Milford chronicle., 1911-02-17
STORM STAYS BIRDS.

New York, Feb Il :-Murderous
weather conditions are now driving
to death huge Aocks of the song
and game birds Of the country, ac-
cording to reports that have been
! received at the headquarters of the
National Association of Audubon
Societies in this city. Following
the sweep of the recent blizzard
from coast to coast, great tracts of
trees and land are known to be
storm-locked against the feathered
life that must seek shelter and food
from the natural sources that are
now held in the icy grip of winter.
Unless emergency measures are
speedily taken to succor these birds,
that protect the crops from pest and
furnish the game supply of the ma
ton, OrnithologiSts declare that
serious loss to the wild resources
vi EAuAGllGd " III AE9uAAs
Careful count of the birds that !
persisted in a similar storm six years
ago over an area of southern Mime
sofa and northern Idaho has showed |
that in one night alone some 500,
600 were frozen or starved to death.
Many millions more are this year
doomed to death in the freezing
spell that has succeeded the SHOWS
of this month, the Audubon workers
assert.
Calling upon the children Of the
land to save the storm beleaguered |
birds, the Audubon organization
has set on foot a sweeping re.
lief campaign in VIII ch the boys
and girls Of every community are
being invited to Join. Special pam
phlets giving minute instructions
for the feeding of birds under every
condition of winter weather have
been prepared and are being sent to /
volunteer bird saving brigades of
youngsters in every section of the
country Through its member or
CARNATIONS in a score of storm
bound states the National Associa-
tion of Audubon Societies is urging
immediate local campaigns to pre-
serve the dying bird life Of each !
neighborhood
Sportsmen who know the haunts
and habits of the native birds are
heading bauds of boys, who are al
ready setting out through the woods
and fields of their home regions,
equipped with shovels, picks, cord,
wire and big bags Of grain, suet
and fat meat. At natural feeding
grounds the snow is cleared from
the ground and grain or bird seed
scattered in sufficient quantity to
tide over the storm spell all the
birds that are starving in the vicin-
ity. For the insectiverous species,
nourishing fat meat is carefully tied
at conspicuous points in the trees
along the route. Bird bread lines
in each school yard and food scat
tered where the birds flock about
every house are also recommended
as a part of the Audubon emergency
campaign.
we shall exert ourselves, as we
have during recent hard winters,
to save the storm stricken birds Of
this country with every means at
our disposal said T. Gilbert Pear
son, secretary of the National Asso-
citation of Audubon Societies, at its
headquarters, I4I Broadway, today.
eff each American will help rs in
this emergency rescue campaign,
feel sure great good can be accom-
Dlished in prolonging the life of the
birds that will in the new year form
our only fighting force against crop
plague and agricultural disaster.
We are raising funds and furnishing
Instructions with which we hope
oon to materially aid the perishing
,irds all over the continent. " t