


a, 
The officers are arthur Baker, president; Mrs. K, V. Fiske, Secretary-Treas- 
urer; Larry Stout, Program Chairman; Mrs. W. Carroll, Jr., Publicity. 
The club has compiled an annotated bibliography of recommended bird books, 
They issue a monthly newsletter and developed a noteworthy innovations Ona 
wallet-size card they list the officers with phone numbers and general field trip 
information; on the reverse side are the yearly program of field trips, camp-outs, 
and meetings. The card was printed with the compliments of Velsicol Chemical Co., 
Woodstock, Illinois. 
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR JOLIET, AURORA AND PLAINFIELD ARRA 
a A AND PUAINETELD AREA 
Dr.and Mrs. Bruce Wallin, of Plainfield, Illinois, have combined talents and offer 
three programs for nature lovers. Dr. Wallin is responsible for the photography 
and Mrs. Wallin for the lectures, which are 45 minutes long. 
1. Chicagoland Birds 
Birds to be secn at Plainficld, Cinder Flats (Lake Calumet) and Dead 
Stream Swamp (iiichigan), Also included are color slides and bird 
song records. 
2. Birds of Florida and arizona 
3. Chicagoland, Florida, and Jrizona Birds 
Fees $10, $5 of which will be used in purchasing bird books for the Plainfield 
Public Schools and the Public Library. Write Mrs. Bruce Wallin, Route #1, — 
Plainfield, Illinois, Mrs. Wallin is a member of the Will County Audubon Society 
and the National and Illinois Audubon Socicties, 
*¥ x Ke XK 
S.4 Padre Island National Seashore and S, 476 Point Reyes National Seashore. 
Both bills are part of the effort to save our shore lines for the public. Most of 
our shorelines have been taken over by real estate and industry. The first bill 
would save a long narrow island, over 86 miles long, off the coast of Texas. It has 
passed the Senate Interior Committee and will be up for a vote soon. The second 
bill would save over 53,000 acres noar San Francisco, a magnificent area of lagoons, 
marshes, and forests where real estate interests arc already at work with bulldozers, 
8.476 has passed the Senate and is now before the House Interior Committec, 
COMING EVENTS CALENDAR 

May 4 Evanston Bird Club. 9 a.m. Ccntral St, "El" Station. Linne Woods. 
5 Decatur Bird Club. 8 a.m, Bucks Pond near Monticellc, 
5&6 Tllinois Audubon Society Annual Meeting. North Central Collego, 
Naperville, Illinois. Ficld Trips, Screen Tour, Lectures, 
11 Evanston Bird Club. 9 a.m. Contral Strect "El" Station. Area: 
Skokie Lagoons, 
12&13 Sierra Club, Sugar Creck, Indiana, Meet at the Yountsville Bridge, 
Yountsviile, Indiana, at 10:30 a.m. Conoe trip. 
13 C.0.5. Eggers Yoods and vicinity. Mect at $ asm. at Eggers Woods 
field house on 112th Street cast of Ewing Avenue, 
13 Fort Dearborn Hiking Club. Grant Park, Lake Shore Walk. Meet at the 
Art Institute, 1:20 p.m, 
18&19 Evanston Garden Fair. Be sure to visit the Evanston Bird Club booth. 
Unique figurines and pins made of driftwood foc sale. 
19 Evanston Bird Club, 8 am. Meet in first parking lot north of Willow 
Road in Sxukic Lagoons. 
20 C.0.S. Mect at 6:00 a.m, at Tlaukegan North Shore Station, 
20 Fort Dearborn Hiking Club, Mcet 10:45 asm. Union Station Information 
desk. Trip to Morton Arboretum, 






