SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR BIRD DAY 



Invocation. 



Reading: Life of Audubon. 



Talk by teacher, superintendent or some prominent game 

 protectionist on the subject of the conservation of birds, 

 animals and fish, and their relation to man. 



Recitation: The Brookside and the Hillside. Redwing. 



Reading : How to Go A-Birding. The Duty of the Citi- 

 zen Toward Wild Life. 



Essay on the Oven-Bird, Last of the Wild Pigeon, or 

 Sage Hen. 



Recitation : Bird Biography. Elegy — Written in Spring. 

 The Meeting of the Waters. Hawk's Challenge. 



Reading: Early Spring. Alabama Game Laws. In- 

 sects are the True Rulers of the L'niverse. 



Essay on the slaughter of birds for ornamentation. By 

 pupil. 



Recitation : There Was a Cherry-tree. Robert Burns. 

 The Birds. The Spirit of the Eagle. The Little Minister. 

 The Sagamore. 



Paper on King Rail, The Barn Owl, The Dowitcher, The 

 Gadwall. 



Recitation : Beauties of Nature. A Grosbeak in the 

 Garden. The Throstle. To a Water-fowl. 



Reading— The Worm the Bird Did Not Eat. The 

 Phoebe Bird. 



Recitation : Fishing. O Pumpkin Pie. The Song of 

 the Brook. 



Adjourn to a suitable place and plant a tree or shrub 

 that will be dedicated to the birds. 



Bird Sanctuaries — and a practical demonstration of Bird 

 Houses, Bird Baths and Bird Feeding Devices. 



