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OUR SANCTUARY BIRDS 



A definite increase of bird-life has been noted here during the past four 

 years. A growing colony of house wrens has been established, and several 

 of the rarer warblers have nested here, while birds in general have come 

 more and more to our feeding devices, or taken advantage of the shelter 

 and nesting sites offered them. 



One hundred and fifty-two nests were under observation here during 

 the past year, these representing forty-two species. 



About seventy species of birds are resident with us during the summer 

 months, and a total of one hundred and thirty-four species have been ob- 

 served here by the Superintendent in the past four years. 



BIRD-BANDING 



The work of banding wild birds has been continued, and, though on 

 a limited scale, some interesting results have already been obtained. One 

 hundred and fifty-one birds, of eighteen species, were banded during the 

 year. 



Forty-three chickadees were trapped and banded here this fall and 

 winter. Many of these have been trapped again and again and are known 

 to be the individual birds coming daily to our window-shelves. 



A white-breasted nuthatch banded on the 16th of September has been 

 observed here every day since. Another one banded four days earlier dis- 

 appeared immediately, but has since been found to be spending the winter 

 at a neighboring place about a mile distant. Banded pheasants feed dailv 

 about the dooryard. Among others, twenty j uncos, nine tree sparrows and 

 thirty-one purple finches have been caught, and released with the tiny 

 aluminum bands, — sure to be of interest where they are next heard from, 

 and positively identified wherever they may be found. 



OTHER WILD LIFE 



As with the birds, lists of other wild life are kept for purposes of 

 study and comparison and for the enlightenment of our visiting friends. 



Over five hundred species of plant-life have been identified here, to- 

 gether with many other interesting forms. 



CHANGE IN HEADQUARTERS 



Probably the most important happening in relation to our work is the 

 recent purchase by the Audubon Society of the estate adjoining that upon 

 which our present headquarters is situated. This seems a most pleasing 

 culmination of our four years of effort, and places the work on a more 

 definite and satisfactory basis. 



With the establishing of a permanent wild-life sanctuary we may now 

 hope for a stronger support from the friends of conservation. 



While our change is a vital one, we are fortunate to find a place so 

 admirably adapted to our needs and to remain in the same locality which 

 our four years' work has proven is so well fitted for our purpose. 



OUR NEW EQUIPMENT 



With our new headquarters we shall be better equipped in every way. 

 A larger and more substantial house will give us much needed space for 

 our constantly increasing office work and exhibits. Being also more readily 

 accessible, it has a broader outlook, while the grounds immediately sur- 



