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We have an Audubon Society in my room at school, and we have thirty 

 members. Miss Stuart came into my room and talked to us about birds. She 

 says that the enemies of birds are the gun, the cat, and the dog. She showed 

 us some nests that she had with her. 



We built bird-houses and put them up. We put boards on the windows at 

 school and fed the birds. The birds are beginning to get tame around my 



JUNIOR AUDUBON SOCIETY, ALEXANDRIA, VA. 



school now. We can look out of the window and see a lot of birds. We have 

 studied eight birds this year. 



Yesterday we had a bird contest against the fifth grade, to see who re- 

 members the most about the birds we have studied. — John McIver Jackson 

 (Age 8 years). Third Grade, Alexandria, Va. 



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All of the boys in our society have built bird-boxes, and we had our pic- 

 tures taken with the boxes. I took my box home, and in a few weeks a Sparrow 

 started to build in it, but it did not finish. One week later a House Wren built 

 in it. She took out all the grass that the Sparrow had put in. She tried to get 

 a big stick inside, but she could not do it, so she went into the box and pulled 

 on it. The stick broke and I heard her thump against the back of the house. 



We enjoyed having Miss Stuart come to our meetings. She showed us a 



