Reports of Field Agents 413 



retary of the Michigan Audubon Society, and your Field Agent, with the 

 state officials, Arbor and Bird Day were more generally observed, especially 

 through the southern portion of the state. A large number of women's clubs 

 in the state were induced to observe a Bird Day, and many of these clubs 

 have passed resolutions agreeing to co6i)erate with the State Audubon Society. 

 Mrs. Edith C. Munger, Vice-president of the Michigan Audubon Society, 

 is Chairman of the Audubon Committee of the State Federation of Women's 

 Clubs, and is doing a splendid work in getting the women not only to give 

 up wearing feathers of our wild birds, but to take an active interest in bird- 

 protection. She has cooperated actively with the writer. Miss Jennie E. Buell, 

 editor of the State Grange publication, printed a program on bird-study for 

 the farmers. A certain meeting in each Grange was set aside as a bird meeting. 

 I mailed a large amount of literature to farmers in all parts of the state in 

 reply to inquiries. 



Cooperating with friends of the federal bill providing for national control 

 of migratory birds, I visited Washington and went over the situation with 

 numerous congressmen. 



During the summer, I visited points on Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, Lake 

 Huron and Lake Michigan, where wild Ducks congregate in large numbers 

 during migration. Some of the best of the marsh is now in the hands of men 

 who give protection to the Ducks, but, unfortunately, much of it is in the 

 hands of small owners who are draining and clearing the land, which will 

 certainly work to decrease the Ducks in time. The slaughter of wild fowl during 

 the open season at some of these points is beyond all reason, the shooters 

 paying no attention to the bag limit. We shall renew our labors before the 

 legislature to secure a hunters' license in order to raise sufficient revenue 

 for wardens to cover such important points, at least during the spring and 

 fall migrations, and to have spring shooting abolished. 



There were large numbers of Common Terns in the vicinity of the Lake 

 Erie marshes, and a few Black Terns and an occasional Herring Gull. The 

 Common Terns nest along the points jutting out into the various bays and 

 the cuts made for drainage. The Black Terns nested in the marshes, but not 

 in great numbers. 



While visiting the shore of Lake Huron, I went through the Inland Route 

 from Cheboygan through the Cheboygan River, Mullet Lake, Indian River, 

 Burt Lake, Crooked River and Crooked Lake. There were Wood Ducks, 

 Mallard, Black Ducks and Pied-billed Grebes along the way, many of which 

 were driven in by the cold weather experienced on the Great Lakes. There 

 were a number of young Ducks which I learned were being shot ofif by the 

 summer resorters. I took the matter up with an assistant game warden and 

 an Audubonist, who agreed to handle the situation. 



On Sand Island, in Lake St. Clair, containing about twenty-six acres, 

 June 28, I found a number of half-grown Common Terns. I estimated 1,500 



