The Audubon Societies 



271 



State Classes Members 



Maine 76 2,132 



Maryland 55 i)963 



Massachusetts 455 i3>023 



Michigan 182 5>oo8 



Minnesota 318 8,517 



Mississippi 5 i^S 



Missouri ■. . . . 112 37259 



Montana 37 979 



Nebraska 86 2,281 



Nevada 8 185 



New Hampshire 58 1,626 



New Jersey 203 6,325 



New Mexico 3 88 



New York 917 25,385 



North Carolina 16 476 



North Dakota 29 759 



Ohio 858 21,631 



Oklahoma 46 1,421 



Oregon 108 3,753 



Pennsj^vania 515 16,484 



Rhode Island 12 410 



South Carolina 18 771 



South Dakota 31 1,069 



Tennessee 9 289 



Texas 26 827 



Utah 19 416 



Vermont 34 1,018 



Virginia 28 851 



Washington 89 3,214 



West Virginia 50 1,564 



Wisconsin 151 3,782 



Wyoming 10 268 



Canada 278 8,251 



Totals 6,204 179,794 



The generous and unnamed benefactor, 

 who for many years has almost entirely 

 supported this work, has again signified 

 his willingness to contribute $20,000 for 

 the Junior eflFort the coming year. The 

 follo\\'ing is thfe total list of contributors 

 to the Junior Audubon Campaign the past 

 season: 



Unnamed Benefactor .... $20,000 00 



E. W. Mudge 50 00 



Mrs. Denning Duer 20 00 



Miss Edith G. Bowdoin ... 50 00 



Mrs. Frederick H. Alms ... 25 00 



Miss Mary Mitchell 50 00 



Edward L. Parker 100 oc 



James H. Barr 100 00 



Total $20,395 00 



Late Spraying Kills Birds 



Mrs. S. Louise Patteson, who recently 

 represented the National Association in 

 gi%'ing a course of school lectures and other 

 work in Massachusetts, has called attention 



to the loss of bird-life caused by late spray- 

 ing. In her report she says: "I noticed 

 that much spraying was done as late as 

 June, and many birds' nests were drenched, 

 with the result that young birds and adults 

 were found dead about the ground on the 

 farm of the Girls Industrial School at 

 Lancaster, and also at the Lyman School 

 at Westboro." 



It is quite evident that this is a matter 

 which should be borne in mind when spray- 

 ing operations are contemplated. This is 

 the only one of numerous complaints of 

 the poisoning of birds with fruit-tree 

 sprays which has been reported to this 

 oiiice of recent years. If it is deemed wise 

 to punish a man for shooting a song-bird, 

 why should there not be retribution when 

 a man with a spraying hose kills a whole 

 nest full of birds? 



A New Jersey Heron Colony 



May's Landing is the county-seat of 

 Atlantic County, New Jersey. About 8 

 miles northwest of this attractive little 

 metropolis is situated the Makepeace 

 Reservoir, which was made by damming a 

 stream, perhaps eight years ago, in order 

 to accumulate water for flooding certain 

 cranberr}- bogs. The lake thus formed is 

 a mile or more in length and the wddth in 

 places is probably as great. For the mo t 

 part it is shallow and many water-lilies 

 and grasses adorn its surface. 



On June i, 1919, the writer, in company 

 with his host, Ira T. B. Smith, of May's 

 Landing, and some of his friends \dsited 

 the Makepeace Reservoir. In forming the 

 lake a white cedar swamp was inundated 

 and the trees, now long dead, contained on 

 this date a nesting colony of Great Blue 

 Herons. Sixty-six nests, all apparently of 

 this year's construction, were counted. 

 These were collected in three main groups, 

 each within sight of the others. The Herons 

 exhibited proper precaution and departed 

 while the boats were yet several hundred 

 yards away. On many of the nests young 

 were observed, but upon close approach 

 they showed the usual Heron character- 

 istic of crouching down out of sight. 



