14 NEW JERSEY AUDUBON SOCIETY 



REPORT OF THE RIDGEWOOD AUDUBON 



SOCIETY 



The Ridgewood Branch of the Xew Jersey Audubon Society 

 worked quietly the past season along its usual lines — feeding 

 many winter birds at the lunch counters ; increasing the num- 

 ber of nest boxes about home grounds ; adding to its collection 

 of used birds' nests ; reporting boys to the proper authorities 

 when discovered using guns and sling-shots against the birds ; 

 continuing subscription to Bird-Lore for one of our school 

 libraries ; tr3qng to help a young society start by sending an 

 account of our eight years of struggle and slow accomplish- 

 ment. 



The school children were again offered prizes for occupied 

 bird houses at their homes, and a larger number were suc- 

 cesful the past season than usual, forty-eight boys and girls 

 proving able protectors to sixty-six bird families, the majority 

 being bluebirds and wrens. 



Lily M. Orne, Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE NEWARK BIRD CLUB 



This club was organized at the close of a lecture by Mr. 

 Ernest Harold Baynes before The Contemporary of Newark, 

 January 7, 1919, with Mrs. George Frederick King as Presi- 

 dent, who was later succeeded by Miss Agnes Vintor Luther. 

 The original membership of fourteen has increased to fifty, 

 with prospect of double that number by the date of the first 

 annual meeting:. 



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A center of Junior work was formed at Miss Craven's school 

 by Miss Helen Woolson, Avith a membership of fifty. It is the 

 intention of the club to form many such Junior centers in 

 active cooperation with the New Jersey Audubon Society. 



Among summer activities may be mentioned : A program 

 meeting at the home of Miss Emma L. Richards, including an 

 illustrated lecture by Prof. O. P. Medsger; two field trips in 

 Branch Brook Park, permission for bird study there having 

 been granted by the Essex County Park Commission ; in June 



