Bob DeCandido sent me this historical segment from the AUK online periodical of the Brooklyn Bird Club's past , formerly known as the Bird Lovers Club way back then... enjoy ( cause I doubt anybody went birding today)
Bird-Lovers' Club of Brooklyn (N. Y.).The Bird-Lovers' Club of Brooklyn began its fourteenth year of activity with the fall season of 1921. A number of the members have selected various bird-regions in the vicinity of New York City as their special districts for observation. As this work has been carried out consistently for several years, the Club hopes to publish, in the near future, a list of the birds that one may expect to find in and around New York City. Posters to stimulate interest in bird-life have been placed in the parks, due to the hearty cooperation of the Department of Parks. At each meeting of the Club a lecture is given or lantern-slides are shown, with suitable remarks by one of the members.
At the meeting in June, 1921, the following officers were elected for the coming season: President, George B. Wilmott; Vice-President, Lester L.Walsh; Secretary, Miss Elise Tiphn; Treasurer, Mrs. C. L. Derry. The regular meetings are held in the Library of the Children's Museum at 8 P. M. on the first Tuesday of each month, October to June inclusive. Visitors are always welcome.
George B. Wilmott, President.
From: Bird-Lore 23(3): 372 (Nov-Dec 1921)
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Brunnich's Murre in Brooklyn, N.Y. On January 28th, 1934, I saw a Brunnich's Murre (Uria lomvia lomvia [now the Thick-billed Murre or Brunnich's Guillemot] ) at Manhattan Beach Park, in Brooklyn. It came within 35 or 40 feet of me and was observed with 8x binoculars from an elevation of about ten feet above the water. The sea was quite rough and the bird probably took refuge in the small inlet where I found it. The species is an irregular winter visitant out at sea but rarely comes in shore. -- JAMES M . CUNNEEN, St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source: Auk 51(3): 376-377 (1934) Periodical
