HISTORY OF THE BRUSH HILL BIRD CLUB 



In February, 1913, Mr. Ernest Harold Baynes gave 

 an address to the residents of the Brush Hill-Blue Hill 

 district of Milton. His helpful talk on bird conservation 

 and his account of the work done at Meriden, N. H., 

 aroused so much enthusiasm that those present voted 

 then and there to organize the Brush Hill Bird Club. 



The interest in bird life was further awakened by a 

 series of social evenings, when the Club was addressed 

 by such well-known ornithologists as Mr. Edward Howe 

 Forbush and Mr. Winthrop Packard. The question of 

 what the Club could do for the township soon became a 

 vital matter. Through the lectures and social gatherings 

 the members of the Club came to realize that they had an 

 opportunity for useful service to the community. Our 

 activities developed in this way: 



1 . As it was early spring our members bought and put 

 up about one hundred nesting boxes for the birds. 



2. We then decided to wage an educational campaign 

 among the school children of the town of Milton, by dis- 

 tributing to the public and private schools, the Public 

 Library and its branch reading rooms, and the Cunning- 

 ham Park Gymnasium, sets of the Audubon charts, 

 Trafton's "Methods of Attracting Birds," and the Fish 

 and Game Protective Association poster containing the 

 regulations of the Federal Migratory Bird Law and 

 State Game Laws. Accordingly eighteen such outfits 

 were placed in our town. 



3. The Club undertook to complete for the Public 

 Library its files of bird magazines and supply from time 

 to time such bird books as would be useful to the com- 

 munity. This is a matter any improvement association 

 or bird club can easily undertake, and if, with restricted 



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