. Bird-lore . y 30, 1915, Messrs. T. GilbertPearson, R. B. Horsfall, J. J. Furber (Warden of Klamath Lake Reservation),and I, set out for a survey of the lake. Itwas a very different trip from that of 1905,when Bohlman and I, at the suggestionof William Dutcher, embarked with twoweeks provisions in a small rowboat todiscover bird-colonies and try in some wayto put an end to the slaughter of Grebes,Terns, and other birds killed for the mil-linery market. At that time no launchwas available, but the Audubon PatrolBoat No. 5 is now constantly encirclingthe lake and guarding the great colonies ofn
. Bird-lore . y 30, 1915, Messrs. T. GilbertPearson, R. B. Horsfall, J. J. Furber (Warden of Klamath Lake Reservation),and I, set out for a survey of the lake. Itwas a very different trip from that of 1905,when Bohlman and I, at the suggestionof William Dutcher, embarked with twoweeks provisions in a small rowboat todiscover bird-colonies and try in some wayto put an end to the slaughter of Grebes,Terns, and other birds killed for the mil-linery market. At that time no launchwas available, but the Audubon PatrolBoat No. 5 is now constantly encirclingthe lake and guarding the great colonies ofnesting birds. For nearly ten years thislittle launch has patrolled the Lower Lake,traversing every channel among the tuleislands in all kinds of weather, in its mis-sion of bird-protection. It was purchasedfor the National Association of AudubonSocieties by Mr. Dutcher. It has perhapsseen longer and more useful service thanany other patrol-boat, for it is one of thepioneers of the Audubon CALIFORNIA GULLS IN A WELL-PROTECTED COLONY 486 Bird-Lore A cruise of twelve or fifteen miles isnecessary from Klamath Falls downKlamath River before one reaches themain body of the lake, which is about home of the Great Blue Herons, whoseplatform-nests were scattered over anarea of several acres; some were rafts justabove the surface of the water, but others
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