278 Wild Bird Guests 



A word as to dues. You will see in the 

 sample constitutions that the dues for active 

 membership are made quite low. You will 

 find it a good plan to have the dues for at least 

 one form of membership made very low in order 

 that no one may be barred from your club 

 because he can't afford to belong to it. By 

 having other forms of membership with com- 

 paratively larger dues, you give generous people 

 with plenty of money an opportunity to befriend 

 the club to almost any extent. Be sure to 

 have a junior membership for the children. 



It makes little difference what time of year a 

 bird club is organized ; there is always plenty of 

 work to be done for the birds. In the spring 

 there are bird houses to put up, bird baths to 

 get ready, and the planting of crops and of trees 

 and shrubs and creepers which are attractive 

 to birds. In the summer, there are bird baths 

 to put out and bird houses to make; in the 

 fall, more bird houses to put out and prepara- 

 tions to be made for winter feeding; while in 

 winter the work of feeding the birds alone 

 will afford plenty of activity for the club and 

 its members. The details of such work are 

 given in other parts of this book. In addition to 

 this active work for the birds, all sorts of things 

 may be done to interest the members, to promote 



