Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 



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tion room will be used for meetings and is large enough to accommodate 

 fifty or more persons. We have had donated quite a collection of birds, 

 nests, and eggs. 



Prof. H. C. Fortner, of the University of Tennessee, camped on the preserve 

 in the spring and early summer, and we are delighted with the result of his 

 observations. He found 136 species, 34 families, and 11 orders. So far 65 



CLUB HOUSE IN THE BIRD SANCTUARY OF THE EAST TENNESSEE AUDUBON SOCIETY, 



NEAR KNOXVILLE TENN. 



birds were found to be nesting on the reservation. The club-house was named 

 the 'Magnolia Woodward Lodge' to honor Miss Woodward, the founder and 

 mother of our Society. Miss Woodward has been very active in her work in 

 the schools, as has also Mrs. Steinmetz and the writer. — (Mrs.) Walter Barton, 

 Secretary- Treasurer . 



Florida. — The popular conservation movement in Florida of late has been 

 the creating of sanctuaries for the preservation of wild life. So popular has 

 this idea become, as the result of the strenuous work of the Audubon Society, 

 that most of the counties have some agitation along this line, and although 

 Pinellas remains the single instance of a full county sanctuary, there are many 

 of the sixty-one counties striving to obtain it. Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, 

 and Edward Bok have estates in Florida and are making their land bird 

 sanctuaries. 



The Junior Audubon Clubs continue to increase, and the Junior members 

 this year will well reach over 8,000. We are considering putting a field secretary 

 in the schools for a few months if funds are available. The demand from schools 



