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District. As can be seen, some of the dates reported were not particularly 
early and the birds may have been present there earlier. In some cases, 
the species was recorded as present, but not significantly early enough 
to include in the table and therefore it was denoted by a plus sign (+). 
Since no one actually reported earlier dates, even though some of you 
may have seen these species earlier than the date in the table, I used the 
information at hand. Since this is only the first such table, and since it 
is to let you—the observers—see the results of accumulated efforts, we 
will let this table stand as presented. It is up to you to provide better 
records for future reports (both spring and fall including the arrival 
dates and departure dates). 
As expected, the really active birders will usually find and report 
the earliest and latest dates. Hopefully, this will make more of you active, 
competent observers. We are especially grateful to those who have already 
contributed to this report and acknowledge the following observers who 
provided the information used in the table. District 1: Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Shaw; District 5: Virginia Humphreys; District 8: Jum Funk, 
Robert Randall; District 11: Robert Randall, Sally Vasse; District 12: 
David Bohlen; District 14: Margaret Horsman, Winifred Jones; District 
16: Vernon Kleen, Mike Morrison; District 18: David Bohlen, Vernon 
Kleen, Ray Zoanettt. Reports were not received from the other Districts. 
Vernon M. Kleen 
Division of Wildlife Resources 
Dept. of Conservation 
IDEA: CARE A DOLLAR’S WORTH FOR CONSERVATION 
A misconception held by many sympathetic to the conservation cause 
is that donations to conservation groups or causes must be substantial 
in substance. You've often seen those pleas for money to save a forest 
or protect an animal which ask you to check the amount enclosed: 
$10—$50—$1,000. But all you had to send was $1 or maybe $5. We're 
sure the directors of those money raising ventures hope to prepare 
you psychologically for a sizable contribution through the power of 
suggestion, but what often happens is that the prospect decides his 
buck to be too small for the Big People—and another dollar is lost. 
Just as One person can stop a developer or put the skids on a chan- 
nelization project, so can a dollar or two from a lot of people make 
the difference between a winning environmental effort and one that 
falls flat. If you want to support a conservation cause—do—and don’t 
be ashamed of the amount. 
—Lake-Cook Chapter Newsletter 
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