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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Michigan which is over a half mile distant. In spite 

 of the fact that it is in a city with railroad tracks and 

 factories near by, we get a fine variety of birds in our' 

 yard. All our present traps are within one hundred 

 feet of our house so we can watch them from the 

 windows. We are preparing to put some farther away 

 with guard fences around them. We have been both- 

 ered by cats but never by the same cat twice. (Ed- 

 itor's note: I! ?? !!!). The guard fence should en- 

 close a space of ten to fifteen feet in diameter. 



We use small chick feed for bait and add plenty of 

 bread in large and small pieces, hemp, canary seed, 

 millet and sunflower seed. We also use a little suet. 

 In the woodpecker trap we tried out a cafeteria lunch, 

 offering them suet, pork sausage, hamburger steak, and 

 meal worms, thinking we could get some new ideas 

 about bait, but suet was the only food they seemed to 

 prefer. 



Formerly the American Bird-Banding Association 

 furnished bands to observers but now the U. S. Bi- 

 ological Survey furnishes the bands and all reports must be sent in to them 

 monthly. To become a collaborator in this work one must get the recom- 

 mendation of two known ornithologists or other authorities when applying 

 to the Biological Survey. 



William I. Lyon, Waukegan. 



Evanston Bird Club 



Evanston has the distinction of being the first of Chicago's North 

 Shore suburbs to possess a thriving local Bird Club. 



This organization was launched by a small group of enthusiastic bird 

 lovers about two years ago. It has weathered the usual discouragements 

 incident to such a venture and now has attained a sizeable membership 

 list of faithful quality, and enjoys the co-operation of other prominent 

 Evanston clubs. 



The event of the year on the program of the Bird Club is the Annual 

 Spring Lecture which has brought to Evanston men of national reputa- 

 tion in the "bird world." Mr. William Finley of Portland, Oregon, and 

 Mr. Norman McClintock of Pittsburg, both of whom present such re- 

 markable pictures of wild life, have appeared in Evanston under the 

 auspices of the club, to delighted audiences. 



Recently the club took advantage of the presence in Chicago of Mr. T. 

 Gilbert Pearson of New York, president of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies, and engaged him to speak in Evanston before a joint 

 meeting of the Garden Club of Evanston and the Bird Club. 



As a means of interesting people in birds and incidentally of gaining 

 publicity for the club a weekly column in the local paper has been found 

 most effective. Under the caption "The Bird Corner" a column appeared 

 every Saturday during the Spring months of 1919. It was filled with 

 notes and comments on the appearance of the birds ; suggestions to those 



