THE MAKING OF BIEDCEAFT SANCTUARY 



Warliler, Olive-baeked and Hermit Thrushes, Northern Water 

 Thrush, White-throated, Chipping and Savannah Sparrows, 

 i\Iyrtle Warblers in numbers. Golden-crowned Kinglets, an 

 Acadian Owl, Screech Owls in the red, gray, and intermediate 

 phases, Wood- 

 c c k, Purple r 

 Finches, Flick- 

 ers, a B a y- 

 breasted War- 

 bler, a Black- 

 poll and, on the 

 first of Janu- 

 ary, a Great 

 Blue Hero n, 

 that Av a s so 

 weak from cold 

 a n d h u n g e r 

 that, in spite of 

 being housed 

 and fed upon 

 smelts, it died 

 on January 4. 



We began 

 at once to keep 

 a list of the 

 birds and the 

 names of those 

 w ho found 

 them. The War- 

 d e n mounted 

 all the speci- 

 mens that were 

 in good condi- 

 tion, and we decided to form a small collection of local birds for 

 study and exhibition, and to keep them in bookcases in our com- 

 mittee-room. The Warden already possessed a fair collection 

 of game birds and birds of prey. 



Why not have a little museum of our own, we asked, where 

 the birds that are picked up may be augmented by those to be 

 obtained by exchange or gift, for we would not have anj'thing 

 "collected" specially for our use. 



A FLICKER'S NESTING STUB 



