ILLINOIS AUDUBON BULLETIN 
Published Quarterly by the 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Number 172 Spring 1975 
CONTENTS 
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Peter C. Petersen , 
FIRST STATE RECORD — GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE Robert Randall 3 
SIGHT RECORD OF THE SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER IN ILLINOIS 
Hf. David Bohlen and Richard Sandburg 4 
THIRD STATE RECORD — FULVOUS TREE DUCK 
Randall Madding and John Bell 5 
A SIBERIAN-BORN SNOW GOOSE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 
Deborah Ann Frey 6 
THE 1.A.S. 1974 CHRISTMAS COUNT Kathleen Struthers 7 
FIELD NOTES, FALL MIGRATION Vernon M. Kleen 25 
BOOK REVIEWS: 34 
WILDFLOWERS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 
By John Klimas and James Cunningham 
WILDFLOWERS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA By Robert and Margaret Ore 
GARDENING WITH WILDLIFE By Russell Bourne 
AUTUMN HAWK FLIGHTS — THE MIGRATION OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 
By Donald S. Heinzelman 
GUEST EDITORIAL: MAYTIME IS TRAGIC TIME James F. Keefe 35 
Upcoming Events 
Sept. 6-7 Fall Campout, Central Region — Rushville 
Sept. 26-28 Fall Campout, Northern Region — Lorado Taft 
Field Campus 
Oct. 4-5 Fall Campout, Southern Region — Randolph 
County Conservation Area 
Dec. 20—Jan. 4. Official Christmas Bird Count Dates 
FRONT COVER: Adult Bald Eagle 
—Photo by Illinois Department of Conservation 
