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SEVERAL CHAPTERS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR FIELD TRIPS AND OUTINGS 
McHenry County 
May 8 
May 22 
June 12 
July 17-18 
Aug. 14 
Spring Warblers (Bull Valley Area) 
McGraw Wildlife Refuge (Dundee) 
Hartland Refuge (Lee Anderson Property) 
Campout or All Day Family Cookout (To Be Decided) 
Mrs. Abbs’ Marsh (Wadsworth) 
Kane County 
April 24 
May 8 
May 22 
May 26 
June 6 
June 16 
July 17 
Kyte Creek 
April 18 
May 16 
Southwest 
April 17 
April 24 
May 15 
Mid-July 
Fox Valley 
May 2 
May 8-9 
May 21 
May 23 
June 12 
Kaskaskia 
April 24 
May 8 
Morton Arboretum 
Russell Forest Preserve 
McGraw Wildlife Foundation 
Old Belvidere RR Tracks and Burnidge Woods 
Binnie Woods 
Fabyan Forest Preserve 
Annual Family Picnic 
Field Trip to Governor Dodge State Park, Dodgeville, Wisconsin 
Meet at 9:00 AM at the Taylor residence, 513 Franklin, Polo, Illinois. Bring Lunch 
Bird Hike in the White Rock Area. Meet at the Don Bell residence in White Rock at 
9:00 AM. Bring Lunch. Early Bird Hike for dedicated bird watchers. Meet at 
6:00 AM. Contact Norris Groves if interested 
Birding 7:30 AM SIU Edwardsville Campus. Meet at the Faculty Club Parking Lot, 
just south of the central buildings 
Birding 8:00 AM at Pere Marquette State Park. Meet at the Lodge. Bring a Lunch. 
Visit to Purina Farms and Gray Summit Arboretum (Missouri) 
Annual Survey of Heronry. For information, Contact John McCall, 639 Notre Dame, 
Edwardsville, Illinois 62025 
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Banding Demonstration (Tentative) 
Point Pelee Provincial Park (Ontario). Some members will leave Wed. May 5 and 
return on Monday. Contact Maryann Gossmann, R 1, Box 56, Plainfield, Illinois 60544 
Picnic Supper Meeting at Oswego’s Waa-Kee-Sha Park 
Wedron Canoe Trip (Tentative). 
Anti-litter Day 
Rock Cave, St. Elmo, Fayette County. Joint Trip for all Southern Illinois Chapters 
Foundation Park, Centralia 
Tri-City Bird Club 
April 17 
April 24 
May 1 
May 8 
Thomson-Springlake. Meet at Longview Park, Rock Island, 8:00 AM 
Breakfast at Blackhawk State Park — Wildflowers 
Credit Island — Breakfast 5:00 AM 
Muskrat Slough — Meet at Credit Island — 8:00 AM — Bring Lunch 
The above list is tentative, and those who plan to participate in any of the outings should check with local leaders concerning 
time and place. 
IAS Member — Sues City Mrs. Opal Spindler, who sued the City of Des Plaines for cutting down 11 evergreens in 
front of her home for a new sidewalk, lost her case before a U.S. District Court. Mrs. Spindler charged that the 
City was liable for $22,000 for cutting down the 4 spruce and 7 junipers which she had asked the City to save by 
curving the walk around them. 

NATURE CONSERVANCY SEEKS FUNDS FOR PRESERVING EAGLE ROOST 
One of the two remaining major winter roosts for Bald Eagles on the Mississippi River in Illinois is located in Hancock and 
Wilcox Counties and is adjacent to the Science Station of the University of Western Illinois. The 182-acre area, known as 
Cedar Glen Eagle Roost, is a current project of the IIlinois Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. An observer from the Illinois 
Natural History Survey has sighted as many as 100 eagles using the area. 




























