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Identifier: birdlore161914nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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and these slides have been in greatdemand by the teachers in both the grammar and the high schools. The winter of 1913-14 was favorable to winter birds, being mild, excepta few days of sub-zero weather, and with but little snow. The MinneapolisPark Board has established bird-feeding stations in seven of the larger parks,where a generous quantity of suet, seeds, and grain is distributed daily. Thesmaller insectivorous birds have been very numerous during the summer, butthe shore-birds are getting scarcer every season. The Pinnated Grouse (PrairieHen) is holding its own in some districts, while in others it is getting rare.Many of their nests were destroyed in the spring and early summer by heavyrains which flooded the lowlands over great areas. At Heron Lake, in thesouthwestern part of the state, a large number of nests of the Black-crownedNight Heron, and of Teals and other Ducks, were destroyed in the same way. The Minnesota Legislature will convene early in 1915, and a strong effort
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THE REV. MANLEY B. TOWNSENDSecretary of the New Hampshire Society (520) State Audubon Reports 521 will be made to secure changes in the present game-laws, and to get the gameand fish department removed from politics. A universal licensing system, anda law to prohibit boys under eighteen to hunt or to carry firearms for thepurpose of hunting, are also to be sought.—J. W. Frazen, Secretary. New Hampshire.—Our Society was not organized until February 26,1914, but enough has been accomplished in this first eight months to indicatea future full of success and usefulness. A membership of 307 has been secured.The receipts from life-memberships, now amounting to $425, have been setaside as a permanent fund, the interest only to be used for the work. There isa balance in the treasury on the right side. We are fortunate in having secureda strong set of officers, from the President, Gen. Elbert Wheeler, down ourlist of Honorary Presidents and Vice-Presidents, including many of the mostpromin

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