10 Massachusetts Audubon Society 



February Bulletin 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING 



The Annual Business Meeting of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 

 Inc., was held on Saturday afternoon, January 24th, at 3 P. M., a quorum 

 being present. Reports of the Secretary, Treasurer and Nominating Com- 

 mittee were read and accepted. The following officers were nominated : — 



Secretary-treasurer 

 Mr. WiNTHROP Packard 



Directors for Three Years 



Mr. Arthur C. Bent Mr. Edward L. Parker 



Mr. Frederic H. Kennard Dr. John C. Phillips 



Judge Charles F. Jenney Mrs. Robert B. Greenough 



Auditing Committee 



Mr. Edward L. Parker Dr. Glover M. Allen 



Mr. Willum p. Wharton 



It was voted that it is the sense of this meeting that the Society should 

 contribute to the support of the wild birds, during the cold weather now 

 prevailing, from the funds of the Society in such measure as the Secretary 

 on consultation with the President should deem best. 



Adj ourned 



Winthrop Packard, Secretary. 

 Jan. 24, 1920. 



FEED THE BIRDS 



The thanks of the Society are due to the newspapers of the State which 

 so generously printed the request that the birds be fed sent out early in 

 January when tlie deep snow came after prolonged and severe cold. Thanks 

 are also due the public for its prompt and generous response. Not for 

 years has there been a winter so hard on our bird population; the trees 

 have been covered with ice and snow for weeks, the ground beneath them 

 has been two to six feet deep with it, the mercury has been at zero or below 

 again and again. Under such conditions only systematic human help can 

 save the lives of many of our wintering birds. Thousands of people have 

 responded with this help and are keeping it up. This last, perhaps, is the 

 hardest part of it. In time the question of expense comes up and becomes 

 extremely difficult to answer. The Fish and Game Commission, whose 

 wardens throughout the State not only advise others, but themselves syste- 

 matically carry on bird feeding, exhausted its appropriation for this purpose 

 early in the month when the need was greatest. The Society came to their 

 assistance with credit for $100.00 for grain to be used for feeding. That 

 saved the situation for the time. The Society stands ready to give further 

 assistance if, as seems probable, it is needed. 



