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CUntoa, S. C M Thursday, February 6, 1964
THE CIJNTON CHRONICLE
Home The Bluebird
Light and lilting it the song,
a vivid cobalt storm above the
wanning brown earth—the blue
- bird has come home again.
Though raw winds still may
blow and the fields be mottled
with patches unmelted snow,
this happy little songster—if
you’re lucky — will once more
grace your landscape. How.
ever, our beloved blue bird is
in danger of vanishing from
our landscape.
What has happened to the
blue bird is a clear and strong
example of the results of tam
pering with nature. This ra
diant flash of blue feathers and
liquid melody, until a few
years ago, was an official song
bird of spring in our area.
When you heard a blue bird’s
song—“cher-wee” “tru-a-ly” —
you knew, truly, that spring
was on the way. Then some
thing happened. ^Spring would
come, then summer, without a
sign of this merry member of
the thrush family, called a
“disaster species ,v by the Na
tional Audubon Society in 1900
and 1961.
The population of the blue
bird had dropped by as much
as 80 per cent in some locali
ties. why? For several reasons,
amnog them the unusually se
vere winters of 1958 and 1960,
and the tampering with nature
by man, through pesticides,
construction projects and what
might be called over-cultiva
tion in farming and gardening;
also because of over-crowding
by housei sparrows and star
lings, two European imports.
Blue birds also have them
selves to blame. Their migra-
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be out of sight while incubat
ing their eggs. There must be
a removable, or hinged roof
to allow cleaning and for evict
ing sparrows. The back board
may be made larger than the
bouse so it can be fastened
securely to a fence post.
Drill several one-fourth inch
holes under the eaves for venti
lation and several more in the
floor for' drainage. Omit a
perch—an open invitation to
house sparrows. Place your
| house on a pole or post about
4 feet ,above the ground. Select
! a sunny spot facing south or
> southast. ’
~If the entrance diameter is
limited Uo one and- one-half
inches larger birds will not
be able to enter. The nest itself
is a loose cup of grasess stems
and bits of bark, lined with
finer grass. The four to six un
marked eggs are pale bluish-
white and hatch in about two
weeks. There are usually two
broods a year, occasionally
three. Always keep clean water
nearby for drinking and bath,-
ing.
Th blue bird winters mainly
in the southern United States,
but a few may winter as far
north 4s southern New England
and New York.
Wherever he flies, the blue
bird is a tiny touch of living
color, a sign of better days to
come. He deserves them, him
self.
We
can
help—as we shbUldT
directly o^'Thfltfbttly we’ve
contributed to their plight. Put
up a house and get your neigh
bors, friends and community
interested in doing the same.
Insure the blue bird of his right
to live by providing a home in
which he can raise his young
this year.
—By Mrs. Guy E. Tumblin
(Condensed from an article
in Flower Grower Magazine.)
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Three-Car Wreck on Laurens Road
These three curs were in collision last Thursday
nig^ht on the Clinton-Laurens highway. Johnny Wil
liam Wilson, driving a 1950 Ford, attempted to make
a left turn into his driveway. A 1962 Chevrolet, driven
by William Alfred Johnson, collided, with Wilson, as did
a 1953 Pontiac driven by Johnnie William Barr. Pa
li olman Billy Foster investigated.—Photos by Motes.
tory instincts sometimes lead
them north so early that freez
ing winds and snows coming
at the end of the winter make
them reverse their course.
Then, too, late winter storms
have trapped them, depriving
them of food, tragically freez
ing tens of thousands to death.
Then, too, the blue bird faces
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further hazards — man-made
hazards. We are instantly
adding poisoril to the food of
birds in the form of pesticides
and herbicides. How much the
blue bird is affected has not
been determined. But certainly
a well-sprayed orchard will not
Supply much food for hungry
birds. The blue bird fits in with
the naUiral scheme of things.
Few birds have eating habits
that are so helpful to the farm
er and the gardner. Nearly
three-fourths of the blue bird’s
diet consists of insects that
are injurious to man and his
crops. During spring, summer
and fail, the blue bird subsists
mostly on , beetles, grasshop
pers, caterpillars and spiders,
and on seeds and berries of
poison ivy, sumac and bay ber
ry.
How can we help the blue
bird survive? We can become
house-builders. Today, there’s
no box-inhabiting species in
greater need of our help. Any
soft wood, such as pine,
press or fir, from one-half to
three-fourths inches thick is
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ventilation unde- the hot sun.
Measuremens must be pre
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another bird house, but a home
for a specific bird, which has
individual requirements. Make
the inside floor measurements
5 by 5 inches. The height of the
cavity, from floor to where the
roof meets the sides, should be
8 inches. The roof may be
either peaked or of a simple
sloping variety. In the latter
case, of course, the height at
the back of the house would be
an inch or so higher. The roof
should overhang the entrance
about 2 inches. The diameter
of the entrance must be one
and one-half inches, and the
center of the opening should be
near the top—6 inches above
the floor. The parents like to
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