Monthly Bulletin 11 



WILL YOU HELP? 



A continuance of the severe weather and the great need of the birds 

 will make the demands upon us for funds greater than we can supply. Will 

 you help us in this? The Treasurer will gratefully receive checks, large or 

 small, sent for this purpose and will see that they are immediately applied 

 where the birds most need them. The starving ducks at Moon Island and 

 in Plymouth Bay were fed through the good oiFices of the Society during 

 January, funds for this purpose having been generously supplied by friends 

 of the birds. More money doubtless will be needed to continue this work, 

 but the greatest need of ail will be among the wintering birds inland where 

 the snow is deep. 



SANCTUARY NOTES 



A complete and most interesting Report on the work of the Sanctuary 

 during 1919 has been placed in the hands of the Secretary by Superintendent 

 Higbee and awaits publication. It may be read at the office by anyone 

 interested. Meanwhile, the following brief paragraphs taken from it here 

 and there will be found of interest. 



"Weekly reports have been rendered to the Secretary of the Society 

 following a general plan of setting forth seasonal notes in regard to the 

 movement of birds, outlining the work done for the week, noting prevailing 

 weather and climatic conditions and mentioning special attractions either in 

 bird or plant life to be found there. These reports form a complete history 

 of the Sanctuary. Card index work has been continued. Under these 

 indexes, in addition to birds, 172 species of wild flowers, 110 trees, shrubs 

 and vines, and 22 different kinds of ferns have been catalogued within the 

 Sanctuary grounds. 



"Oroles, robins, catbirds, house wrens, tree swallows and chickadees — 

 the last-mentioned three in our own bird-boxes — have all nested in the farm- 

 yard where they could be readily seen. 



"One hundred and eight species of birds have been observed during the 

 year. These are listed at the end of this report in the seasonal order noted. 

 Twenty-two species were noted this year which were not on last year's list, 

 and nine were observed last year which we have not recorded during 1919. 

 Our total list of birds for the Sanctuary now numbers 118 species. Sixty- 

 three species were recorded here through the nesting season this year and 

 seventy-five nests were under observation during the summer. 



"Among the less common birds which have nested here during the past 

 season are woodcock, barred owl, hairy woodpecker, solitary vireo, golden- 

 winged warbler, Nashville warbler and hermit thrush. The vesper sparrow, 

 slate-colored jurco, Canadian warbler and brown creeper were also noted 

 here in the breeding season. 



"Black ducks have made their haunts along Beaver Hole Brook where 

 it flows through Cedar Swamp, and from ten to twenty of these birds seem 

 to be spending the winter in the upper reaches of this stream, which are 

 always open and provide good feeding ground. 



"Our winter birds have been less in variety but more in abundance of 

 individual species than last year. A flock of five evening grosbeaks were 

 observed for some time in one of our ash-leaved maple trees on November 

 29th. Juncos and tree sparrows have appeared in unusual numbers this 

 winter. Numbers of these birds visit our dooryard daily, and many take 

 advantage of the chaff scattered on the barn floor, as well as of the seed 

 thrown out to them. 



