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WYOMING GOVERNOR MILWARD L. SIMPSON recently signed a bill to prohibit 
the hunting of mourning doves in that state. We hope that other states 
will follow this move. 
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THE DUPAGE AUDUBON SOCIETY had a booth at the DuPage County Fair 
and passed out a great deal of conservation literature. Many children were 
signed up as Junior Forest Rangers. Information about both the Junior 
and the National Audubon Clubs was distributed. Mrs. Roy Lile, president 
of the society, had an interesting display of poison ivy and plants that look 
similar. The Junior Audubon Society loaned us an attractive bird nest ex- 
hibit that attracted much attention. 
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Protecting Birds at Your Window 
MANny I.A.S. MEMBERS have homes with large picture windows that look 
out on a shrub-bordered lawn, a garden, or a patch of forest. This is as it 
should be for someone that appreciates the out-of-doors. But a few members 
have reported with dismay that a number of songbirds dash themselves to 
death each year against those handsome picture windows. The species that 
have come to our attention so far have ranged in size from redstarts to 
Wilson’s snipes; the most frequently injured have been warblers, vireos 
and thrushes. Most accidents occur during spring and fall migrations. 
The problem has become serious enough so that the Audubon Magazine 
and other national outdoor magazines have carried suggestions from field 
naturalists on how to cut down on the bird mortality rate. They have 
found that at certain times of the day, sky, trees, and shrubs are reflected 
from the windows in such a manner that birds think they are flying through 
an open space. The only solution, apparently is to break up these reflections. 
Mr. James Zimmerman, of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, sug- 
gests a screen, such as gauze, nylon, dacron marquisette, netting, or similar 
cloth-like material, tied or tacked in front of the window. This keeps the 
birds off and still permits people inside to enjoy the view. Streamers, 
plastic pennants, or ribbons of cloth or paper, dangling in front of the glass, 
are also effective. These devices are needed for only about a month in the 
spring and fall — a small sacrifice and a little trouble on the part of the 
home-owner if some valuable songbirds can be saved. 
Your Editor would appreciate hearing from members who have en- 
countered this problem — both regarding numbers and kinds of birds killed 
and any protective measures attempted. 
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