. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 19. A School Conservation Project To the Northern Illinois State Normal School belongs the distinction of initiating and maintaining a conservation project and thus establishing what may prove a happy precedent for other schools. This, as is believed, the only school-supported project of the kind in the country, is a large heronry situated in Ogle county near the village of Egan. A grove of Nor- way spruce and European larch furnishes the nesting sites, the spruce, how- ever, being occupied to the well nigh total disregard o
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 19. A School Conservation Project To the Northern Illinois State Normal School belongs the distinction of initiating and maintaining a conservation project and thus establishing what may prove a happy precedent for other schools. This, as is believed, the only school-supported project of the kind in the country, is a large heronry situated in Ogle county near the village of Egan. A grove of Nor- way spruce and European larch furnishes the nesting sites, the spruce, how- ever, being occupied to the well nigh total disregard of the larch. About one- half acre of the grove consists of spruce trees and nearly every tree is occupied when nesting is at its height. This means between seventy-five and ninety pairs of birds. Some years ago gunners were accustomed to shoot off numbers of the birds simply as a pastime. Through the co-operation of Air. W. \V. Jones of Sunnyside Farm, the present owners of the farm where the Heronry is situated were interested in the plan proposed whereby through mutual assistance and co-operation with the Normal School the grove and its inmates should be permanently protected. A contract was drawn up signed by President John W. Cooke of the Normal School and by the owners of the land which showed the interest and generous spirit of helpfulness with which the owners and administrators of the property entered into the undertaking. The last sentence of the contract reads: "This contract is to extend over a period of five years with no compensation for the owners other than the right of co-operating with such measures as lead toward the protection of birds and the properties ; For two years now the plan has been in operation. A warden is employed to warn off intruders with hostile intent, but genuine bird lovers are welcomed. Mr. Jones has recently undertaken to have the whole farm of three hundred and twenty acres and neighboring farms incorporated. Please no
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