400 Bird - Lore 



REPORTS OF AFFILIATED STATE SOCIETIES 

 AND BIRD CLUBS 



REPORTS OF STATE SOCIETIES 



Arizona. — Owing to illness in the family of the President of our Society, 

 no public meetings were held last year. Our regular annual meeting was in 

 April, at which time officers for the ensuing year were elected. Our Society 

 took up a new line of work last year, namely, that of interesting school children 

 in birds and bird-life. The school laws of Arizona have set aside April 9 to be 

 known as "Bird Day" in the state. The Secretary of the Arizona Audubon 

 Society gave five talks on birds in one primary school building, speaking to 

 about 400 school children. In another building several talks were given to more 

 than 300 school children, while in a grammar school two talks were given to 

 about 120 young people. The children showed unusual interest in the subject. 

 A number of teachers of our schools have become interested and have joined 

 the state Society. It is hoped this will result in the near future in the organiza- 

 tion in our schools of Junior Audubon Societies.— (Mrs.) Harriet B. Thorn- 

 BER, Secretary. 



California. — On June 12, 1920, the California Audubon Society held its 

 fourteenth annual meeting in Los Angeles. The year's work has been most 

 gratifying. It shows general interest in bird-protection is on the increase and 

 that activities given up during the war are again in full force. The usual number 

 of Educational Leaflets have been distributed, in some cases whole counties 

 being covered. Lecture-work has been carried on quite extensively, one set of 

 slides being used in the southern part of the state by Mrs. George W. Turner, 

 the other by Mrs. F. T. Bicknell. Other members of the Los Angeles Society 

 have also been active with lecture-work. In the north, one of our directors, 

 Dr. F. W. d'Evelyn, as President of the Audubon Association of the Pacific, 

 is carrying forward the work there. In Sacramento, our Director C. M. Goethe, 

 as President and organizer of the Nature-Study League, helped in getting the 

 Nature Guide work carried on by the State Fish and Game Commission and 

 the Federal Government at Tahoe last year, and Yosemite National Park, 

 this year. Mr. Goethe also furnished Nature-Study Libraries. 



In San Diego a new Audubon Society was organized, with Carroll DeWilton 

 Scott, President. We wrote letters of protest to Washington against the drain- 

 ing of Lower Klamath Lake and the despoliation of Yellowstone Park. We 

 took favorable action regarding the proposed Nelson Game Sanctuary bill, 

 and asked for a Forestry Experimental Station in California to cooperate with 

 the State University. The feature of monthly luncheons in Los Angeles was 

 revived. On February n we had as our guest and speaker, John Burroughs. 

 There were 135 present and others were turned away. The past winter many 



