GOLF CLUBS AS BIRD SANCTUARIES 



SUCIGESTIOXS 



I. A Bird Sanctuary Committee. 



In practically every Golf Club there are a few members who are deeply 

 interested in birds. The President of the Club can feel assured they will be 

 glad to serve on a Bird Sanctuary Committee with whom the Committee of the 

 National Association of Audubon Societies will be very glad to cooperate in 

 every way in organizing a plan of action appropriate to the location and per- 

 sonnel of the Club. The first step in creating a bird sanctuary on a Golf Course 

 is the appointing of such a committee that will correspond with the Sanctuary 

 Committee of the National Association of Audubon Societies and proceed with 

 such phases of the bird-attracting program as are best suited to local needs. 



II. Posting Property. 



AUDUBON 

 BIRD SANCTUARY 



LAKESIDE GOLF CLUB 



The psychological effect of Audu- 

 bon Bird Sanctuary signs about a Golf 

 Club has a very salutary effect upon 

 the general public and the caddies in 

 particular. The signs not only inspire 



greater care for the birds but also greater respect for the Golf Club property. 



The signs can be attractive, durable and certainly inoffensive. The names of 



manufacturers who are prepared to make sanctuary signs and the prices they 



have filed with this Association will be mailed on request. 



III. Bulletin Boards. 



Some Golf Clubs maintain bulletin boards whereon are recorded the names 

 of the birds as they first appear from the south each spring, together with the 

 names of the members making the identifications. Competition to see the first 

 Bluebird or the first Lark on the Course is sometimes entertainingly keen. The 

 National Association of Audubon Societies has three sets, of fift\- each, of 

 beautifully colored cards of native birds which will assist in identifying birds 

 seen on the Course. Sometimes these cards are posted on the bulletin board 

 when the bird has been seen. 



I\'. Bird Lectures. 



^Nlany Golf Clubs provide Saturday evening entertainments for members at 

 which talks on outdoor subjects are always fa\'ored. The bird-life of the Golf 

 Course is naturally an entertaining subject. If you have enjoyed the illustra- 

 tions in this booklet, how much more will your members enjoy a talk with 

 lantern slides in color or with motion pictures. Any Club interested in making 

 a bird sanctuary of its property can call upon the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies for assistance in arranging for a bird lecture. 



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