8 Massachusetts Audubon Society 



SOME FLORIDA SANCTUARIES 



From the Florida Audubon Bulletin 



In the way of Federal Sanctuaries Florida now has eleven, established in 

 the order named: Pelican Island, Passage Key, Indian Key, Mosquito Inlet, 

 Torugas Keys, Key West, Pine Island, Palma Sola, Matlarha Pass, Island 

 Bay, Caloosahatchee. The last of these, a small but important island in the 

 Caloosahatchee River, near Fort Meyers, was established in July of last year. 

 It is a breeding ground for herons, cranes and other species of birds that 

 seek such nesting places. It may be of interest to state that Pelican Island, 

 in the Indian River, was the first Bird Reservation established by the Federal 

 Government. This was in 1903, and since that date, in all the States and 

 Alaska, 72 additional Reservations have been established. Moving pictures 

 of the bird-life on several of the Federal Reservations in Florida, made by 

 Herbert K. Job, which have been shown at several picture theatres in the 

 State, are a surprising revelation to bird-lovers. 



The first municipal sanctuary established in Florida was at Winter 

 Park. This came about mainly through efforts of the local Woman's Club, 

 and later has been looked after by the Winter Park Bird Club, Considerable 

 tracts of private lands outside the corporation were afterwards added to 

 the sanctuary by action of interested owners. Owing to lack of money to 

 employ competent wardens during the hunting season, and the large ter- 

 ritory to be covered, the promoters of this sanctuary have not been able to 

 prevent an occasional violation of the ordinances, but on the whole the 

 Winter Park Sanctuary has been a very great success in protecting bird life 

 within its scope and thus has created an interest that has led to the establish- 

 ment of a number of similar sanctuaries in other localities of the State, 

 including Cocoanut Grove, Dunedin, Florence Villa and Miami Beach. 



More recently and mainly through the efforts of Mrs. Katherine B. 

 Tippetts, President of the Florida Audubon Society, an important chain of 

 Bird Sanctuaries, mainly municipal, has been established in Pinellas County, 

 which Mrs. Tippetts has named the "Pinellas County Federation of Bird 

 Sanctuaries." These, in the order of their establishment and beginning with 

 with August, 1920, are as follows: Pass-a-Grille, St. Petersburg, Anona, 

 Gulfport, Ozona, Oldsmar, Largo, Clearwater, Safety Harbor, Tarpon 

 Springs and Walls Springs. Dunedin, which previously had been made a 

 sanctuary, may be included with the above, the whole forming a splendid 

 chain of sanctuaries across the county and affording protection to the wild 

 birds over a large extent of territory. Seven of these sanctuaries were estab- 

 lished by municipal acts, the others, not being incorporated places, were 

 brought about through local organizations with the co-operation of interested 

 land-owners who agreed to keep their holdings posted and thus aid in the 

 protection of the wild life thereon. 



