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Identifier: birdlore201918nati (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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st afterward in the woods at 6 oclock. Fornine years, the Nature Club has been taking these sunrise walks, and no matterwhat the condition of the weather at 4 a.m., a large percentage of the mem-bers has been ready to start at that time. 92 Bird-Lore The annual canal-boat trip was taken Saturday, September 22, with 76people on board. The route, from New Hope to Point Pleasant, Pa., along theDelaware Valley, was most interesting, abounding in fall flowers, ferns andbeautiful grasses on the banks of the canal, and attractive bungalow homes lentmuch interest to the scene. While an informal talk on Rock Formation,a Victrola and ukulele music varied the monotony of speed-locomotion bymules. We have indorsed every bill presented relating to bird-protection. Effortshave been made to have an ordinance in Doylestown taxing pet cats andeliminating stray ones in the interest of birds, but the Club has only been ableso far to agitate the matter through the press and create more of a sentiment for
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A CANAL-BOAT TRIP OF THE DOYLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, NATURE CLUB. bird-protection. The Bird Sanctuary of the Nature Club is situated at Fonthill,the estate of Dr. Henry C. Mercer, and comprises 10 acres. A third of it iswooded, with plenty of water, and berries, fruits and weeds allowed to growwild for bird-food. Many bird-boxes, for nests, and feeding-boxes are placedin appropriate places, and in winter systematic feeding of the birds is done. Anold stone house built in 1755, situated in the heart of the Bird Sanctuary, hasbeen loaned to the Nature Club by Dr. Mercer, and a museum of naturalscience has been started there with many interesting specimens.—ElizabethF. James, Secretary. Englewood (New Jersey) Bird Club.—Last April the Englewood BirdClub entered the third year of its activities with a large membership, one-thirdof which is Junior—that is, under eighteen years of age. Reports of Affiliated Organizations 93 During the past months men of reputation in the bird world have

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