The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-29
PRESIOEDT OF AUDUBON
CLUB ISSUES A CALL TO
ARMS TO THE JUNO R
MEMBERS OF THE CITY
By MRS. SAM ii BUTLER
President Of Audubon Club Of Ardmore

President Oi AuuuDun Niup VI -
A great philosopher once said. MY
city and country, as / am Antonius'
is Rome, as man, the whoie
world" We bird lovers feel that our
country is the whole world; we are
universal citizens with equal rights
and when destructive force threat
ems this bird kingdom, is il not time
TO issue a call for volunteers?
The Audubon Club of Ardmore eX-
meets TO share with the Junior mem
bers their every advancement in plrd
study. and they earnestly beg to be
supported in this work of protecting
our feathered friends 1t is a work
that has no end for every spring.
summer, autumn and winter turns
loose troop of untaught boys win
sling.shot for each pocket ana
serious intent to kill.
our migratory birds are now IN
our midst. A golden winged wood
pecker came last week. 1t is time
to be up and doing and see that no
bird comes to harm while in our part
of the state.
When a beautiful humming bird
fits from one honey sweet flower
to another, let us remember that
/ other bird lovers are anxiously await
ing its return to a South American
I paradise
Are you not proud that the horned
I larks and various plovers show par
tiality for the Oklahoma migratory
route. and that we have chance
to aid in their protection?
AS a member of the largest bird
4 protection association in the world
why can't we put Oklahoma in REQ
letters upon the bird map OF ls2o'
VIII you help, juniors?
DO you know there are three birds
listed in the books as the handsom
est birds in the Z. s. A? They are
common birds in Oklahoma. The car
dinal, the scissortailled flycatchei
and the painted bunting The ear.
! dinal stays with us the year round
making out thckets flame with bril-
liancy. The scissor-tail and painted
bunting are summe& residents.
| There are many ways in whicf
l Oklahoma is richly blessed in bisC
l life. we have three Of the most beau
l tiful songsters-yea four, and maynt
some better versed bird student coul1
\ name several others. This sain'
/ cardinal has whistle to gladden. any
bird lovers heart; the mocking bird
sings from our neighbor's chimney
from one years end to another; every
l water elm and oak tree in the spring
1 woods is tipped by a sandy mocker-
I the brown thrasher. The Carolin;
wren thrills at US from any an'
! everywhere at any and all times
| Oh. yes. I haven't forgotten the mead
ow lark or the oriole or the white
1 throat!
Besides the sweetness Of their sins
ing and the beauty Of their plumage
there is ever the wonder of thei
temples reared in our gardens. Home
wherein neither hammer nor axe
nor any other tool was heard Il
| their building; yet, under the maste
| architect, Instinct" the material wa
squared, prepared and measured ac
| curately while the builders sang hap
l PLY at their work.
If a few facts concerning our al
lies, do not shame every boy wh
has broken faith with these woul
be friends, and do not arouse even
Junior member to enthusiasm in ~
cause, then there is nothing that WI
I stir them,
I We have some 100000 species o
l insects in America. Some are Valu
! able but a great many are harmful
/ and birds, as rule, eat only harm
full ones. 1t is well known that tn
south has some of the worst insec
pests known to agriculture: cotto
~ boil weevil, boil worms and chine
- bugs. Now, southern boys, OklahC
mas farmers or friends Of the farm
le ers, where is your patriotism? Ar
rs you studying about these pests? d
ne YOU know that 66 species feed upo
Up the boil worms? Have you, maybe
shot some of them-killed an ally
e" that's bolshevism'
he The orioles and swallows head tn
,e- summer honor list in eating thes
'p- boll-worms.
at l took an oriole from small DO
of a few days ago and returned 1t
in it's detracted parents. Three report
It's have come in this week of boys xii
es ing martins. l know you haven
elk been told these things; but this
er really a call to arms. Shall yc
he help protect our birds or be a trai
to or? Are you going to shoot blacl
Id bird or meadow lark this winter
You'd find his stomach full Of bo