16 Arbor and Bird Day Bulletin 



SUGGESTIONS FOR BIRDS' DEPENDENCE DAY PROGRAM 

 (By Mrs. Granville Ross Pike) 



1. Music. 



2. Address. "Birds' Declaration of Dependence." 



(A brief summary of dangers and difficulties of bird life in your 

 vicinity.) 



3. Recitations or Quotations on same topic Pupils. 



4. Bird play or pageant, illustrating Bird Dependence. 



5. Address, "Some things our school has done for birds." 

 (Discuss whatever has actually been accomplished in these or 



other ways.) 



a. Maintained (how many) winter feeding stations at homes, 

 school grounds and other places. 



b. Provided (how many) bird houses in school yard and other 

 localities. 



c. Planted orniries and made fountains on school and home lawns. 



6. Exhibit of collected materials relating to birds. (Bird al- 

 bums, scrap books, feathers, nests, food seeds, books, etc.) All pupils 

 participating. 



7. Music, Bird Records Victrola. 



8. Talk, "Nests and Nesting Materials" (Illustrated by examples) 

 Girl. 



9. Talk, "Correct Houses for Birds," (Illustrated by examples) 

 Boy. 



10. Address, "Some Things Still to be Done for Bird Welfare." 



a. Maintain active Junior Audubon Clubs. 



b. Protect birds from cats and other enemies. 



c. Enforce laws for bird protection. 



d. Publish bird news in local papers. 



11. Music. 



Birds' Dependence Day Program 

 (Outdoor Exercises) 



1. Music, and Polk Dances. 



2. Making an Orniry. (Planting of seeds or setting of plants, 

 shrubs, vines or trees which bear food or attract birds.) Teacher 

 conduct symposium on subject if circumstances prevent actual planting. 



3. Service of Dedication for the Orniry. (Children impersonate 

 rain, breeze, sunshine, cloud, etc., or all join hands dancing about and 

 wassailing the orniry with water.) 



4. Unveiling of Bird Fountain. 



Any suitable ceremony with such .features as, brief address by city 

 official, or representative of a local club; music, folk dances, unveiling 

 by pupils, etc. (If a formal fountain is impossible a simple watering 

 place will answer.) 



