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trol snow drifts, bar illegal crossing, screen unpleasant views, and abate 
noise. . .Illinois is constructing a new 1,400 acre park in Washington 
county which will contain a 330-acre lake. The area will have camping, 
picnic, and boating facilities, in addition to a nature trail. It is one of 14 
lakes built in recent years, most of them in southern and central Illinois. 
. . .Litterbugs and vandals cost the National Park Service $750,000 in 1960. 
Some people complain when they find that the N.P.S. didn’t even pick up 
the cans and rubbish they left last year. . .An Official List of State Officers 
of Illinois may be obtained free from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, 
Springfield. It contains names and addresses of legislators, congressmen, 
University of Illinois trustees, and state officers. . .A new leaflet describ- 
ing the four Audubon Camps is available from the National Audubon So- 
ciety, 1180 Fifth Ave., New York 28, N.Y. 
615 Rochdale Circle, Lombard, IIil. 
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ILLINOIS FIELD NOTES — FALL, 1960 
By Mr. & Mrs. MAX HAGANS AND MR. & Mrs. HARRY SHAW 
ONE LONE SNOW BUNTING was found feeding along a gravel road southeast 
of Rock Falls on October 26 by the Hagans. A flock of 25 Snow Buntings 
was observed on the rocks along the Mississippi river at Lock 13 (north of 
Fulton), November 2, by the Hagans and Shaws. 
About 100 Killdeers were discovered in a field north of Sterling by the 
Hagans on November 6. They also identified Prairie and Northern Horned 
Larks and a few Lapland Longspurs. 
Twelve Red Crossbills were carefully observed feeding on white pine 
cones at White Pines State Park on November 11 by the Hagans. This is 
the first record of crossbills ever seen in this park. A flock of a dozen Red 
Crossbills were photographed by the Shaws as they fed on spruce cones at 
Lowell Park, Dixon, on Sunday morning, November 13. Two Pine Siskins 
kept company with this flock. 
Two dozen Short-eared Owls were flushed from a swampy field six miles 
east of the Green River Game Preserve on November 13 by a few members 
of the White Pines Bird Club. Peter Nichols had notified us previously of 
the whereabouts of this flock. 
A lone Solitary Vireo in full adult plumage was observed Thanksgiving 
Day, November 24, eating berries in Lowell Park, Dixon, Illinois, by the 
Shaws. 
Mr. & Mrs. Max Hagans, Como, IIl. 
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Shaw, 1304 Fourth Ave., Sterling, Til. 
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New Audubon Society Planned 
TWENTY-FIVE INDIVIDUALS interested in forming a local Audubon Society 
selected an organizing committee during a meeting held in Science Hall on 
the Knox Coilege campus, Galesburg, Illinois, on Friday evening, Nov. 18,. 
1960. Illustrated lectures on bird life were presented by Peter Petersen, Jr., 
Elton Fawks, and Ted Greer, Directors of the Illinois Audubon Society. 
