This has enabled the writer to bring before thousands of resi- 

 dents the aims of our Society and its successes to date. 



Members should avail themselves of this opportunity to 

 stimulate others in the profitable recreation of attracting 

 birds, by describing their personal experiments about their 

 own homes. "Greenwich Bird Notes" should be a clearing 

 house of all bird gossip, from Port Chester to the Stamford 

 line. 



Aware of the fact that the children of to-day are the bird 

 protectors of the future, plans are being made to secure the 

 actual co-operation of the 4,000 school children in Greenwich. 



The competitions open to the boys and girls of the town 

 which will form part of the Bird Exhibit on Bird Day to be 

 held September 29th, will do much to stimulate interest in the 

 work of our Society. 



Junior members (boys and girls under 14 years) are 

 given a button bearing the picture of a robin around which is 

 printed the name of our Society. 



Summing up the results of a year of systematic bird pro- 

 tection in Greenwich, one finds that over 2,000 nesting boxes 

 of various kinds await the coming of bird tenants. Several 

 hundred of these are the scientifically correct Berlepsh type. 



Over thirty-five martin houses, from a simple eight-room 

 house to one containing sixty rooms, have been erected ; doz- 

 ens of bird baths are to be found scattered among the gardens 

 of the town. 



At least 100 feeding stations were in operation last win- 

 ter, with a likely increase for the coming season. 



Thousands of English sparrows have been killed, and as 

 many nests and eggs destroyed by those who dislike the 

 former method of lessening this menace to our native birds. 



Starling nests have been taken from nesting boxes, put up 

 for more desirable species, but no other effort by the Society 

 has been made to lessen their numbers. Until the Biological 

 Survey has published its findings regarding this doubtful im- 

 portation, our Society will take no stand in the matter. 



The problem of lessening the number of homeless cats 

 has not been solved by our Society. Aside from the manu- 

 facture and sale of about twenty-five cat traps, we have made 

 no progress. 



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