Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-17
GAVE BIRD LECTURE
 AT oaeoop MEMORIAL
Wilbur 2. Smith TsIIs Of Their Hablts
 and How to Study Them,

Aird and mature levers hlied the os4 @eea A6emeEial Parish house at Park church Friday evening to eaPaeIty when Wilbur F, Smith, enc of the state game wardens, gave an interesting. and obstructive talk an birds aRd bird lore. in the state of Connecticut Mir, Smith illustrated his talk with -i20 Gaiered steireePtieen slides of birds and their nests and young. The slides were made freaa photographs talk eH by KT Smith and ealered by him. They were eEeeptiaRallF clear and showed the birds in their RatuFal sur raWndinaE. Mfr. Smith said in partt
 1t is q very epRertune time te study the birds and discuss their habits be- cause the migratory birds will be re- turning fFam the Southland in FeFF SheFt time and these hiFds that winter azaeag the frs and iR the for ests will seen begin ia make their ap= neaF9Raa. It is eAiy un ia yers Rbaut birds a1d their habits and even teddy It net kRewH fer a fact where the chimney swift goes in winter but 1t is iHaagined that he gees to South eut where they ga and if they return te the place they left the method Of banding birds has been established. This Rethed is te catch enc of the birds and Rpt a sHaan aiUHaiRum band about enc leg far Identification, One man put 9 hand around the leg af a chiRanay swift and tHa FeaFa later he captured the same bird: This gives rise to the theeFF that birds eaFaa back ta the same nesting places year after year: Individual birds have individual hahits. HaFae birds build nests in the tall trees. another in the branches ef the low trees, others in lew pusEes and senaa even build nests eH the ground. The night hawk for instance builds practically na nest at all but lays it's eggs on fiat raeA depending aa the likeness ef the esRe ta the EnRFegae elaee far pFe5eetleAs state. of GeRaeetielt and when ft wants ta have 2 nest N gees aFauBd till it HRaE the nest af a weaker bird and aRHEepFisteE t. 1t jays it's egas and bird ts That hate se cut aSa % eare sYe1''iSs fer iSs FeuaE.
 In aFder ta study piFda ene fnust first heeeHae familiar with tifeir habs an and when they are the nest tame. 1t takes patience ta study birds PFeHeriF; One eaaBet by wandering airaiessiE aRd nafsiiy through the weeds and Seias study tiae bird life te eaFer behind which. aHe may blde, is the waF ta stadE hiFds: With a iits tie patient waiting and peFseFVeaF= sRee aRe can get rather eiaae to biFds be able te study 1t in it's native eis=
 
 Tine true lever ef birds can heeen8 acquainted with them by the feeding methed which is best RFaetieea in the fall and when tfla SHOW begins te faiIS People if they will thFew cut food feB birds will have many kinds about theH aBd they will beeeaa quite taInes
 Mfr. eHaith spoke af the weFlf being dene pg the cenneetie4t Auashea as hird life is studied and methods ara devised AF which te Premete the wei= fare ef eur featieFed beauties. The sanctuary has ten acres of greuhds and en this tea acres there were ninety one nests af birds last year. The birds eH this place have became a tame that eeme ef them will light on a mans pipe.
 Mir, Smith urged everyone te Inter. est theaiseives in bird life as much as possible during the coming aeasons He advocated the building of bird houses and the feeding of birds in wjater
 FallawinR the lecture Mfr. Smith an- swered questions regarding his work and questions of bird life.