Annual Report of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies for 1914 



CONTENTS 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Introduction.— Audubon Warden Work. — ^Egret Protection.— Junior Aud- 

 ubon Classes. — Legislation. — Field Agents. — A New Department. — 

 State Societies. — Publications. — Financial. 



REPORTS OF FIELD AGENTS. 



Arthur H. Norton, Maine. — Winthrop Packard, Massachusetts. — Miss 

 Katharine H. Stuart, Virginia. — Dr. Eugene Swope, Ohio. — William 

 L. Finley, Pacific-Coast States. 



REPORTS OF STATE AUDUBON SOCIETIES. 



California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, 

 Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, 

 Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, 

 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee (East), West Virginia. 



REPORT OF TREASURER. 



LIST OF MEMBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



INTRODUCTION 



Never have I undertaken the preparation of an Annual Report of the 

 National Association of Audubon Societies without realizing the great difl&culty 

 of adequately convening in words a correct idea of the true scope of its activi- 

 ties, or a proper appreciation of the zeal and sympathy of the hundreds of 

 volunteer Audubon workers throughout the country. Brief statements and 

 figures may serve to show the extent of its present business organization, but 

 can convey only a scant indication of the tremendous amount of human feel- 

 ing with which the entire organization throbs. 



The influence of the Audubon movement throughout the United States 

 today is astounding, especially when one considers the comparatively limited 

 expenditure of funds in the course of a year. It is a work of the people, includ- 

 ing bird-lovers and wild-animal conservationists of every type, and new fields 

 of opportunity are continually opening before us. The past year has been 

 marked by a steady maintenance of our more important fields of effort, by 

 distinct gains in many directions, and with loss nowhere along the line. 



AUDUBON WARDEN WORK 



The chief nursery of the sea-birds of the Atlantic Coast of the United 

 States is among the islands off the coast of Maine. During the past summer, 



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