. Bird lore . ped. They would keep this upfor some time. Papa nailed a piece of suet on the table in the yard wheremy sister and I mix mud-pies, and the Cat-birds would come there and eatand carry some away while we were there playing. The Red-winged Black-birds came to the back part of our garden, where we kept a pile of food forthe birds, and carried off great pieces for their young ones. They mademany trips a day for some time. This winter the Downy and the Nuthatchcame the first day of December, though the Chickadees were here weeksbefore that. We read in Bird-Life that bayberries were the
. Bird lore . ped. They would keep this upfor some time. Papa nailed a piece of suet on the table in the yard wheremy sister and I mix mud-pies, and the Cat-birds would come there and eatand carry some away while we were there playing. The Red-winged Black-birds came to the back part of our garden, where we kept a pile of food forthe birds, and carried off great pieces for their young ones. They mademany trips a day for some time. This winter the Downy and the Nuthatchcame the first day of December, though the Chickadees were here weeksbefore that. We read in Bird-Life that bayberries were the Warblersfavorite food, so mamma and I picked some and put them out in a dish onthe window-sill for him. We put out some flies, too, and he ate those anddid not seem to care for the bayberries. We saw him eat three berries,and he could hardly swallow them; they seemed so large for his little billand throat. We have had thirteen different kinds of birds in the yard thiswinter, and enjoy watching them very liffiil ■iii||i Report of the National Associationof Audubon Societies ALSO ON THE Results of Special Protection to Water Birds OBTAINED THROUGH THE THAYER FUNDFOR THE YEAR 1904 TOGETHER. WITH A History of the Audubon Movement By WILLIAM DUTCHER, Chairman CONTENTS .•^. Introductory. V History of the Audubon Movement. Work of the American Ornithologists Union. EstabHshment of the Biological Survey. A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection. The Organization of the First Audubon Society. The Audubon Magazine. Decline of the First Audubon Movement. Origin of the Second, or Present Audubon Movement. The Thayer Fund. Formation of the National Committee. Report of the National for Fund. Bird Protection Abroad, in Canada and Bird Traffic. State Reports. Reports of Receipts and Expenditures.
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