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Going to an Audubon Camp? 
If you are looking for an unusual vacation this summer, one that will 
combine enjoyment of the out-of-doors with nature study and congenial 
companionship, we recommend that you consider two weeks at one of the 
Audubon Camps. The sessions cost $105.00 for two weeks, which includes 
room, board, courses in nature study by nationally-known experts, and ex- 
citing field trips. You have your choice of the nearby Wisconsin Camp, new 
and well-equipped, in a setting of pine woods and lakes; the original Maine 
Audubon Camp, on Hog Island in Muscongus Bay; the spectacular Cali- 
fornia Camp, 7,000 feet up in the Sierras, near Lake Tahoe; or the Con- 
necticut Camp, with its primeval hemlock forest and 125-acre wildflower 
garden. You will be wise to make your reservation now, as most camps are 
“signed up” by May Ist. Write for literature to the Audubon Camp Director, 
% National Audubon Society, 1130 Fifth Avenue, New York 28, N. Y. 
Or. Walter S. Auxfurd 
We report with deep regret the death of Dr. Walter S. Huxford, 65, last February 
in Evanston, Illinois. A professor of physics at Northwestern University since 1939, 
Dr. Huxford was well known to many of us as an active member of the Society, a 
capable observer, and the husband of our vice-president, Mrs. Walter Huxford. 
Not many of us were aware that he had been Director of Research of the National 
Defense Council (1943-45) and was an authority on the study of heat rays, gaseous 
electronics, and infra-red communications systems. Dr. Huxford was a co-developer 
of a machine that measured ultraviolet rays, and was awarded the Army and Navy 
Certificate of Merit for his research contributions. To Mrs. Huxford and her family 
we extend our sincere sympathy. 
Unusual Birds in the Chicago Area — 1957 
By HAROLD FETTER 
REVIEWING My Recorps for 1957, I find some of these of interest: 
Snowy Egret — Aug. 4, Calumet Expressway. With 4 American Egrets. 
Laughing Gull — Sept. 26, Calumet Park. 
Great Black-backed Gull — Sept. 4, Nov. 5, Cinder Flats at 105rd Street. 
Glaucous Gull — Nov. 30, Cinder Flats at 103rd Street. 
Little Gulls (2) — Nov. 23 through Nov. 29, Jackson Park. 
Whistling Swans (9) — Oct. 26, Michigan City, Indiana. 
Bald Eagle (Immature) — Nov. 19, Montrose Beach. 
Red Phalaropes (2) — Oct. 25, Michigan City, Indiana. 
— Oct. 29, 77th Street Beach. One of these was a 
typical Red Phalarope; the other was smaller, but had the bill and leg 
color of the Red Phalarope. 
Duck Hawk — Sept. 30, Oct. 3, Cinder Flats at 103rd Street. 
Duck Hawks (2) — Oct. 6, Oct. 10, Cinder Flats at 103rd St. 
The one seen on Sept. 30 was chasing a Golden Plover. Both birds were 
coming straight at me; when the Duck Hawk was close enough, I threw 
up my hands and started to wave. He practically stopped in mid-air, turned 
about, and was off in the other direction in nothing flat. 
% Hyde Park Y.M.C.A., 1400 E. 53rd St., Chicago 
