THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 17 
The Glen Ellyn Bird Sanctuary and 
Wild-Flower Preserve 
By BENJAMIN T, GAULT 
Interested friends have asked for further information about our lit- 
tle sanctuary—what we have done and what we have planned and hope 
to do. As for the last remark, if taken in the broadest sense, it possibly 
might take us too far into the uncertainties of the future; therefore, it 
cannot be. considered seriously at just this time. “here are those, how- 
ever, among us who are optimistic enough to hope that at some future day 
the place may be somewhat enlarged; at present it is a question of cutting 
our garment according to the cloth, and it can be truthfully stated that it 
is indeed surprising how much can be done on a comparatively small piece 
of land. 
Glen Ellyn, like most places, has felt the financial upheaval, though 
hardly to the extent of other communities that easily could be named. 
The above title, however, does fall short of conveying all our aims 
and. purposes, for the trees and shrubs of the state in addition to its herba- 
ceous flora are to receive marked attention. Of the trees, we reasonably 
hope that all may live and thrive with us. ‘The situation is admirably 
adapted for that purpose, more so in fact than it would be were it a level 
and at times, wind-swept woodland. ‘There are sheltered places, soil vari- 
ations, changing conditions of ground moisture, and light and shady spots. 
Therefore, with such acquirements we hope to accomplish much. 
The arborescent flora of Illinois is greatly varied in character, more 
so, as has been remarked, than any other member of the Union, though 
comparatively few of our people are fully aware of that fact. It cannot 
be called a timbered state. 
At this writing we have growing there sixty species of our native 
Lrees. 
What we hope to do in the case of the trees and some of the shrubs, 
we likewise shall undertake to do with many of the beautiful and inter- 
esting woodland plants, and not a few of the prairie forms as well. 
For years this little ravine has been a favored resting spot for tran- 
sient bird-migrants, journeying back and forth from their summer and 
winter homes in the north and south, remaining for brief or more length- 
ened periods. 
It has at times numbered among its feathered inhabitants several in- 
teresting summer resident birds; for example, that prince of songsters, the 
Wood Thrush, with which our village seems peculiarly well supplied. A 
brood of four young was raised in the sanctuary the past season. Of 
