

CHECKLIST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BIRDS AVAILABLE 
A new checklist of birds of the southern quarter of the state has been prepared by Vernon Kleen and Lee Bush of 
Carbondale. The list contains monthly graphs, indicating frequency of occurrence, and information on habitat. If you would 
like a list, send 35 cents to Vernon Kleen, Zoology Dept., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901. 
Incidentally, Vern is looking for birders to help with a spring census on May 1. He plans to cover the 11 southernmost 
counties in the state and hopes to make the census an annual affair. 
Vern writes that he was the only participant in the eagle count on February 20 at Horseshoe Lake Refuge. He saw 8 
immatures and 1 adult Bald Eagles at Horseshoe Lake, and 4 immature Bald and 1 immature Golden Eagle at Union County 
Refuge. He drove 146 miles, and saw eagles only in these two areas. Vern is one of the most enthusiastic birders in southern 
Illinois, and has kept a daily log of the birds he has seen every day since 1957! 


IAS CHAPTERS TO HOLD REGIONAL MEETING IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 


A meeting of officers, delegates and representatives of Southern Illinois Chapters and clubs will be held on 
Monday, June 14 at 7:30 PM in Centralia, at a place to be announced later. Our IAS President, Charles Lappen, will 
be present to lend support and discuss with us some of the problems in organizing new chapters. We hope that each 
chapter will plan to send at least one carload of members. Chapters will receive more detailed information later. 





J. W. Galbreath 
14 Bonanza Drive 
Centralia, Illinois 62801 


P.C.F.1. TO PROFIT FROM SALE OF NEW SLOAN PRINTS 
The Griggsville Wild Bird Society has generously presented the Prairie Chicken Foundation of Illinois with fifty of its 
newest prints by famed bird artist, Richard Sloan. The 22” x 28” print, depicts the male and female in a pre-dawn setting on 
the booming ground. The artist painted the birds at the Buena Vista Refuge in Wisconsin, and dedicated the prints to Drs. 
Fred and Frances Hamerstrom who have done so much to aid in the prepetuation of the species. Incidentally, the 
Hamerstroms were the recipients of the Wildlife Award presented by the National Wildlife Federation in March. 
IAS members may order copies of these numbered prints directly from J. W. Galbreath, 14 Bonanza Drive, Centralia, 
Illinois 62801. Although the full $30 will go to the PCFI, the government does not consider this an allowable tax deduction. 
However, the Foundation will gladly accept all contributions above the $30 minimum; and these will go towards paying off 
indebtedness and phasing out the Foundation’s financial obligations. 
In recognition of this outstanding gift, the PCFI plans to dedicate ten acres of its sanctuaries in Jasper County to the 
Griggsville Wild Bird Society. 
PRAIRIE PATH CLEANUP SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 12 
On Saturday, June 12, 1971, at 10:00 a.m., members and friends of the Audubon Society are invited to meet at the 
intersection of County Farm Road and Geneva Road West of Wheaton for the purpose of cleaning and improving 
that section of the Illinois Prairie Path, which is the responsibility of the Audubon Society. Bring litter bags and 
gardening implements. The Society has been complimented on the way it has maintained its part of path. Let’s keep 
it a good place to observe native birds, plants, and animals. 
J.C. Carter 
% Argonne National Laboratory 
Argonne, Illinois 





















