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opportunity to conserve the resources which have made us so. We must 
learn to understand the environment around us, and then take the responsi- 
bility of seeing that it is kept in good health. So you see why I think that 
the National Audubon Society with its camps is not merely an idle pro- 
moter of dicky-bird watching, but a potential force in our society.” 
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Ed. Note: Recognizing the great value of an Audubon Camp in the Mid- 
west, the Board of Directors voted last month to send a sizable donation to 
the Wisconsin Committee. Individual members are urged to do likewise. 
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Annual Meetings 
THE ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY held its annual meeting at the Chicago 
Natural History Museum on Saturday, May 8, 1954. Over 80 members and 
friends attended; an even larger number appeared at the banquet in the 
evening in the Museum Cafeteria. Some new members were elected to the 
Board of Directors, and the officers gave a report of their work during the 
past year. A full account of the meeting and the subsequent field trip will 
be given in the September issue of the Bulletin. 
The September issue will also contain a brief account of the annual meet- 
ing of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, which took place May 1-2, 
1954. A number of our Directors attended and also visited the Aldo Leopold 
Memorial Forest. 
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Bird Records from Tri-Cities 
By PETER C. PETERSEN, JR. 
HERE ARE THE unusual birds observed during the last half year in the 
Moline-Rock Island-Davenport area. Some are unusual as species, while 
others are remarkably late or early: 
Horned Grebe — two seen October 25, 1953 near Lock #13 on the Missis- 
sippi1 river. 20X scope. 
Whistling Swan — four seen April 4, 1954, near Lock #138. 20X scope. 
Hudsonian Godwit — seven seen April 19, 1954 at Spring Lake, near Savan- 
na, Illinois. 20X scope. 
Sanderling — 12 seen October 18, 1953; two seen October 25, at Spring 
Lake. 20X scope. 
Migrant Shrike — one seen December 12, 1953, near Thomson, Illinois, by 
Thomas Morrissey and myself. Observed through 8X binoculars and 20X 
scope. This is a late date for Migrants. We ordinarily find Northern 
Shrikes starting about December 27. 
Harris’s Sparrow — one seen October 11, 1953, near Coal Valley, Illinois. 
8X binoculars. 
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