Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-08
B|:|IR|Dt.E|CTl)RE.
MRS. WIN. 3FALGER DELIVERED A
: VERY INTERESTING LECTURE
+ ON BIRDS TUESDAY,. -

Wv 0inVS TUESDAY, p
1.-The Grand opera house Tuesday
afternoon Mrs. VIM. Falger delivered
a very interesting lecture on "Birds
and Bird Life; the lecture being IL
Illustrated by fifty fine colored views
which were thrown on the canvass by
the skyopticon. The lecture was
thoroughly ENID yed by all those who
were present. Mrs. Falger said in
part: =
.';;That birds need protection lie. self
evident when yearly many species, are
reported as rarely seen, or entirely
missing The example Of the Passen-
ser Pigeon is one. Of many examples.
! can well remember my father telling
Of: the great focks Of these birds that
would take, hours to pass. e The-de-
struction Of these birds was most
cruel. Wagon loads being fed to the
pigs. The result of this: slaughter is
that now the American Orfnthoiogist
Union Is offering the sum of $500 to
anyone finding and giving the first in
formation Of, q pair of undisturbed
Passenger Pigeons. Mr.. John Thayer
offers 500 extra, making $500 as q 10
cal award for each undisturbed nest
Ing pair or colony Of these pigeons.
That they have been almost extermi-
mated is quite evident. But the hope
Of saving even q few paiy has led these
gentlemen to make this generous a.
fer: Almost any intelligent. sportsman
will tell You Of the decrease In NUM-
hers Of many OF: the game. The birds
Black Duck Cinnamon Teal, Rufous.
crested Duck, and the Wood DUCK, are
very, rarely, seen. about here now, al.
though they were formerly very, ,plen-
tiful. The Wood Duck was one Of the
most beautiful Of all the ducks. This
should NOT be confused with the Ameri;
can. Golden Eye or Barrows Golden
Eye which nest in the woods and are
often called WOOD Duck. Some. Of
them are found IN the woods about
Devils Lake but believe that the
true Wood Duck is now almost as
rare as the Passenger Pigeon. 80
1.-THE Audubon Society appeals to
all women TO refrain from wearing
the aigretts and the wings and feath-
ers Of all wild birds. The horrors at
tending the collecting Of White Heron
plunnes is beyond the. power Of words
to describe. The plea is sometimes
made by the milliners and those wear.
ing them that they were not killed in
this country. 8 Possibly true. For they
are almost gone :here-a hunter can.
not make money killing them here but
the value of the birds is greater and
| the method Of killing the same wIeth.
or done in South America or Europe,
in Florida or Oregon, If we could re.
member. three ,things:-F1rst, That
Herons wear the coveted plumes only
during the nesting season; Second
That the parent birds must be shot
In order to obtain the pfumes; 3rd
That the young birds ii the nest must
die the slow death Of starvation Ii
consequence Of the death Of the par
emit. Let MS picture a colony Of these
birds nesting. The plume hunter has
been; there Just before us and lying
upon the ground or floating upon the
water, are the decomposing bodies OF
the parent herons, with Just the grace
full aigrettes torn from each bird.
From every nest the young orphans
are .clamorfng for food---if there ,is
enough strength left In them to do sc