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THE FALL CAMP-OUT — 1966 
By Alice and Leta Clark 
Mrs. George Skinkle of Crystal Lake, Treasurer Warren Vetter (left), President of The Ver- 
of McHenry County Chapter of the |. A. S., milion County Audubon Society, and Vernon 
won the Hyde Bird Feeder door prize at the Greening, Springfield, former |. A. S. Direc- 
Camp-Out. tor, visit with Arnold Bock. 
Audubon members and guests from all over the state — and from Indiana, 
Iowa, and Wisconsin as well — convened at Camp Hastings near Lake Villa 
on September 17-18 for the annual I.A.S. Camp-Out. The host club was 
the Lake-Cook Chapter of the I.A.S., with Arnold Bock and Preston Davies 
in charge. Of the 137 persons who registered, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schafer- 
meyer from Cobden, Illinois, are thought to have journeyed the farthest. 
Field trips to three different areas were conducted on Saturday after- 
noon and Sunday morning. The local tour covered part of the 110 acres 
owned by the Irving Park Y.M.C.A. Over 40 hikers arose for the 6:30 field 
trip on Sunday. Arnold Bock led the group down to the lake (where the 
mist was just starting to rise), through the orchard, busy with migrating 
warblers, and into the woods, where the trail was bordered with flaming 
sumac. 
While the trip to the Chain-O-Lakes State Park was interesting, with 
its opportunity to hike through wooded areas and into a flowerdecked swamp, 
it was the trip to Illinois Beach State Park which proved to be the highlight 
of the weekend. Here, the desert-like terrain is unique, with creeping 
juniper, prickly pear cacti, fringed gentians, and other rare plants. A Golden 
Eagle had been sighted in the area a few days previously; we watched for 
it in vain. However, we enjoyed the amusing antics of some sanderlings 
as we walked back along the shore of Lake Michigan. Mr. Davies, who led 
this tour, also took the group to observe bird banding by members of the 
William I. Lyon Bird Banders Association. 
