-115299 THE BRUCE PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK COLLIER-MACMILLAN CANADA LTD. TORONTO ONTARIO Made in the United States of America acknowledgments I wish to take this opportunity to extend my continued thanks to all the people whose valuable guidance has been so helpful to me in the preparation of my books Owen J. Gromme John L. Diedrich and Muri Deusing of the .