The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-11
SAVING THE BIRDS.
-, Reserves Where They May
ereed in Safety.


Breed in Safety.
= y en' for the protection OF birds
= Duck Lake. of the coast G.
ubereon elder and less va'u-
pn .,ts are breeding; stump Lake
-. sor.h Dako-a, wherein ducks and
.e-sn,s are swarring; Huron Is
e,s .inIake Huron. Pelican Island N
hs,,. '..n river, Florida. where there are
~ brown 1elicans: Passage
Indian KEYS n the Tampa Bay
ID .on Island. off the Louisiana coas.'
m,n. IN was formerly a famous tucA
catering ground for Northern
70 u .,;s,s. the Shell Key reserve on
~ ou;siana coast: Tern Island. near
earn Month OF The Mississippi: Three
lou,I !, pocks. off the coast OF Oregon;
sloI rov West reservation. the Tortu-
Of n Vows reservation and six others
gently organized.
ly 81 ssose last are the Klamath Lake
nd awe in oregon. the Matlacha Pass
ly sh serve in Florida. he Palma SOFA
xeigh !, the Pine Island reservations. oo;a
of b s,he Florida coast: he Chase Lake
:, h ...-ve in North Dakota and Lake
WI neur in Oregon. This last one ana
'eata s, an Lake Klamath beng The lar
6 d aver set aside and embracing N
Wild !, water ard marsh about si2
10y mare miles.
piracy the National Association OF AUDI
societies. working with The Fed
pfopl i Government, saves merely the
81, Aeans. the terms, ;ha gil AMI n
: Y .norants it will have earned the
3 A,pks of the nation. SAYS the Tech
s.O III World. for those birds are O
ii value as shore scavengers ana
s ~. re is grave possibility OF pestl-
-, NJ oyertaking many communities
,ps,,, rre they to disappear
. III Ant IL it saves the elder ducks u
-,.s IN have earned the thanks CT al
,,,,.. sm,ort lovers. fer the elder duck
,tes the best comforter on wintrF
,,,,.. lat that has yet been discovered.
4 N. 8 vas nearly gone when the reserve
liids n was adopted.
Min b No Mans Land, off the coast OF
vos6 Iine. the members of the Audubon
actra btiety had found lite colony OF
Il = q. and that small number they
str sol believe to have represented the
" !, Irving members OF the elder duck
spo6 uily in this country. Down hunt
I 10 d have been barred from that is
scin "a, however, for two years. and 4;
u T. Uunt made ten months ago over 4
y r. kssand ducks were found.
role ne terms and the pelicans we're
1trll wing a hard time to keep their
b VI mes on the list Of among those
,ntae ssent,' for hunters were constantly
tn nnng Pelican ana Battledore islands
J. 4 the Mosquito Inlet in the south
smaA ii Atlantic and the Mississippi Delta
u IN with feather and wings, but
~ birds have since increased vast
won b those places.
wv While the killing has not been en-
AZ ~ stopped the fight for the birds
iesse made great progress. The re-
kses cover much territory and it
possible for the association to pro-
ply patrol them because of a lack
icunds
he nation appoints one warden for
eea = reservation, paving him the mu-
et eent salary of 81 a month. He
- Ia 4 look for the balance of his it,
e to the National Association OF
- aabon Societies. There are in the
pciation but 1000 members. each
u ghg annual fees OF S., and with
~. meagre amount all of this meri-
aOus work must be carried torwarj