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A REPORT FROM HAWK MOUNTAIN 
By Margaret M. Nice 
Early in this century Hawk Mountain in eastern Pennsylvania was an 
assembling place for hunters who merciless slaughtered the migrating 
hawks. Thirty years ago a woman of great courage and determination 
leased and later bought this mountain as a sanctuary for wild life. Mrs. 
Rosalie Edge was a noble woman, a fearless worker for conservation. She 
was President of the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association, an organiza- 
tion with members in 438 states and 11 countries. She died suddenly in 
1962 at the age of 85. Her son, Peter Edge, is now President of the Asso- 
ciation. | 
The Curator, Maurice Broun, records the numbers by months of the 15 
or more species of hawks and eagles identified during the fall migration. 
In 1962 the three most abundant species were: Broad-wings, 8,276; Red- 
tails, 2,748; Sharp-shins, 2,283. “Our count of nearly 15,000 hawks for the 
fall season exactly matched the count of human visitors in the same 
period!” Mr. Broun tells us that: “Dora, our beloved doe and dooryard 
friend for nearly 20 years” survived another deer hunting season. Warblers 
“were frighteningly scarce all fall, as they had been in the ‘silent spring.’ 
Indeed, on some days there were almost no warblers, in contrast to the 
many thousands of yesteryear.” Pesticides in the nesting forests and tele- 
vision towers on the migrations have taken their deadly toll. 
The Sanctuary rents a packaged lecture, ““‘Hawk Mountain Tours... 
on the high-lights of our Sanctuary and the hawk migrations. It is illustrated 
with 100 fine 2x2 color slides. Including a printed commentary, the slides 
are rented at $10.00, plus postage both ways.’ Apply to Curator, Hawk 
Mountain Sanctuary, Route #2, Kempton, Penna. 
More than 20,000 persons visited Hawk Mountain in the past year. 
Nearly one thousand campers were registered, a record. The Hawk Moun- 
tain Sanctuary Assn. enrolled 316 new members, bringing the total member- 
Ship to, 3,300) 
5725 Harper Ave., Chicago 37, Ill. 
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BOOK REVIEWS 
SOME UNUSUAL NATURAL AREAS IN ILLINOIS AND A FEW OF 
THEIR PLANTS. By Robert A. Evers. Illinois Nat. Hist. Survey, Biol. 
Notes No. 50: pp. 1-32, figs. 1-48, 1963. Free. 
As Dr. Evers states: “This publication has one main purpose: to ac- 
quaint interested persons with some unusual natural areas in Illinois.” 
Twenty-four natural areas are included, with information on the exact 
locality, geology, and biotic implication. Some of the most interesting 
and little known areas are Clark Run, northeast of Utica; Fults Hill Prairie, 
Union Co.; Fountain Bluff, Jackson Co.; Pine Hills and Wolf Lake, Union 
Co.; Cache River Swamps, Johnson Co.; Illinois Beach State Park; Volo 
Bog, and other interesting natural areas in Illinois. Excellent photographs 
of each area add life to the text, along with excellent data on rare or 
endemic species of plants in each locality. A list of Common and Scientific 
Nams for each plant rounds out the text. 
Harlan D. Walley, 717 N. Elm St., Sandwich, Illinois 
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