CHAPTER XII 



BIRD CLUBS AND HOW TO ORGANIZE THEM 



And now, "gentle reader," as the old-time 



ornithologists would have put it, if the foregoing 



chapters have convinced you that birds need 



protection, that it is worth our while to give it 



to them, and that there are ways in which all of 



us can help to give it to them, are you willing 



to do your share, — to do your duty in a great 



campaign in which the help of every man, 



woman, and child is needed? Perhaps you are 



already doing it along the lines which promise 



the maximum amount of good to be realized 



from your efforts. If so, I will simply say, " Go 



ahead, and good luck to you." But if not, let 



me suggest that I know of no way in which the 



average person can be so helpful to the cause of 



bird protection as through membership in an 



active local bird club. Whether it is desired to 



help in work for the benefit of the local birds, 



or in the passage of a great federal law for bird 



conservation, you will be in a stronger position 



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