Before snow and ice threatened the lives of our resident 

 winter birds and those that visit us from, farther north, our 

 Society had arranged to manufacture and sell feeding devices 

 of various kinds. Weather vane feeding tables, seed hoppers, 

 suet holders, suspended lunch counters, wren and blue bird 

 nesting boxes, as well as English sparrow traps and cat traps. 

 Prices on these articles were less than those asked by well- 

 known manufacturers. 



Mr. J. B. MaCx\rdle, when approached by the writer, 

 readily agreed to display these devices in his store window. 

 Surprised by their ready sale and the interest shown in the 

 subject, he soon decided to add nesting boxes and feeding 

 devices to his stock, laying in the products of several well- 

 known concerns. Mr. MacArdle has agreed, however, to 

 offer no nesting boxes which do not have the approval of our 

 Society. His contribution to the cause of bird protection con- 

 sists in making his prices on hemp, buckwheat, sunflower 

 seed, etc., somewhat below the regular prices. 



During the winter of 1914-15 our bird warden, assisted 

 by the Boy Scouts, erected 75 quail shelters and feeding sta- 

 tions, keeping them supplied with buckwheat throughout the 

 winter. On Easter morning, after a snowfall of eight inches, 

 the writer saw twelve meadow larks eating buckwheat at one 

 of these feeding stations. Suet and small grain were also dis- 

 tributed for the insectivorous and weed seed eating birds. 



Nearly every school has been presented by our Society 

 with a weather vane feeding table, which is supplied with 

 food from the lunch boxes of the school children. Besides 

 the stations maintained by our Society, at least 60 were sus- 

 tained by members on their home grounds. 



The Greenwich Water Company, recognizing the value 

 of bird life to the community at large, has permitted our So- 

 ciety to establish feeding stations on their watershed of 600 

 acres. As this great area is posted against trespassing, as 

 well as patrolled by employees of the \A'^ater Company, it can 

 easil_v be made a bird refuge to the great benefit of the people 

 of Greenwich. 



Since January, 1915, the Greenwich News and Graphic 

 has opened its columns to the Society. Every Tuesda\''s 

 issue contains a column devoted to "Greenwich Bird Notes." 



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