Identifier: birdlore14nati (find matches)
Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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rychild in the room joined, making twentymembers. I had daily periods for naturestudy and language, and every otherFriday we used these two periods forthe Audubon class. The children werealways anxious for the Audubon Fridaysto come. They used often to ask, Istomorrow Bird Day, Miss Beth? and ifI answered in the affirmative I heard Ohgoody! and I wont forget to wear mybutton, and I wonder what bird it will be,from every side. Rarely did we have anabsent mark on Bird Day. After we had used all of the ten leafletsyou had sent us, we had lessons on someof the other birds, or, instead of a regularlesson, we went for a bird walk. I dividedthe class for these walks, taking tenchildren at a time. How excited theywould get over the birds they saw! Nearlyalways they could identify the birdsthemselves. Sometimes I helped them,sometimes my bird-book helped me, andsometimes we had to write in the note-books, unknown. I will not try to tell you all about thegood results of our Audubon class that I
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== \ The Audubon Societies 267 have noticed. The most important thinj;,I think, is that a few more children havea keen interest in, and a true love for,their little brothers of the air. Last year, a favorite pastime of aneighbor was shooting birds for his cat,and I think he was no more particularthan the cat as to the kind of bird. Hislittle daughter was a member of the Audu-bon class, and this spring I noticed thatour neighbors cat has to catch its ownbirds. Perhaps, if the little girl can bean Audubon member another year, therewill be no more cat. A mother of another little member ofthe class used to delight in birds plumes,breasts or feathers of some kind on herhat. Her spring hat this year was trimmedwith ribbon. I have heard several bird-lovers saythat they have noticed more of our commonwild birds about this place than therewere last year, and they believe theJunior Audubon Societies in the schoolshave been the cause. When school closed, many of themothers came to me and said th

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