-~ 8-I1.A.S. Newsletter, April 1968 
INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL PLANTS OF BIRD HAVEN 
WHICH “ITLL BE LOST TO TH PROPOSED LAKE 
1. Silverbell ll. Witch Hazel 
2. Sweet Buckeye 12, Canebrake 
3. Blue Beech 13. Spicebush 
4. Kentucky Coffee Tree 14. Native Wahoo 
5. Tulip Tree 15. Sycamore 
6. American Cucumber Tree 16. Kentucky Coffee Tree 
7. Hercules Club 17. Bald Cypress 
8. Cross Vire 18, Southern Catalpa 
9. Southern Wisteria 19, White Trillium 
10. Sugar Maples 
BIRDS NOW KNOWN TO NiST IN BIRD HAVEN BUT 
WHOSE HABITAT WILL BE LOST TO THE NEW LAKE 
1. Green Heron 9. White-eyed Vireo 
2. Yellow-crowned Night Heron 10, Bell's Vireo 
3. Wood Duck 11. Prothonotary Warbler 
4. Red-shouldered Hawk 12. Parula Warbler 
5. American Woodcock 13. Yellow-throated Warbler 
6. Barred Owl 14. Kentucky Warbler 
7. Rube-throated Hummingbird 15. Yellowthroat 
8, Acadian Flycatcher 16, Yellow-breasted Chat 
17. American Redstart 
FUTURE PLANS FOR BIRD HAVEN 
If Bird Haven is not destroyed at this time, the Save Bird Haven Committee 
would like to support the following: 
1. The organization of a grmp of Richland County citizens to be recogniz- 
ed by the University of Chicago as the official local group to assist 
the University in its efforts to maintain Bird Haven. 
2. Encourage mre use of Bird Haven by Scouts, 4 h'ers, school groups, etc. 
3. Construction of all-weather footpaths of chat, wood shavings or other 
suitable mterial, 
4. Construction of new rustic bridge and numerous benches, 
5. Improve existing footpaths by developing "nature trails" with major 
plants being labeled, Expand existing footpaths into remote regions 
of Bird Haven, now generally inaccessible to the public, 
EDUCATION FUND PUBLISHES FREE "HAND-OUT LITERATURE" FOR MEETINGS 
Peter Dring of our Audubon Bookshop, 9800 South Willow Springs Rd., Willow 
Springs, ill. 60480, now has several 8 x 11 sheets on birds, conservation, ecology, 
etc, They are free upon request as long as the supply lasts for meetings, exhibits, 
etc. The literature is available thru our IAS Education Fund. 

