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 17th. Ihe 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 at the 

 height of the migration season, and there is no better region in the State 

 for the observation of rare and beautiful wild birdlife. The Museum is 

 well worth visiting, and the whole place is a unique and instructive exposi- 

 tion of methods and opportunities for bird study and bird protection. What 

 is being done on the Moose Hill farm could and should be done on every 

 farm. 



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

 Bird walks may be joined under competent leaders. At two p. m. Mr. 

 Edward Avis will give a talk on birds, with whistling imitations, and there 

 will be other brief interesting exercises. At 3 p. m. there will be a conference 

 and experience meeting of the local secretaries of the Society. The Society 

 will pay travelling expenses of Local Secretaries to and from this meeting. 



The Sanctuary is not only a wonderful place for the observation of 

 birdlife, but a fertile field for botanical study. Many rare plants are native 

 there and others have been introduced, so that botanists as well as ornitholo- 

 gists 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. 



Time-table of train service between Boston and Sharon will be found 

 under the heading "Bird Walks" elsewhere in this Bulletin. 



The Sanctuary is about a mile and a half west of Sharon Station, may 

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

 When within a mile or so of Headquarters, bird-picture signs will be found 

 at intersecting roads pointing the way. Those who walk from the station 

 should take the highway which crosses the track, going west on it and taking 

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

 the Sanctuary; fare 50c each way. 



BIRD WALKS 



Beginning Saturday, April 26th, Warden Higbee will conduct bird walks 

 at the Sanctuary, meeting the 1 :45 afternoon train from Boston at the Sharon 

 Station at 2:25. The walks will begin at the station and continue through 

 the Sanctuary grounds to Headquarters, where there will be opportunity to 

 rest and view the Museum exhibit. The route to and from Headquarters 

 may vary, but the whole walk of, say, five miles will be so arranged that 

 those wishing to take only part of it may do so, resting at the Sanctuary 

 meanwhile. In this way a part taken need not be much over a mile of 

 easy grade. 



Sunset bird walks are planned for Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, 

 beginning on the arrival of the 5:40 train from Boston at 6:18. There is a 

 convenient return train at 8:54. Mr. Higbee will meet the arriving train. 

 There is a motor service between trains and the Sanctuary Headquarters; 

 fare 50c each way. The sunset bird walks will begin on Tuesday, April 

 29th. The charge for walks per person is 50c, the money to be used towards 

 the support of the Sanctuary. Train service: 



