Lillian Post Eliot's 1944 "Bird Clinic" Report

Lillian Post Eliot’s 1944 Report to the Audubon Board of Directors regarding the anilas treated at the “Bird Clinic”

 

The Bird Clinic cared for 52 birds including 16 species. Of these 28 were liberated and 24 died. Twenty were robins, the others were flickers, black-headed grosbeaks, greenback goldfinch, hummers, nighthawks, pheasants, band-tailed pigeons, tanagers, russet-back thrushes, savannah and song sparrows, violet green swallows and waxwings. Some were nestlings that needed careful raising but many were badly injured, and some with only one wing, cats having amputated the other. Altogether Mrs. Eliot had a very busy summer. It took most of her "spare" time and often got her out of bed in the wee small hours of the morning to get the babies and cripples cared for. The results have been noted in much increased interest in the sanctuary by those who brought in birds, and in many memberships.