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quietly. The three birds chattered at the group of young “birders.” Never 
once did they show nervousness. 
The three male Crossbills remained for five days. Then on Thanksgiving 
morning, two females and two males joined the three males. The seven 
seemed nervous and ate erratically, scolding one another; but they still took 
frequent drinks at the lily pool, sometimes perching on the cement edge, 
sometimes skimming over the surface of the water, resting just a second on 
lily pads to snatch a drink. They also fed on the ground from cones that had 
dropped there. By noon they had flown away. 
The following morning only two Crossbills called for a short time, the last 
to be heard in the garden. The trees are still full of cones, but the seeds have 
all been removed, for the cones are now open. The Crossbills had evidently 
consumed all available seeds before moving on. 
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New Members Since Jan. 10, 1955 
*Denotes Contributing Member. All in this list are Illinois residents. 
Edith M. Adams, Chicago Agnes Kaspar, Chicago 
Jean O. Anderson, Chicago Aloysius S. Kaszynski, Springfield 
Edwin Astrin, Chicago H. EH. Kinnan, Jr., Chicago 
Richard F. Bosworth, Bloomington Mrs. H. E. Kinnan, Jr., Chicago 
Brother Theodore, F.S.C., Chicago Evalyn C. Krier, Chicago 
Harriet Buffett, Minonk Eileen Mackay, Chicago 
*Mrs. Catherine L. Campbell, Chicago Mrs. A. L. Mathis, Elmhurst 
Mrs. Henry W. Charlton, Evanston R. C. Meysing, Chicago 
C. Christensen, Chicago Melvin Miller, Chicago 
Elmer E. Clabaugh, Chicago Peoria Public Library, Peoria 
Mrs. Mayme Coy, Waukegan Mrs. Ernest C. Roth, Peru 
*Decatur Audubon Society, Decatur Mrs. C. F. Russell, Decatur 
Henry Donkerbroek, Chicago Edward R. Schumann, Chicago 
Willard H. Farr, Chicago Joan Sering, Chicago 
James Fentress, Jr., Chicago Ada M. Smith, Chicago 
*Mrs. Harriette R. Forrest, Barrington Susan E. Titterington, Ottawa 
Mrs. Florence E. Gleichauf, Chicago Mrs. W. O. Toler, Tremont 
Theodore R. Greer, Joy 2 *Tyi-City Bird Club, Rock Island 
Mrs. Frederick J. Herr, Winnetka Ray Venable, Chicago 
Mary Heying, Chicago Karl Vogt, Chicago 
*William L. Hughes, Joliet Mrs. Bruce J. Wallin, Plainfield 
John J. Janusz, Jr., Evanston Alfred G. Wollard, Chicago 
Mrs. Arthur C. Johnson, Des Plaines Phyllis R. Zorn, Elmwood Park 
We are glad to have you with us! Come to our Screen Tours at the Mu- 
seum in the fall, if you can, and learn more about the Society and its work. 
Or come out on some of the bird walks mentioned in the last number. If you 
have time and talents for committee work, send your name to one of the 
chairmen listed on the back cover. 
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The world gains 70,000 persons every 24 hours, adding to the conservation 
problem... Birch trees are dying all over New England and Eastern Canada. 
A Canadian forest pathologist believes that higher temperature is killing 
them and that as the warm temperature moves northward, the spruce, 
