NATURE NOTES - 1959
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
BOTANY
Mar. 59		At the Botany Group meeting in February Miss Estelle Windhorst
		gave a fine demonstration of her knowledge of botany and of the
		country,
May. 59		Botany Field Trip to Pickel Springs
Jun. 59	Vogt, Charlotte	Botany Day at the Roundhouse
	Petersen, Oscar	Rediscovery of Isotria verticillata, an orchid, first found by
	("Vagabond")	Julian Steyermark and then lost.
Sep. 59	Vogt, Charlotte	Report on Roundhouse Botany Meeting - Despite the title, this
		meeting was held on July 17 at the home of Frances Pickel.
Sep. 59	Rau, Edna	For the Children - Story about Morning Glory Flowers.
Sep. 59	Rau, Edna	A Sad Sight - An elm tree affected by Dutch Elm Disease.  Info.
		about Dutch Elm Disease
Oct. 59	Vogt, Charlotte	October's Botany Meeting - At the home of Mr. & Mrs. Kemps
		Kirkpatrick in Antonia, Mo.
CONSERVATION
Mar. 59		The Webster Groves Garden Club Assn. is sponsoring a program
		on Conservation Friday, March 13, 1959 at 8 PM in the Little
		Theater of the High School at the corner of Selma and Bradford
		Avenues, in Webster Groves.  The program will consist of a short
		talk, a moving picture "To Conserve Our Heritage", and an
		Q/A period following.  The speaker will be  Mr.Herbert Schwartz,
		Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Missouri Conservation
		Commission.
Mar. 59	Cunningham, Richard L.	Pesticides are Murdering our Wildlife - Cunningham is Research
		Biologist for the National Audubon Society.
Sep. 59		Wasteland - Excerpt from book, "More In Anger" (J. T. Lippincott,
		1958) assailing the problem of litter/trash that despoils our landscape.
ENTOMOLOGY
Mar. 59		At the February General meeting Mr. L. F. Pinkus made a
		very interesting presentation on spiders.
Jy-Ag 59	Petersen, Oscar	The Water Strider, a description of and a poem about.
Oct. 59	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Velvet Ant and Music - How this ant produces sound.
Dec. 59	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	An Ant Thinks?
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	Late Fall Birds in the St. Louis Area
Jan. 59	Vogel, Dorothia	Operation Whooping Crane - Visit to Lake Wappapello to see
		a whooping crane that had been sighted there--and they found it.
Jan. 59	Carter, Mary	Observations From My Kitchen Window - Bird observations by a
		"novice"
Jan. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Audubon Society Bird Census - Portage des Sioux,
		within 7.5 miles of Portage des Sioux, all on the Missouri side of
		the river,  54 species, 4313 individuals.  Ten observers, all in
		one party:  Alberta Bollinger, Beulah Bedell, Earl Comfort (compiler),
		Earl Hath, Frances Pickel, Jim Jackson, Sally Springer, Dorothea
		Vogel, Dick Vasse, Larry Shainker
Feb. 59	Moore, G. E.	A Florida Christmas Census
Feb. 59		Annual Christmas Count - At Busch wildlife, with thirty-five
		observers.  68 species and 12,823 individuals, including 4500
		mallard ducks
Feb. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	A Review of the 1958 St. Louis Area Birds.
Feb. 59	McDonald, Jack	Whooping Crane Report - Eight birders have have seen a whooping
		crane in Missouri
Feb. 59	Philbrick, H. B.	Birding by a Not-Too-Drowsy Lagoon (in Forest Park)
Mar. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	Hard Winter In The St. Louis Area
Mar. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	Late Winter Birds in St. Louis
Mar. 59	Cunningham, Richard L.	A Comparison of Birding in St. Louis and South Florida
May. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	Spring Birds of St. Louis
May. 59	Cunningham, Richard L.	A Comparison of Birding in St. Louis and South Florida, Pt. 2
Jun. 59	Wilhelm, Gene, Jr.	The Big Day - 1959 - 150 observers reported 194 species within the
		traditional 50-mile radius from St. Louis during the 24 hour period.
		This was the third highest total within the past decade.  This
		total compared with 178 last year, 214 on May 7, 1950 (our area's
		highest total), 202 on May 6, 1951, and 192 on May, 1949
Jun. 59	Paddock, Mildred Lee	Spring Birding in Florida
Jun. 59	Cunningham, Richard L.	A Comparison of Birding in St. Louis and South Florida, Pt. 3
Jun. 59	Massie, Joel and Bertha	Some Random Thoughts - About birding in Southern California
Jun.59	Comfort, J. Earl	The Spring Birding Season in St. Louis```````````````
Jun. 59	Wilhelm, Diane E.	Shaw's Garden Bird Walks
Jun. 59	Criger, C. R.	Reel Foot Lake Pictures and Tapes - Of avian life at Reel Foot.
Jy-Ag. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	The Spring Migration in St. Louis
Sep. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	Summer Nature Activity in St. Louis
Sep. 59	McDonald, John	Extracurricular Observations Made During A Visit to the Head-
		quarters of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, June 25,
		1959 - Protection provided by the government for a pair of kildeers
		with a nest nearby.
Sep. 59		Friends of the Roundhouse Whip-poor-will will be unhappy to learn
		that it has come to a tragic end, indicated by a line of feathers away
		from the nest.
Sep. 59		Notice - Audubon Society of Missouri Week End, Oct. 3-4, Camp
		Clover Point, Lake of the Ozark. Dr. F. Olin Capps, Chief of the
		Education Division of the MDC, will speak at the meeting.
Sep. 59	Bulger, Harold, Dr.	A Bird Song in the Night - Yellow-breasted chat singing heard in
		Jefferson County
Oct. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area Birding Notes
Oct. 59		Annual Fall Meeting of the Missouri Audubon Society at Camp
		Clover Point, Lake of the Ozark, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4.
Oct. 59	Hecht, W. R.	Trumpeter Swans Hatched in Captivity - News release by Wildlife
		Management Institute, Washington, D. C., 8/28/59
Nov. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	We Attend a High Society House Warming - For new bird home for
		broad-tailed hummingbird, formerly of somewhere in Colorado
Nov. 59		Two Whooping Cranes Arrive at Texas Refuge - Taken from the
		St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 13
Dec. 59	Comfort, J. Earl	Late Fall St. Louis Area Birds
Dec. 59	St. Louis Post-Dispatch	Twenty-nine whooping cranes, including two young, had arrived
		at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and nearby areas in Texas by
		Nov. 10.
Dec. 59	Taylor, Lanier	Cries in the Night - Visit by Taylor and C. R. Criger to the Federal
		Game Reserve, the Goose Pens, at Tiptonville, Tenn. On Oct. 30,
		1959.  Also visited Reelfoot Lake.
Dec. 59		Audubon Christmas Census at Busch Wildlife Area, Sun. Dec. 27
		to Jan. 1, inclusive.  WGNSS and Audubon Census combined this
		year again.  8 hours in the field; come prepared.  Meet at the
		main gate at 8 AM.
Dec. 59	Taylor, Lanier	Foiled Again - Cooper's Hawk fails in its attempt to catch a sparrow
		on the front lawn of a house on Tesson Ferry Road
PEOPLE
Feb. 59		Congratulations - It's another boy, born to Mr. & Mrs. Marshall
		Magner on Oct. 27, 1958
Mar. 59		The Doerrs have another naturalist, Christine (fourth daughter),
		was born on Nov. 20, 1958
Mar. 59		In Memoriam - Olive Schregardus O'Byrne, wife of the late Harold
		I O'Byrne, died Jan. 2 in California.  Long time members will
		remember her many activities with the Society, including the
		presidency  She married Harold O'Byrne while he was Editor of
		Nature Notes and she was the President.
Mar. 59		Richard L. Cunningham has been promoted from wildlife tour
		director to research biologist by the National Audubon Society.
May. 59		Richard Grossenheider will have a Wildlife Art Exhibit at the St.
		Louis Public Library April 1 to April 30.  He also has a Radio
		Program Tuesday mornings, K.F.U.O.-Trade Winds.
May. 59		Sally Springer and Willis D. Vasse were married March 28, 1959
Jy-Ag. 59		Congratulations to Dick and Mitzi Anderson on the birth of their
		daughter, Lisa Marguerite, May 21, 1959
Jy.-Ag. 59		We're sorry to hear of the death of our good friend and fellow
		birder, George Moore, also member of WGNSS, who died at his
		home in Palmetto, Florida
Sep. 59		In Memorial - Alice M. Glatfelter, sister of Edith and Herbert
		Glatfelter, died July 26, 1959
Oct. 59		We're sorry to hear of the illness of one of our members, Mr. Max
		Schwartz, who is in St. Luke's Hospital.
Oct. 59		Dick Cunningham has done it again--Dick's trading the Audubon
		Service for that of Uncle Sam and the Army
Dec. 59		Max Schwartz is home after his visit to St. Luke's Hospital.  He's
		doing well, but must take it easy.
Dec. 59		Earl Comfort has returned home after two weeks in McMillian; his
		doctors have awarded Helen Hill custody for a few days.  Glad to
		have you back in birding society, Earl.
MISCELLANEOUS
Feb. 59	Conyers, Rex	Nature's Program - January - The things that happen outdoors
		in January - Prepared for use in the University City Elementary
		School System.
Mar. 59	Conyers, Rex	Nature's Program - February - The things that happen outdoors in
		February - Continuation from January.
Mar. 59		At the January General Meeting Rex Conyers told the group
		about the new Academy of Science Museum and its new
		Director, Murl Deusing.   A news article about Mr. Deusing is
		attached to this issue of Nature Notes.
Apr. 59	Haller, Karen Sue	Wisconsin Audubon Camp - Experiences of Karen Sue Haller.
		Thanks the St. Louis Audubon Society for sending her.
Jun. 59	Petersen, Oscar	Three poems in his handwriting;  At the Brooklist; Inspiration;
	(The Vagabond Dreamer)	Nepenthe
Jy-Ag. 59	Taylor, Lanier	Reelfoot Lake - A visit to by Taylor, her mother, and C. R. Criger
Nov. 59	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	A Visit with a Woodchuck
Nov. 59	Allen, Dr. John W.	Dr. Allen Spends Strenuous Day in Village of Cypress - In
		Johnson County, Illinois
Dec. 59	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Darwin's Advocate in America - The Harvard University Press ha
		just published a biography of Asa Gray (Asa Gray, 1810-1888)
ADMINISTRATIVE
May. 59		WGNSS has received renewal permit for use of the Roundhouse
		from the MDC from July 1, 1959 tu June 30, 1960.
May. 59		Officers for 1959-60
		President - Dr. Harold A. Bulger
		1st. VP - Julian Neill
		2nd. VP - Nettie Palm
		Secretary - Louise Day
		Treasurer - Florence Comfort
		Editor - Lanier Taylor
		Curator of Properties - Bob Hill.
MEETINGS
Jan. 59		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Jan. 9, at the home of
		Joel Massie, 6 Indian Hill, Ladue, Mo.  Rex Conyers will give a
		talk on the New Museum and what it will mean to Nature Study in
		St. Louis
Jan. 59		Monthly Bird Census at the A. Busch Wildlife Area.  Sunday, Jan.
		11,  Meet at the main gate.
Jan. 59	Taylor, Lanier	Christmas Party at the Roundhouse - Hosted by the O'Byrnes.
		Very successful despite snow.  About twenty people present.
		Sang carols and the hams were well done.
Feb. 59		Monthly Bird Census at the A. Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, Feb.
		9, at 8 AM.  Meet at the main gate.
Feb. 59		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Feb. 13, at the home of
		Lanier Taylor, 2401 Bellevue, Mo., Maplewood, Mo.  Mr. L. F.
		Pinkus will give a talk on Spiders.
Mar. 59		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area,
		Sunday, March 8, at 8 AM.  Meet at the main gate.
Mar. 59		WGNSS General Meeting will be a banquet and field trip at
		Busch Wildlife Area.  The banquet will be at the Wildlife Area
		Lodge.  A Saturday date and price of dinner will be announced
		later.
Mar. 59		Birthday Dinner for Oscar Petersen, at the home of Mr. & Mrs.
		W. Palm, R.R. 12, Box 55, Kirkwood,Mo.  Make reservations with
		Mrs. Palm by March 10.  The dinner will be at 6:30 PM, Friday,
		March 13.  This will also be a General Meeting.  Dr. H. A. Bulger
		will give a talk on "The Land of the Hymenoptera".
Mar. 59		Mr. L. F. Pinkus made an interesting presentation on Spiders at
Mar. 49		the February General Meeting.  Nineteen members were present.
Apr. 59		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area,
		Weldon Springs, Sunday, April 12, 8 AM.  Meet at the main gate.
Apr. 59		General Meeting Dinner at the Lodge of the Busch Wildlife Area,
		Weldon Springs, Mo., 6 PM, Saturday, April 12.  Dinner will
		be served at 6 PM.  Adults - $1.75; Children $1.00.  Mr. Deusing,
		the new director of the New Academy of Science Museum, will
		show his movie on "Adventure in Africa".
May. 59		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area,
		Weldon Springs, Sunday, May 3, 8 AM.  Meet at the main gate.
May. 59		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, May 8.  Election of
		officers.  Dr. Victor Mark will speak on Science Education--A
		Comparison and Evaluation 100 Years after Darwin--Is It Adequate
		for Our Survival?
Jun. 59		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area,
		Weldon Springs, Sunday, June 14, 8 AM.  Meet at the main gate.
Jun. 59		Picnic and General Meeting at the Roundhouse, Rockwoods
		Reservation, Saturday, Jun. 20, 6 PM.
Jy-Ag. 59	Vogt, Charlotte	Roadhouse Picnic Supper - Report on the picnic held June 20,
		one of the nicest picnics we ever had.
Sep. 59		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area,
		Weldon Springs, Sunday, Sept. 13.  Meet at the main gate.
Oct. 59		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday Oct. 9, at the home of
		Mr. & Mrs. Joel Massie, #6 Indian Hill, Ladue, Mo.  Photographers
		Inning--Bring 10 or 12 Slides.  Let's see the things that interest you.
Nov. 59		WGNSS General Meeting, 8:30 PM, Friday, Nov. 20, at the home
		of Frances Pickel, 432 N. Clay Ave., Kirkwood, 22, Mo.  Dr. H. A.
		Bulger will speak and show pictures on Canyons, Mesas and
		Mountains--A Geological Report on the South West
Nov. 59		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area,
		9 AM, Sunday, Nov. 8.  Meet at the main gate.
Nov. 59		General Field Trip and Camping Trip to Johnson's Shutins near
		Lesterville, Mo.  Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21 and 22.  Hike on
		Sunday, Nov. 22, 9:30 AM from Taum Sauk Mt. to the Shutins--
		12 miles.  Hikers will drive from Shutins campsite to Taum Sauk
		Mt. and hike back to Johnson Shutins, arriving about 4 PM.
Dec. 59		Woodcutting Bee at the Roundhouse, Saturday, Dec. 8, 9 AM.
		Bring your own lunch.
Dec. 59		WGNSS General Meeting, 8:30 PM, Friday, Dec. 11, at the home
		of Dr. & Mrs. Edwin Meiners, 5915 Pershing Avenue, St. Lous, Mo.
		Subject:  Influence of Insects on Civilization (Illustrated)
Dec. 59		Christmas Party at the Roundhouse, Rockwoods Reservation.
		2 PM, Friday, Dec. 13.  Coffee and Cookies Served.