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The Illinois Audubon Society at Savanna 
By Doris A. PLAPP 
SUNDAY MORNING, November 8, members and friends of the Illinois Audubon 
Society boarded the Zephyr in the Union station for a swift and comfort- 
able ride to Savanna. City and towns were soon left behind and the train 
sped on through the open country. At eleven o’clock we arrived (140 miles 
in two hours), hiked up the hill to a crest overlooking the Mississippi, at 
a height of about 400 feet, where were spread before us tables loaded with 
sandwiches, pickles, and hot coffee — nice planning on the part of Mr. 
Baroody and his friends in Savanna. One doesn’t always find luncheon 
spread out on the top of the first hill. 
With sandwiches under our belts, we proceeded to hike along the roads 
to the entrance of the Palisades State Park and on over the hills and 
through the woods, drinking in the balmy air and absorbing the sunshine. 
A stop for refreshment 
A few birds came to our notice and trees abounded. Audubon members 
proved to be interested in them too and were delighted to discover and 
identify such trees as river birch, chestnut, butternut, black walnut, ete. 
At one place along our walk a wonderful display of walking fern covered 
a rock surface. Some members discovered liver-worts while walking along 
the none too dry creek bed. The whole afternoon was thus pleasantly spent 
and five o’clock found us returned to Savanna to the Community Church and 
a delicious chicken dinner topped off with angel food cake a la mode. 
Mr. Earl Wright then showed townspeople and Audubonites together 
