Monthly Bulletin 3 



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. The Sanctuary Headquarters and Museum will be open and the 

 grounds available to members and their friends from dawn imtil dark, and 

 all interested in birds are cordially invited to attend. 



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. 



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. 



On Saturdays, Warden Higbee conducts bird walks at the Sanctuary, 

 meeting the 1 :45 afternoon train from Boston at the Sharon Station at 2 :25. 

 The walks begin at the station and continue through the Sanctuary grounds 

 to Headquarters, where there is opportunity to rest and view the Museum 

 exhibit. The route is so arranged that those wishing to take only part of it 

 may do so, resting at the Sanctuary meanwhile. 



Sunset bird walks are taken 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 charge for walks per person is 50c, the money to be 

 used towards the support of the Sanctuary. Train service: 



Sharon. Prov. Div. 19 miles. 38 minutes. Fare 55c; 5 rides $1.93. 

 At 6.22, 7.39, 10.59, 12.30, 1.45, 2.33, 3.29, 4.28, 5.06, 5.40, 6.12, 6.55, 

 8.59, 10.20, 11.33. Return— 6.06, 6.56, 7.37, 7.52, 8.52, 11.02, 11.55, 1.21, 

 3.16, 5.03, 6.14, 7.10, 8.54, 11.26. Sunday— 8.08, 8.49, 12.22, 2.24, 4.08, 

 5.05, 6.50, 8.28, 10.20. Return— 8.09, 10.06, 1.11, 2.31, 5.03, 5.11, 7.14, 

 8.54, 11.25. 



