. Bird-lore . talked with all sorts and conditions of men, at all times of the day and night,and was always well received. At many places I was met and assisted, but at some had to make all thepreparations for meetings unaided. My audiences ranged from eight hundred,at a meeting in St. Augustine, to four at a meeting in Palatka. There was acard-party at Palatka that night. Some of my largest and most enthusiasticmeetings were held on Sundays. Womens clubs were uniformly ready togive attention to the Audubon idea, and agreed to appoint of trade wanted to know more of the
. Bird-lore . talked with all sorts and conditions of men, at all times of the day and night,and was always well received. At many places I was met and assisted, but at some had to make all thepreparations for meetings unaided. My audiences ranged from eight hundred,at a meeting in St. Augustine, to four at a meeting in Palatka. There was acard-party at Palatka that night. Some of my largest and most enthusiasticmeetings were held on Sundays. Womens clubs were uniformly ready togive attention to the Audubon idea, and agreed to appoint of trade wanted to know more of the work, and some took member-ships with either the National Association or the Florida Society. REPORT OF ^VILLIAM L. FINLEY, FIELD AGENT FORTHE PACIFIC-COAST STATES Conditions have improved steadily on the Pacific Coast during the pastyear in favor of wild-bird and animal protection and propagation. The mostimportant fight is now in progress in California, as is related in the report of Reports of Field Agents. WESTERN GREBES AND FORSTERS TERNS NESTING AT CLEAR LAKE, CALIFORNIAPhotographed by William L. Finley the California State Society. This fight is the culmination of a struggle begunby the National Association of Audubon Societies in 1905, when they sentfield agents to the lake-region of southern Oregon and northern California toinvestigate the killing of Ducks, Geese, and other game-birds, and the slaugh-ter of non-game birds by plume-hunters. One hundred and twenty tons ofDucks and Geese were shipped from Lower Klamath Lake to the San Fran-cisco markets during one season. Enormous numbers of Grebes, Terns, Herons,and other birds, were slaughtered during the nesting-season in that region.
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