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do at the new Du Page County Nature Center nearing completion at 2S101 
Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn, 3 miles north of the entrance to Morton Arboretum. 
The Hogers have handled an average of 1,000 birds and animals a year for 
several years and usually have about 250 on hand. Mr. Hoger showed color 
slides of some of the birds and animals and told how their success in caring 
for young birds is helped by crippled foster parents of the same species. 
Mr. Mostek showed the movie of the Indiana Dunes area prepared by the 
Save the Dunes Council. He also reported on presentation to lodges of sev- 
eral Illinois State Parks of enlarged, framed copies of the I.A.S. quail, each 
bearing the legend “Compliments of the Illinois Audubon Society.” 
Albert Gilbert of Chicago, a naturalist for the Cook County Forest Pre- 
serve District, showed some of his bird paintings, most of them painted 
from life. Milton Thompson showed color slides and movies of the whooping 
crane that spent two weeks in Illinois along the Mississippi river across 
from Hannibal, Mo., last October. Farmers who own the land closed their 
duck hunting blinds for the rest of the season to be sure the crane was not 
harmed. This was the first whooping crane seen in Illinois in 67 years. It 
was seen at intervals after leaving Illinois and successfully made its way 
to Aransas Wildlife Refuge in Texas to join the rest of the wild crane popu- 
lation at their wintering grounds. 
At the annual banquet, President Downing gave special thanks to the 
members of the Champaign County Audubon club, host group, for its help. 
Raymond Mostek, conservation chairman, then presented the society’s second 
annual Conservation Award to Joseph Galbreath of East St. Louis. 
The program for the evening was a color motion picture, “Birding in the 
Sub-Canadian Forest,” by William Dyer, superintendent of schools in Union 
City, Mich., and sanctuary chairman of the Michigan Audubon Society. His 
pictures included close-ups of 14 nesting warblers, as well as many other 
birds of central and upper Michigan. 
SUNDAY, MAy 17TH, was devoted almost entirely to birding around Allerton 
House and the 1500-acre park. About 35 hardy souls met at 5:15 a.m. for 
a pre-breakfast hike which started from Allerton House and wound past 
the pond, through formal gardens and oak-maple climax forest to the mag- 
nificent statue of ‘‘The Last Centaur” set deep in the woods. Over 70 species 
were found in just 2% hours, including a surprising variety of warblers. 
After breakfast the main bird trip of the day began, ably led by Wikbur 
Luce, Lois Drury, and Katie Hamrick. Two caravans, over 60 persons in 40 
cars, covered the entire estate, pausing often for side trips, as to the Group 
Camp on the lake, the “Sun-Singer” statue, and through the bottomland 
forest along the Sangamon river. One notable feature was the number of 
nesting birds found in this short time, including the Bell’s Vireo, Orchard 
Oriole, Phoebe, Red-wings, Robin, and Bluebirds with young. Although only 
a few water birds were listed, the total reached an impressive 107 species. 
The weather cooperated beautifully by withholding the rain until we had 
returned for lunch. We all agreed that Allerton Park is worth many re- 
turn visits. A total of 110 persons attended the meeting. Special thanks go 
to Katie Hamrick, Rachel Robinson, Mrs. Lee Campbell, and others in the 
Champaign Society who worked so hard to make the meeting a success. 
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