Massachusetts Audubon Society 5 



THE FLORIDA AUDUBON SOCIETY 



The Annual Meeting of the Florida Audubon Society was held at Jack- 

 sonville, Florida, with headquarters at the Seminole Hotel, the meetings be- 

 ing in the hotel auditorium. Many Jacksonville organizations, including the 

 Chamber of Commerce, extended invitations. The sessions extended through- 

 out three days and were attended by a large and representative membership 

 from all over the State. President Katlierine P. Tippetts, of St. Petersburg, 

 presided and the mayor of the city gave the address of welcome. The main 

 address of the meeting was given by T. Gilbert Pearson, President of the 

 National Association of Audubon Societies. Dr. E. W. Nelson, Chief of the 

 Biological Survey, also gave an address and conducted the forum. Bird 

 reels, photographed by H. K. Job, of the National Association, were shown. 

 The Florida Audubon Society is to be congratulated on its enterprise and 

 activity and the good work which it has been doing throughout its State. 



FEEDING EVENING GROSBEAKS 

 This winter I have been feeding a flock of from eight to twelve evening 

 grosbeaks. They are inordinately fond of sunflower seeds. They appear to 

 throw or scatter out most of the ground grain. I think they like the pea- 

 nuts also. The woodpeckers and chickadees eat the suet and feed on the 

 beef bones. The grosbeaks do not allow the English Sparrows any chance. 

 After they feed they sit in the tree and pounce on the sparrows with fury if 

 they come near. They also fight among themselves over the sunflower and 

 ailanthus seeds. The latter are mostly buried under the snow now, as the 

 ice-storm split the tree in twain and it fell to the ground loaded with seeds. 

 When a bare spot appears they search for the seeds and try to pull them 

 from each other, like chicks pulling at a worm. It is very amusing. If the 

 snow ever thaws there are quarts of that seed on the ground, and that is 

 what first attracted them. 



S. S. Webster 



Life member received February 21, 1922-March 24, 1922: 



Chapman, Conrad St. John's College, Oxford, England 



Sustaining Members received February 23, 1922-March 24, 1922: 



Barber, Miss Augusta 7 Winter St., Franiingham 



Buff um, Miss Alice G 26 Converse St., Worcester 



Burnham, Addison C 60 Federal St., Boston 



Caldwell, Miss Minerva 21 Kilgore Ave., W. Medford 



Clark, Mrs. Francis H Concord 



Clark, Francis H Concord 



Coolidge, Miss N. Eveline 17 Otis St., Franiingham 



Copeland, R. J., Jr 1009 W. Ash St., Salina, Kansas 



DeWolf, Mrs. John 5 Edgehill Rd., Winchester 



Dickson, Miss Ruth B Weston 



Douglass, Miss Ethel 49 Bowdoin St., Newton Highlands 



Douglass, Mrs. Mabelle S 49 Bowdoin St., Newton Highlands 



Dudley. Mrs. Mary E 83 Bay State Rd., Boston 



Dunn, Mrs. Luella C 137 Elm St., Gardner 



Lang. Miss Katherine J 192 Summer St., Plymouth 



MacConney, Mrs. J. B 55 Vernon St., Rockland 



Murphy, Mrs. Daniel F 14 Mason St., Winchester 



Pratt, Mrs. Herbert A 4 Pierce St., Middleboro 



Rolfe, Harry E 101 Chestnut St., Gardner 



Sprague, Mrs. Frank H 346 Belmont St., Wollaston 



Teeter, Mrs. E. L 76 Westland Ave., Boston 



Thayer, David Bates 148 Hobart Ave., So. Braintree 



Whitaker, Mrs. G. R 36 Symmes St., Roslindale 



