migrating would be a great factor in the pre- 

 servation of migratory game birds. The ex- 

 perience of sanctuary owners proves that the 

 birds readily learn that certain places are safe 

 for them. 



On the Miner farm in Essex County, 

 Ontario, the most remarkable Wild Goose 

 sanctuary on the continent, many hundreds of 

 Geese come every April and rest on their jour- 

 ney to the north. Inside the sanctuary limits 

 even a stranger may walk within a few feet of 

 them without alarming them, but out on the 

 lake, just two miles away, a boat could not get 

 within half a mile of one of those Geese. On 

 the lake they know they may be shot, but they 

 have learned that inside the sanctuary they are 

 always protected. It seems that birds must 

 have some means of communication with other 

 species, for during a spring migration while the 

 Geese were resting there a flock of wild Swans 

 flew over and circled round. It was as if the 

 Geese had told them of their haven of safety 

 and they had come to see it for themselves. 



In choosing a place for a sanctuary where 

 large, rare birds or game birds are to be at- 

 tracted, it is important that it should have the 

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