The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-27
Mrs. Han,es Is Ne,v
President Of The
audubon Society

The Monroe County Audubon Soc
lety held its election meeting at
the Wesley House, on Friday eve
ming, March 10, with the president,
Mrs. Frances Hames, presiding.
Miss Hilda Cunniff, Secretary,
read letter from Charles M.
Brookfield, of the Miami Office of
National Audubon Society, announ-
cling the formation of two new Soc
letieS in Florida; Sannibel- Captiva
Society and Broward County Soc
lety at Fl. Lauderdale. Miss Cum
milf announced that letters of con-
graduation had been sent to these
new branches and that copies of
the Society's recent NewSletters
had been forwarded to Mr. Brook
fields office at his request.
The nominating committee, COM
posed of Miss Helen Taylor, Mrs.
Evelio Cabot and Mrs. David Nc
Daniel, presented the following
slate of officers; president, Mrs.
Frances T. Hames; vice presi-
dent, Wallace B Kirke; treasurer,
Archie Roberts; directors, Albert
H. Carey, Jean P. Baillod and
Stuart S. Whiting. The slate was
accepted unanimously.
Mrs. w. D. Hundley, who is as
SiSting in the field work of the
Society, reported that great ma
ny species of birds are to be seen
in the area at this time; stating
that an unusual number can be
seen within walking distance of
ones home anywhere on the Is
land. She called attention to the
fact that Key West is on the At
lantic flyway where great waves
of birds pass in migration, and
that of the approximately $50 spe-
cies listed for the entire United
States one fourth to one sixth are
seen on Key West. It is matter
of record that over 200 species of
birds are seen there throughout the
year and it appears that an in
creasing interest and protection by
the community is largely respon-
Sible.
Mrs. Hames reported that she is
preparing a revised Field Card, to
include all birds recorded in Mon
roe County, which would cover all
the Keys from the mainland to Dry
Tortugas.
Mr.. George Stevenson announced
that plans were complete for the
trip to Florida Bay on Saturday,
April 20, and that all reservations
had been taken.
Mrs. Stuart S. Whiting reported
on the Audubon Screen Tours, stat
ing that the April schedule had
been changed, and that Tom and
Arlene Hadley would present their
film, America The Beautiful ON
April Ia, instead of April S, as
previously scheduled. Matinees to
be at Truman School ON the after
noon of April IA and at the Poin-
ciana School on the morning of Ap-
rl Is. Mrs. Whiting presented the
contract for next season and the
Society went ON record in favor of
bringing these film-lectures to
Key West again next year, which
would make the seventh consecu-
tive year that the Society has
sponsored the Audubon Screen
Tours.
The guest speaker of the eve
ming was Mrs. Guy Bonney of
Springfield, ILL.,, who entertained
the group with some color slides
she and her husband took on a
trip to the Arctic last summer.
Mrs. Bonney related many inter-
esting events leading up to their
arrival at The Pas, the jumping
off point in west-central Manito-
ba; where in June the sun goes
down at eleven pm. and rises
again before three am. Among
the interesting birds they saw was
the Hudsonian curfew, nesting in
clumps OF moss on the open tun-