THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



Association of Audubon Societies, was so much 

 pleased with the results achieved by the Federal 

 reservation work of 1905, that he declared in his 

 annual report that the existence of the Association was 

 justified if it had done nothing more than secure 

 Federal bird reservations and had helped to guard 

 them during the breeding season. 



That year President Roosevelt established four 

 more bird refuges. One of these, Stump Lake, in 

 North Dakota, became an important nursery for 

 Gulls, Terns, Ducks, and Cormorants in summer, and 

 a safe harbour for wild fowl during the spring and 

 fall migrations. Huron Island and Siskiwit in Lake 

 Superior, the homes of innumerable Herring Gulls, 

 were made perpetual bird sanctuaries, and Audubon 

 wardens took up their lonely watch to guard them 

 against all comers. 



Florida Reservations. — At the mouth of Tampa 



Bay, Florida, is a ninety-acre island, Passage Key. 



Here the wild bird life of the Gulf Coast has swarmed 



in the mating season since white man first knew the 



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