ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 



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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



SPRING 1916 



Published by the 



ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 



For the Conservation of Bird-Life 



COMMITTEE 

 ON PUBLICATION 



JESSE LOWE SMITH, Chairman 



Highland Park. 



EVERETT L. MILLARD 



69 W. Washington St., Chicago. 



MRS. C. E. RAYMOND 

 Hinsdale. 



MRS. FREDERIC H. PATTEE 



Evanston. 



MR. O. M. SCHAXTZ 

 10 S. La Salle St., Chicago. 



MR. FREDERIC H. PATTEE 



226 W. Madison St., Chicago. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING 



The Illinois Audubon Society Annual 

 Meeting for 1916 took place Saturday, 

 April 29, 2:00 p. m.. at Fullerton Hall, 

 the Art Institute, Chicago. Mr. Orpheus 

 M. Schantz, President of the Society, was 

 in the chair. Mrs. F. H. Pattee, Secre- 

 tary of the Society, read her report for 

 the year. Mr. Schantz, after some pre- 

 liminary remarks introduced Mr. Norman 

 McCIintock of Pittsburgh who gave a 

 lecture entitled "American Bird Life in 

 Moving Pictures." The lecture was illus- 

 trated with five reels of film taken in va- 

 rious parts of the country, showing the 

 natural activities and home life of some 

 of our most interesting species. 



Judging by the expressions of interest 

 and delight made by the bird-lovers dur- 

 ing the lecture, the Audubon Society is to 

 be congratulated on its selection of Mr. 

 McCIintock from among the numerous 

 lecturers available for this occasion. The 

 remarkable pictures of the great bird col- 

 onies in the south, and the reel showing 

 the intimate and fascinating view of the 

 birds on Judge Shiras' grounds, held the 

 audience spellbound for an hour and a 

 half. Mr. McCiintock's patience and 

 skill as a photographer of wild birds was 

 evidenced by his wonderful pictures, and 



the delightful manner with which he de- 

 scribed his experience in securing the pic- 

 tures, together with his descriptions of 

 the birds and their habits, settled his 

 standing and reputation among bird lovers 

 there assembled. 



For the first time at an annual meeting, 

 Fullerton Hall overflowed. Audubon So- 

 ciety members and their friends not only 

 from Chicago, but from Joliet. Elgin, Ore- 

 gon. Lake Forest, and many other towns 

 outside of Cook County assisted in mak- 

 ing the 1916 annual meeting the most suc- 

 cessful of the Society's history. As a re- 

 sult, many new applications for member- 

 ship have been received. 



INTEREST OF FARMERS 

 IN BIRD LIFE 



One of the most encouraging signs of 

 a wider interest in birds is the fact that 

 the State Farmers' Institute has in its 

 program both in 1915 and 1916. a place 

 for an address on "Beneficial Birds." 



The farmer is fast learning that birds 

 are a very practical and efficient check on 

 both noxious insects and weeds, and that 

 the birds that nest in his orchard and 

 garden, which he formerly scarcely no- 

 ticed except to object to their helping 

 themselves to berries, are a very valuable 

 asset. 



The principal address at the session 

 of the Department of Household Science, 

 on Thursday. February 24. during the an- 

 nual meeting of State Institute in Decatur, 

 was an illustrated talk on birds by a 

 prominent educator of Southern Illinois, 

 Professor J. P. Gilbert of Carbondale. 

 The addresses given at such times are in- 

 cluded in the annual report of the Farm- 

 ers' Institute which is published and dis- 

 tributed to farmers all over the State. 

 This will give desirable publicity to the 

 message Professor Gilbert brought to the 

 Decatur meeting. 



As a result of the awakening interest 

 in bird life in the country, farmers in 

 many localities are establishing local bird 

 protection organizations. 



