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Bird - Lore 



MOTION-PICTURES FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 



In order to obtain motion-pictures to 

 illustrate some of the work of the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies in 

 protecting colonies of water-birds, it was 

 arranged that Mr. Herbert K. Job should 

 make an expedition for the purpose. This 

 trip occupied two months in the spring 

 of 1915, and resulted in securing about 



Owing to the unusual backwardness of 

 the season, few of the birds had arrived 

 at their nesting-ground, but they were 

 reported later in good numbers. 



"The main work in Florida consisted 

 of a cruise down the west coast, starting 

 from Tampa. On this cruise we visited 

 the following Federal bird-reservations. 



COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT EXAMINING NESTS OF BLACK SKIMMERS 

 ON BATTLEDORE ISLAND, LA. 



14,000 feet of film and over three hun- 

 dred photographs. May was spent in 

 Florida and June in Louisiana. The start 

 was made from New York, April 29, and 

 the return was on June 29. A brief sum- 

 mary of Mr. Job's report is here given. 



"My companion and assistant for the 

 Florida trip was Dr. H. R. Mills, of 

 Tampa, who generously gave his services 

 during his vacation, and the use of his 

 gasoline boat, saving the Association a 

 heavy expense. The first locality visited 

 was the Egret rookery at Orange Lake, 

 owned by the National Association. 



which have been established through the 

 efforts of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies: Passage Key (Herons); 

 Indian or Bird Key, near St. Petersburg 

 (Pelicans, Cormorants, Herons, Man-o'- 

 war Birds); Charlotte Harbor (White 

 Ibises, Louisiana Herons, etc.); Alligator 

 Bay (American Egret rookery). We also 

 traced out an unknown rookery of the 

 White Ibis, far up a lonely river, where 

 there were about 1,500 occupied nests, 

 and about ten thousand others deserted. 

 It had recently been shot out — a cruel 

 tragedy! 



