2 Massachusetts Audubon Society 



SANCTUARY BIRD DAY 



The Annual Mass Meeting and Bird Day of the Massachusetts Audubon 

 Society will be held at the Moose Hill Bird Sanctuary, Sharon, on Saturday, 

 May 15th. The Sanctuary headquarters and Museum will be open and the 

 grounds available to members and their friends from dawn until dark and 

 all interested in birds are cordially invited to attend. The date is set as near 

 as possible at the height of the migration season and there is no better region 

 in the State for the observation of rare and beautiful wild bird life. The 

 Museum is well worth visiting, and the whole place is a unique and instruc- 

 tive exposition of methods and opportunities for bird study and bird pro- 

 tection. All will be welcome to explore the Sanctuary and study its wild 

 life. Paths have been cut throughout the grounds for the convenience of 

 visitors, but otherwise the whole two hundred and thirty-five acre estate is 

 untouched in all its natural beauty. By vote of the Board of Directors of 

 the Society there will be no formal exercises, it being thought best that all 

 should have opportunity to enjoy the beauties of the sanctuary wild life with- 

 out formality. The Sanctuary is not only a wonderful place for the obser- 

 vation of bird life, but a fertile field for botanical study. Many rare plants 

 are native there, and others have been introduced, so that botanists as well 

 as ornithologists will find the place of peculiar interest. Hot coffee and 

 sandwiches, possibly other refreshments, will be on sale on the grounds. 

 Those wishing to be sure of more should bring a basket luncheon. The 

 Sanctuary is about a mile and a half west of Sharon station. It may be 

 readily reached by automobile, and there will be opportunity for parking. 

 When within a mile or so from headquarters, bird picture signs will be 

 found at intersected roads pointing the way. Those who walk from the 

 station should go west from it on the highway, not crossing the track, taking 

 each turn to the left. There is automobile service between the station and 

 the Sanctuary. 



Train service to Sharon: 19 miles; 38 minutes. Fare 55 cents; 5 rides 

 S1.93. Leave South Station at 6.22, 7.39, 10.59, 12.30, 1.45, 2.33, 3.29, etc. 

 Return in P. M., 1.21, 3.18, 5.04, 6.14, 7.10, 8.54, etc. 



The Society for the Protection of Native Plants this year joins with the 

 Massachusetts Audubon Society in the support of the Sanctuary. Its mem- 

 bers are cordially invited to participate in the Bird Day Outing. In this 

 Bulletin, Superintendent Higbee gives a list of some of the attractions, both 

 ornithological and botanical, which may be found in the Sanctuary grounds 

 in mid-May. 



The Local Secretaries of the Audubon Society are cordially invited and 

 urged to attend this meeting. There will be a special conference of such 

 and brief reports of the year's work and interesting experiences will be 

 called for. Mr. Edward Howe Forbush, State Ornithologist and President 

 of the Society, will preside at this conference. 



BOARD AT THE SANCTUARY 



On or about May 1st, Mrs. George W. Field will return from Wash- 

 ington to her summer home near the Sanctuary headquarters. Visitors of 

 previous years will recall with pleasure Mrs. Field's hospitality. The same 

 welcome will be extended this year. Transients or those wishing to make a 

 longer stay for nature study or rest may obtain accommodations at reason- 



