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Editor's Note: Mrs. Margaret Nice is an honorary vice-president of our 
Society and one of America’s most distinguished ornithologists. Her article 
on Wichita Refuge is based on personal experience, for she has camped 
and studied the wildlife there. She will be glad to mail a copy of her illus- 
trated article on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (Nature Magazine, 
June, 1955) free to anyone writing to her at the address above. For another 
aspect of this problem, see “Refuges Doomed” by Mr. Hudoba in Sports 
Afield for February, 1956. 
Spring Bird Walks for 1956 
By MRs. PAULINE ESDALE 
ONCE AGAIN THIS SPRING, in cooperation with affiliated societies and in- 
terested individuals, the Ilinois Audubon Society will sponsor bird walks 
throughout the state. As before, this is a tentative schedule, and actual 
dates should be verified by writing or calling the leader. The exact time 
and place of meeting should also be checked beforehand. The group designa- 
tions are: A. Chicago; B. Suburbs of Chicago; C. Downstate Illinois. Good 
birding to all of you! 
A-1: Humboldt Park, 1600 N. California Ave. April 7-14-21 and May 5- 
12-19-26. Leader: Raymond Mostek, 3345 N. Harding Ave., Chicago 18. 
A-2: Lincoln Park, foot of Addison St. (at the Totem Pole). April 7-14-21- 
28 and May 5-12-19-26. Leaders: Kay Campbell, 4535 N. Hamilton Ave., and 
John Janusz, 2241 N. Racine Ave., Chicago. 
A-3: River Park, 5100 N. Francisco Ave., or a North Side Forest Preserve. 
Saturdays or Sundays through April and May; phone leader for exact 
dates. Leader: Philip Steffen, 2135 Balmoral Ave., Chicago 25. 
A-4: Jackson Park at 59th Street and Stony Island: Time: 7:30 to 8:00 a.m., 
April 21-28 and May 5. Leader: T. Nelson Metcalf, 5832 S. Stony Island 
Ave., Chicago 37. 
A-5: Columbus Park, Congress Parkway at Central Ave. Time: 7:00 a.m., 
April 7-14 and May 5-12-19-26. Leader: Mrs. Pauline Esdale, 525 S. 
Lavergne Ave., Chicago 44. 
B-1: McDowell Park Forest Preserve, Warrenville, April 21-28 and May 12- 
26. Leader: Mrs. George Kolze, Route # 1, Warrenville. 
C-1: Bird Haven, Olney, Illinois. Walks each week-end in April and May, 
conducted by members of the Ridgway Bird Club. For information, write 
Mrs. Howard Shaw, Corresponding Secretary, Ridgway Bird Club, Rural 
Route 2, Olney, Ill. 
C-2: Tri-City Bird Club. pyle in April and May. For information, 
write Elton Fawks, Box 112, Route # 1, East Moline, Illinois 
C-3: Cahokia Nature League. Regular bird walk on Sunday, April 8, at 
7:00 a.m., Grand Marais State Park. Geological field trip on Saturday, 
April 14, at 9:00 a.m., at Red Bud, Illinois. Field trip April 21-22, Crab 
Orchard Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Bird walk, Sunday, May 6, at 
6:30 a.m., Cahokia Mounds State Park. Spring Dove Count in cooperation 
with U. S. Fish and Wildlife Project, June (date and place to be an- 
nounced). Write Cahokia Nature League, % J. W. Galbreath, Executive 
Secretary, 9405 Richfield Rd., East St. Louis, Ill. 
525 S. Lavergne Ave., Chicago 44 
