Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The 8th (1907) CBC in Michigan

Michigan was represented in the 8th (1907) CBC by a single count, as described below:  
Detroit (Belle Isle).—Dec. 25; 8.15 to 11 A.M. Cloudy and hazy; no snow on ground but covered with heavy frost; winter very light and from northeast; temp., 34°. Herring Gull, 3; Hairy Woodpecker, 8; Crow, 9; White-breasted Nuthatch, 26; Chickadee, 12; Brown Creeper, 1. Total, 6 species, 59 individuals.—JEFFERSON BUTLER. Source: Bird-Lore 10:36 (1908).
Jefferson Butler served as an officer of the Michigan Audubon Society (MOS) in the early years of the 20th century. Reports of activities of the MOS appearing in Bird-Lore list him variously as secretary of the MOS (Volumes 7-12, 1905-1910), as Michigan field agent for the National Association of Audubon Societies (Volume 14, 1912), and as president of the MOS (Volume 15, 1913).
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