﻿Annual Report of the National Associa- 

 tion of Audubon Societies for 1906 



CONTENTS 



Report of the President : Introductory : The Year's Work ; Legislation : Results 

 Attained in Certain States ; Work for 1907 ; Alien Hunters ; Protection for Small 

 Shore Birds; Bartram's Plover; Eskimo Curlew ; Wood Duck; Spring Shooting; 

 Gun Licenses ; Aigrettes. Reservations : Wardens. Educational Work. Sug- 

 gestions for Special Audubon Work ; Bird Clubs ; Bird Boxes ; Feeding 

 Places. 



Reports from State Societies. List of Members and Contributors. Report of 

 the Treasurer. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 



By WILLIAM DUTCHER 



INTRODUCTORY 



Members of the Association: Before presenting to you the results 

 of the past year's work and the plans for future development, let us lock 

 backward for a few years. Abbott Thayer's "An Appeal to Bird-Lovers" 

 was widely published in February, 1900. Of this appeal it may be truly 

 said "Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth." From this time to 

 the present moment the history of this Association has been one of steady 

 progress and, during the past year, by the magnificent beneficence of one of 

 our members, the late Albert Willcox, the Association has been changed 

 from a weak and struggling Society to a permanent and strong organization 

 with a substantial endowment fund. In the few short months of our 

 corporate existence we have therefore secured a foundation so broad and 

 strong that it surpasses the ardent hopes of our most optimistic members. 

 Let us trust that this fact will not lead our members to believe that their 

 support is no longer required ; it is needed as much as, if not more than 

 before. 



In the past, the work of the Society has been very greatly restricted by 

 lack of funds, and much good that might have been accomplished was, for 

 this reason, necessarily neglected. In the near future, after our legacy has 

 been received and is safely invested in conservative securities, the income of 

 the Association will be so materially increased that the work of the Society 

 can be amplified in many directions. In this connection, your president 

 wishes to express his gratification and thanks to the members of and con- 

 tributors to the Association ; their loyalty and generosity has been persis- 



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