ILLINOIS AUDUBON BULLETIN 
Published Quarterly by the 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Number 171 Winter 1974-1975 
CONTENTS 
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Peter C. Petersen 2 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON ILLINOIS’ 
SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST 
Featuring Warren R. Dewalt and Charles J. Hendricks 3 
THE ROLE OF SONGBIRDS IN AGRICULTURAL PEST MANAGEMENT: 
A NEED FOR AUTHENTICATION Lowell L. Getz 8 
WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE FOR I.A.S.? Joseph Galbreath 10 
CONSERVATION CONFERENCES Greg Hultman Te 
HIGH COUNTS OF BALD EAGLES Elton Fawks LS 
ACRES FOR WILDLIFE Floyd Kringer Ne; 
THE ILLINOIS ORNITHOLOGIAL RECORDS COMMITTEE 
Larry Balch 15 
FIELD NOTES, THE BREEDING SEASON Vernon M. Kleen 16 
BOOK REVIEWS: 19 
THE LIVING WORLD By Roland C. Clement 
BIRDS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA By Laurence C. Binford 
BREEDING OURSELVES TO DEATH By Lawrence Lader 
BIRD LIFE By Jurgen Nicolai 
THE BOOK OF OWLS By Lewis Wayne Walker 
THE DICTIONARY OF BIRDS IN COLOR By Bruce Campbell 
IN MEMORIAM: PAUL DOWNING Judith Juers 704 | 
OBITUARY 22 
BEE SHORTAGE Illinois Department of Conservation ZZ 
Upcoming Events 
April 25 Walk for the Bald Eagle 
May 10 Statewide Spring Bird Count 
May 16-18 I.A.S. Annual Meeting — Morton Arboretum 
FRONT COVER: Pine Hills-LaRue Ecological Area, Shawnee 
National Forest. —Photo by Warren R. Dewalt 
