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Speaking at the Conference of the Natural Resources Council of Illinois 
in Collinsville last year, State Representative Paul Simon declared that con- 
servationists should become more active politically and elect conservation- 
oriented men and women to office; that votes are not merely enough — that 
campaign money and door-bell ringing is also needed. Neither political 
party has all the virtues and neither one has a monopoly of conservationists. 
Since no conservation organization endorses a political party or candidate, 
each person must learn for himself how his representative stands on conser- 
vation matters. Business and industry have encouraged their employees to 
become interested in active political work. Labor has long done so. Con- 
servationists would do well to heed Mr. Simon’s words. 
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Illinois Field Notes — Spring, 1962 
By Richard B. Hoger 
TWO REPORTS CAME IN this spring from Olney, Illinois. Mrs. W. E. 
Redman found the nest of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird in a tree in her 
back yard. She did not see the nest in use, but later found another in Bird 
Haven (Ridgway Sanctuary) with the bird on the nest. Bluebirds are nest- 
ing in a fencepost on her farm. There were Cardinals nesting in a bush 
beside her living room window, Brown Thrashers nesting in a honeysuckle, 
and House Wrens feeding young outside her kitchen window. Other famil- 
iar birds included the Mockingbird, Song Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Grass- 
hopper Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, and Orchard Oriole. 
UNUSUAL MIGRANTS in Olney area on April 28, 1962: 18 Willets settled 
beside a farm pond and remained for more than an hour. Observed by 
Minnie Hundley, Vera Shaw, and Violet Scherer. 
GOLDEN PLOVERS cover field — this sight greeted Bob Trial on his re- 
turn home from the Illinois Audubon Annual Meeting. Several flocks of 
American Golden Plovers were sighted on May 4, 1962, enroute to the 
Chicago area; but it was on May 6 that he had the thrilling sight of 1200+ 
in a single field 5 miles east of Rock Falls, Illinois, on Route 30. Seeing 500 
to 700 birds take off, circle the field, and land again made it a double-bar- 
reled treat. 
THE FOLLOWING two-act drama took place a mile south of Naperville, 
Illinois, on Plainfield Road, at a farm known as Gladacres, on May 16, 1962. 
The principal actors involved were a Glossy Ibis and a Cattle Egret. The 
show was held over for several days. Among the spectators present were: 
Floyd Swink, Warren Keck, Amy Baldwin, Charles Westcott, and others 
who proclaimed the performance a hit. 
Willow Brook Wildlife Haven, 2s101 Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Illinois 
