OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETIES. 
One Year 25 Cents ILLINOIS NUMBER_ Singl e Cop y 3 Cent s 
Published by the Wisconsin Audubon Society, at Appleton, Wisconsin. 
Entered as second-class matter May 16, 1904 at Appleton, Wis., under the act of Congress of Mar. 3, ’79. 
YOL X. 
MAY, 1907. 
No 1. 
We sincerely thank the writers of the 
following letters for their generous re¬ 
sponse to our request that they send, 
for publication, accounts of their bird 
work. 
We also thank the school-children for 
the many interesting letters received 
from them, some of which we shall hope 
to print in a later and less crowded issue. 
Juliet T. Goodrich. 
Dear Wayside: 
For several years I have made it a 
part of my work to help the children get 
acquainted with the birds. 
I believe that the best way to protect 
the birds is to interest the children, help 
them to appreciate their value and to 
feel that they are our friends. Then the 
boys will not kill birds for sport, or the 
girls wear their dead bodies for orna- 
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ments. 
It is not difficult to do this. I am 
very sure that the killing of birds is 
much less frequent here than it was 
several years ago. 
I talk about birds and tell bird-stories 
in each room. The story the older pupils 
call for most frequently is “King Kind¬ 
ness and the Witch Cruelty.” I usually 
have some questions for the pupils to re¬ 
port on later, the answers to be obtained 
by watching the birds. Sometimes they 
write compositions on such subjects as: 
Bird Homes; How Birds Travel and 
Whv* How Birds Sleep; Where Birds 
Spend the Winter; etc. 
I gave to each teacher a suggestive list 
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of stories to read or tell to the children, 
and made out a list of books in the pub¬ 
lic library that are helpful to teachers 
and pupils. 
During the winter many of the children 
kept “Bird Restaurants”, and in the 
spring the boys in several of the schools 
made bird-houses. During the hot 
weather many of the boys and girls keep 
basins of water in the yard for the birds 
to drink and bathe in. 
The combining of Bird Day and Arbor 
Dav helps the children to see that while 
the birds need the trees and the trees the 
birds, we need both. 
I enclose a soinewhat impromptu pro¬ 
gram enjoyed one day by a Second Grade 
I find colored pictures and charts very 
helpful in recognizing birds. 
: Cordially yours, 
Flora B. Smith, 
Supervisor of Primary Grades. 
657 W. Maine St., Decatur, Ill. 
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BIRD DAY PROGRAM, SECOND GRADE. 
Song—Merry Brown Thrush 
Recitation—Robin’s Secret (School) 
Story—Birds of Killingworth (told by 
teacher) 
Song—Bluebird’s Song 
Conversational—What the Birds do for 
us. (Teacher and pupils) 
Song—Some One is * 1 Tapping on the 
Maple Tree. 
(This should be followed by a talk 
about the Woodpecker. Show a colored 
