Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 



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issues' of individual workers read like the pages of a fascinating novel. Twenty 

 enthusiastic talks before federated women's clubs; demonstrations of the 

 value and migration of our wild birds before the public schools ; earnest pleas 

 for our feathered missionaries before the different church organizations; the 

 daily hikes of a Nature Guide for the Los Angeles Municipal Mountain Play- 

 ground Camps; an Audubon Exhibit of photographs, discarded nests and 

 nature books before the State Convention, C. F. W. C, whose reports are too 

 long for the publisher, are some of the 'individual efforts' put forth to further 

 the interests of the Audubon work. 



Migratory bird-notes of Los Angeles and vicinity have been carefully pre- 

 pared and forwarded to Bird-Lore for publication. An omcial^call from a 





Los Angeles Audubon Society 



Our 



r rote el Hie Wds 

 That eat the insects 



Thai destroy Ihe forests 

 T nor preserve Ihe waters 



I hat Teed the streams 

 I hat till the reseuoirs 



That irrigate the lands 



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That produce the crops 

 That supply the markets 



That prouide the foods 

 That nourish the people 



Who make the laws 



That gouern this Flatten of 



Peace-aljidinQ, Jiliertu, loumg Gr.ierieo.ns 



COMPOSED BY MRS. F. T. BICKNELL, PRESIDENT 



representative of the Interior Department of Canada has resulted in the inter- 

 change of literature and a cooperative interest in the protection of migratory 

 birds. The fiftieth anniversary of Arbor Day was observed by a special 

 program calling attention to the work of the wood-boring beetles and other 

 insects that destroy the forests. Founder's Day, of the Los Angeles Audubon 

 Society, was established and pioneer work fittingly eulogized, several charter 

 members being present. All measures for the preservation of our forests and 

 wild life have been enthusiastically indorsed. 



Literature distributed, articles published, letters written, wild birds 'snapped' 

 and the pictures made into slides to illustrate future talks, complaints of killing, 

 trapping, and caging Mockingbirds promptly reported to higher authority, 

 are some of the minor activities. Being federated with women's clubs, the work 

 of this Society is brought directly before the other clubs through the various 



