Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1913 — Resting Places for Birds. [ARTICLE]

Resting Places for Birds.

When birds are flying from one land to another, following the warm weather, they very often cross the water or fly over the sea near the land. They see the lighthouses and when it is dark and windy they often dash themselves against the glass of the light, thinking to find shelter there. A new plan is being tried in some places of preparing a resting place for the birds at the lighthouses. Ladders are being built against the light tower, the bars being close together at the top and wider below, to allow the larger birds to rest on them.