Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-01-17

belief in any general decrease in the
number of birds in the region he Is
best acquainted with, although GER
tain species are driven out OF their
accustomed haunts by the extension
of city influences into the country,
the cutting down Of woods, ETC. Mr..
G. s. Day of Boston, who Is also ac-
quainted With conditions in Ssatham-
port. Bari.Dtahio County. say birds
are decreasing. Il should Judge about
one-half. | have noticed the decrease
particularly the last fifteen years.
Hawks, owls, the swallows family.
game birds. the house wren. the swift
and shore birds are the birds most
particularly mentioned as decreasing.
The most prominent extra-state au-
thority is quoted in these words:
President Roosevelt, who is an AZ,
curate observer of animal life, writes
from his home on Long island. N. Y:
Here at Oyster Bay my observations
nave gone over thirty-one years. lmr-
ing that time do not believe there
mas been any diminution in the num-
Der OF Dirds. as whole, Quail ann
woodcock are not as plentiful as thew
were; am inclined to think tina,
last winter may nave been hard on
quaii around here. But, on the othe,
nand, there are one or two wild birds
that, | think, have increased IN mr.,
oers' Later he wrote, in response
70 an inquiry regarding the shore
pirds During my time there have
never been any but scattering sbore
Dirds in my neighborhood on the
north shore of Long Island. and tbera
are now as many of these as there
ever were. During the same perioo
ehere mas been great diminution IN
the shore birds, once so plentiful in
tne Great South Bay on the soutn
shore OF Long island; as / hannah -
hlo", because my uncle lives there
NeAt is taken up discussion ot
oirds reported as diminishing IN
numbers, and, mentioned In FANNY
oroer are grebes, looms. guIls ana
terms, ducks, geese ana swans fwi,n
detailed mention of different varieties
"a uucks), herons, rails, gaIlinu,as
ana coots, the shore birds in d,rar
eht Kinds, grouse and partridges MIC.
cons and doves. horned owls eagles
s,m hawhs, crows and jays, then the
uinerent kinds of song and insect,vor
ous oiros, including the whip-poor-wi,i
ana night hawks, meadow IarK, 60
ooooilnks, swallows and Others - =
pitlirl story, which the reader
srets, regarding these birde IN 49,.
'aise variety. Then comes a discps
SION OF The causes of the decroaaa
lows: 70 as Ioi'
In considering the causac =, 49,,
oioh, as mentioned In these
reports and letters it becomes av,
ueh. ,nat man and his works arc =,
me most importance. Besides 49,.
an other destructive forces dw,na,.
in'o significance. The destruct,on =,
oirds by the elements or NV -.
"' ehemies is not to be- com.
aaiou Tor moment with thai !,
'io'eu py man on all species rho,
soine within the scope of HE wan,a
Wan prosecution Is ANIMAL ana ~,
."'iai II gives a species no cbanc,.
- recover IL seldom stops sbor, !,
determination. unless restrained ~,
stringent laws efficiently enforced
a table has been prepared from :,
replies of the correspondants
Ivy '"e number of observers who -.
port against each cause OF the destrno
,loh OF birds as follows.
Sportsmen, or "so-called sports.
humans and other foreigners ~
cutting on timber and shrubberv :,
MARKET hunters
bird shooters and trappers 10
Egg collectors. boys and otbers
Milliners hunters -
Draining marshes and meadows :.
Gun clubs and hunting contests ~
Telegraph, telephone ana other
wires ,..,... ...
Electric or trolley roads !.
Railroads 49,.
Automobiles
ieiephones ...s... -.
Sportsmen and "so-called snor,s.
men are given the chief place as b,ra
destroyers, and the report shows how
rapid mas been the spread of organ.
ized clubs for The destruction or b,rd
'ne. strong point is mace OF the
great Increase In number OF traineo
doss Tor the service OF these clubs
The improvement in modern fire.
arms renders the sportsman OF today
iar more dangerous to the birds than
was his great-grandfather with the
uncertain flintlock, The association
Oh sportemen into clubs facilitates
the general spread OF knowledge
about favorable covers or stands. No
sooner are game birds plentiful any
where than the newspapers publish
the iact for all the world to read ana
pront by Railroads widely advertise
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