PREFACE 



The Brush Hill Bird Club wishes to impress on all 

 who chance to see this Report that our Club is not com- 

 posed of learned ornithologists — in fact, most of us 

 know comparatively few birds. Our aims are to protect 

 the birds and attract them about our houses and grounds. 

 Our watchword is Conservation. In this movement 

 all can aid, whether they know a crow from a robin, or 

 not. To be sure, more knowledge comes inevitably, as 

 one cannot long feed the birds without becoming inter- 

 ested and noting their habits, colors, etc., but knowledge 

 of bird-lore is not in the least necessary to help on one 

 of the country's growing "campaigns," as Mr. Baynes 

 has expressed it. We need the birds and the birds at 

 present sorely need our aid and protection. 



Our Club was formed a little over a year ago. At 

 first, as individuals, we did a few things for the birds; 

 then we turned our attention to the general topic of 

 bird protection and instituted an educational campaign 

 seeking the co-operation of our townspeople. Among 

 other activities we held an exhibition in the Milton 

 Public Library for two months. The attendance was 

 1,466 persons. The substance of this report is what 

 we displayed at our exhibition. We in no wise claim 

 completeness, but issue this account of our work as a 

 suggestion to others who may foster or carry forward 

 the cause. The mere collecting of the material for such 

 a display is instructive, and much useful information 

 is gathered from conversations with the visitors to such 

 an exhibition. We feel that boy scouts, granges, and 

 community clubs, as well as the women's clubs all over 

 the country might take up the work with interest to 

 themselves and untold profit from an economic stand- 

 point to the whole community. 



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