4 T’H Es A U2 DeUeB OUN eB rte lel ee ore 
expected to publish his results. Un- 
fortunately, several banders ne- 
glect one or both of these prere- 
quisites but are still allowed to 
continue banding. (As a matter of 
fact, out of the 67 Illinois banding 
permits, only 50 responded to my 
request for information [even af- 
ter a second letter]; all 17 banders 
who failed to report were non-pro- 
fessionals.) 
In the past, a few people have 
been upset about bird banding be- 
cause they thought it was harming 
the birds. Under normal circum- 
stances, this is far from true, al- 
though there are some banders who 
are suspect — which is unfortunate 
for the majority of banders. 
Occasionally, every bander will 
lose a bird, but compared to other 
destructive losses, this is minimal. 
The total number of casualties as 
a result of banding in all of North 
America is less than 10 percent of 
the total birds collected annually 
by museum scientists; it is less 
than 1/40 of 1 per cent of all birds 
hunted each year, and it is only a 
very small fraction of all those 
birds killed annually by automo- 
biles, TV towers and other man- 
made structures, or from lead poi- 
soning. Banders are expected to 
handle all birds carefully — an 
absolute necessity if the same birds 
are supposed to yield data for sev- 
eral years. 
In 1971, nearly 34,000 birds of 
164 species were banded in IIli- 
nois. The Illinois Department of 
Conservation, the Illinois Natural 
History Survey, the Max McGraw 
Wildlife Foundation, and the three 
National Wildlife Refuges (Crab 
Orchard, Chautauqua and Mark 
Twain) were responsible for band- 
ing all waterfowl (except one Wood 
Duck) and most of the Mourning 
Doves. 
The remaining species were 
banded by the 30 volunteers (and 
TABLE 1 
ILLINOIS BANDERS -- 1971 
Total Total 
Species Birds 
Augustine, Louise 53 550 
Bartel, Karn) er. 34 1284 
Bird, Thelma BA 841 
Bohlen, H. David 22 50 
Bush, Lee 7, abal 
Downing, Paul 14 338 
Dring, Peter 66 508 
Flentge, Mr. L., G. S) Sy 7/ 
Franks, Edwin 10 69 
Funk, Jim Sy 233 
Hampton, Jim 1 16 
Hinkle, Robert L. 2! 149 
IsGbueke,; - IDke, lly, 1syeliere als) 59 673 
Johnson, E. D. 30 187 
Johnson, Lee G. 102 6738 
Kendeigh, DR. Sec. it 90 
Kleen, Vernon M,. 104 1495 
Landes, Bert A. 5 10 
Mabus, Mrs. M. v Gs, 
Total Total 
Species Birds 
Merriman, Tim 
Miller, Ward, Jr. 2 12 
Montgomery, Robert 36 461 
Oar, Jack 3L 142 
Petersen, Peter C. 22 77 
Raim, Arlo 2 69 
Reed, Maurice L. 87 1704 
Reuss, A. H. 38 784 
Smalley, James B. 13 47 
Wirkus, August F. a7, 48 
Woodward, Paul 18 49 
LORADO TAFT FIELD Cc. 16 162 
CHAUTAUQUA N.W.REF. nt L7 
CRAB ORCHARD N.W.R. 3 1860 
ILL.DEPT .of CONSERV 7 10342 
TLL Se NAT OSHiSt oun se 784 
MARK TWAIN N.W.REF. 2 213 
MAX MCGRAW WLDL FND 3 L238) 
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