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Adult White Ibis seen on the Illinois levees in Monroe County on May 
2 & 3, 1964, by a group led by Wally George. 
Mississippi Kite (3) seen in same area on May 16, 1964. 
Yellow Rail — Calhoun County U.S. Fish & Wildlife Refuge — May 12, 1964. 
Whimbrel — Moredock Lake, Monroe County, group led by Steve Hansel- 
man, May 24, 1964. Later verified by Earl Comfort and Dick Anderson. 
Hudsonian Godwit — Fults, Illinois. — by Hanselman group on May 24. 
The Godwit has not been reported from this area since 1955; Whimbrel, 
not since 1954! 
2s101 Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IIl. 
Red Crossbills — Your Editor must take this opportunity to top Floyd 
Swink’s late record for this species. We have been feeding Red Crossbills 
in our back yard (4% mile north of the Arboretum) since Dec. 27, 1963 — 
high count, 16 on Feb. 7, 1964. Numbers have been going down slowly all 
spring, but at this writing (May 30), we have at least one female at the 
feeder. Mrs. Arthur Jens, one mile north of the Arboretum, has also been 
feeding crossbills all through May. 
— Paul H. Lobik 
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SAVE THAT LAND — SAVE THAT TREE 
By S. Glidden Baldwin, M.D. | 
We are all conservation minded and enjoy the outdoors. Many of us have 
found it hard to participate directly in a conservation project; yet we want 
«o do our share. Here is the answer! The Illinois Chapter of THE NATURE 
CONSERVANCY is growing, thanks to the efforts of its new officers and 
‘rustees. Mrs. S. Glidden Baldwin, of Catlin, Illinois, Chairman. and Miss 
Margery Carlson, Vice-chairman, of Evanston, are responsible for the 
rebirth of the organization. If you don’t belong, or haven’t renewed your 
membership lately. or just don’t know what The Nature Conservancy is 
doing, let me explain. 
The Illinois Chapter of the Nature Conservancy is a non-profit or- 
ganization constantly seeking unique natural areas that should be preserved 
as samples of forests, prairies, marshes and deserts; or distinctive areas 
that are the habitat of trees, shrubs, plants, birds and animals that may be 
rare in this state or in danger of extinction. If you know of any such 
areas please get in touch with the officers. We must preserve all the 
natural areas we can before it is too late. Time is running out. Your help 
is needed. 
The money necessary to do this work is raised by membership drives 
(here is where you can also help) and donations. The membership fees are 
$5.00, $10.00, or $25.00 as you can afford. This money can be deducted from 
your income tax. 
The Nature Conservancy was organized as a national society in 1946. 
In addition to buying land for preservation, it has received donations of 
10,000 acres of land for preservation. The national society has preserved 
or helped preserve such outstanding areas as the Tucker Prairie and Holly 
Ridge (Missouri); Corkscrew Swamp (Florida); Tannersville Bog (Penn- 
Sylvania); Moss Lake and Mianus River Gorge (New York); Battle Creek 
Cypress Swamp (Maryland); Mettler’s Woods (New Jersey); Walcott Pre- 
serve (Connecticut); and Caledonia Oaks (Minnesota). 
