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NEWS FROM AFFILIATED SOCIETIES - Continued 
The Conservation Department of the BARRINGTON SOMEN'S CLUB runs a series of six 
bird walks starting April 4th and running until May 17th. The walks are to différ- 
ent areas around Barrington. They report an average attendance of 15-20. The 
local newspapers give the walks full publicity before and after, listing the birds 
seen. 
While the AUDUBON SOCIETY OF PARK RIDGE does not have a program of organized field 
trips, they have accepted the invitation of the Evanston Bird Club to participate 
in their field trips. For the next two months they are encouraging their members 
to visit the Morton Arboretum, joining groups there. Good birding has been enjoyed 
as a result of the establishment of Ax-Head Lake, a Tollway by-product, close to 
Park Ridge. 

| A READER WRITES-- 
"Our location is about + mile east of the DesPlaines River on St. Mary's Road, 
Libertyville. We have been feeding birds the year'round from about 5 feeders. On 
the feeders we put sunflower seeds and a wild bird feed as well as coarsely ground 
corn made into a corn bread with bacon fat. Two feeders are for suet. 
Feeding starts before sunrise with Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Starlings, in 
about that order, followed soon by sparrows (mostly house) Hairy, Downy, Red- 
bellied, and Red-headed ‘oodpeckers. Chen the big rush is over in the morning, 
then come the Chickadees, Juncoes, Nuthatches, Tufted Titmouse, Purple Finch, and 
this year, a Brown Thrasher. Sparrows outnumber all others by nearly 20 to l. 
Gray squirrels and fox squirrels, usually a menace to the feeders, are so far 
rather rare. 
(tater is always avoilable by means of an electric heating clement in the 
bird bath. Cover is ample - bushes, evergreen shrubs, and many trees. Late in the 
winter (January or February), we usually have a flight of Evening Grosbeaks and 
Goldfinches, Last March a large flight of Bohemian Taxwings spent several days." 
----Stuart H. Otis, Route 1, Box 31, Libertyville, Dl. 
TLLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 
Roosevelt Rd. & Lake Shore Dr. 
Chicago 5, Illinois 

KEEP 
THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN 
BOOMING! 
Pericdical Divisicn 
University of Ill. Library 
Urbana, Illincis 
