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(News of Chapters and Affiliates - Continued from page 5) 
Kyte Creek Chapter: Members spent some time in February and March building and putting up Wood Duck houses and 
renovating Bluebird houses. During February they also viewed three films: ‘‘Between the Tides,” “The Redwoods,” and “A 
Day at Teton Marsh.” 
Kaskaskia, Southwest, and Ft. Chartres Chapters took part in the annual eagle census on February 20, and saw 4 adults 
and 8 immatures. This is a surprisingly good count for the southern part of the state, as Quincy birders counted 74: and the 
Pere Marquette group saw just 34, compared to 89 last year. 
Southern Illinois Chapter held its annual dinner meeting in Grand Tower. Program was a film on ‘’The Life History of the 
Laysan Albatross."’ On February 27, ten members visited the prairie chicken sanctuary in Bogota, and saw 81 chickens. 
Will County Chapter members began collecting glass containers for recycling last fall. At this time, the Chapter also 
became the sponsor of a Boy Scout Explorer troop whose prime interest is conservation. Members are now planning to start a 
newsletter and expect to take an active role in saving the Illinois and Michigan Canal as an historic landmark and for 
recreation. 
The Chapter’s vice president, Paul Leifheit of Plattville, is presently serving as president while President Fred Henize, 
Director of Conservation for the Joliet Park District, is on duty with the Army Reserves. The Will County Chapter began in 
1961 as an affiliate of the [AS and was then called the Will County Audubon Society. The group has remained small, but 
active and holds regular meetings on the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM at the Nature Museum in Joliet’s Pilcher 
Park. In May, 1964 the group hosted the annuai iAS meeting, attracting the largest attendance of any meeting to date. 
Tri-City Bird Club (Affiliate) — conducted 30 Girl Scounts on a tour to view the wildlife on the Mississippi River in 
January. The caravan was led by R. Money, lone Wickstrom, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Frink. The club provided scopes and 
binoculars for the scouts, who saw 20 eagles, 200 ducks (Goldeneyes, Mallards, Mergansers, Baldpates, and 2 Old Squaws) and 
100 geese. 
This fall 20 Girl Scouts assisted club members in cleaning out the Bluebird houses which the club maintains. The girls also 
helped arrange brush around the feeders at Credit Island. On March 20, members made a trip to the Platte River Grand Island 
and Kearney, Nebraska to view the migration of Sandhill Cranes. 
Evanston Bird Club (Affiliate): Many members were thrilled to see a European Goldfinch at the feeder of Mrs. William 
Croft in Wilmette. Members have reported a major invasion of Rough-legged Hawks this winter, with hundreds being sighted 
in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. On a trip to Davenport this winter, EBC birders saw 30 Bald Eagles. In March, 
the club made trips to the Illinois Dunes and Willow Slough. 
Vermilion County Audubon Society (Affiliate) — received some nice publicity in the February issues of Outdoor Illinois 
and the Purple Martin News which is published in Griggsville. The paper carried an article about the club’s Bluebird house 
project and told what happened to each of the 24 houses which the group erected in the Forest Glen Preserve last spring. In 
only three of the boxes, were successful broods raised. Other houses were occupied by House Sparrows and Wrens, wasps, or 
unfinished Bluebird nests. 
Springfield Audubon (Affiliate): Members who made the trip to Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge January 23 
considered the trip a success although only 7 eagles were seen. Several species of ducks were more accessible to the viewers. 
White Pines Bird Club (Affiliate): Fifty-five members and guests met Feb. 7, for a slide show ‘‘Nature at Your Doorstep” 
presented by Mrs. Harry Shaw of Sterling. The talk included information on identification, habits and effect of pesticides on 
birds of the local area. 
Sarah Vasse, V.P. for Extension 
Box 142 
Brussels, Illinois 62013 
