NATURE NOTES - 1960
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
BOTANY
Mar. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Spring Tonics - Plants that provide health giving remedies.
May. 60	Vogt, Charlotte	Big Day at the Roundhouse - Apparently a visit by the Botany
		Group, followed by a cooked meal, after which the group chatted
		and sang around the fireplace with the accompaniment by Dick
		Wason.
Jun. 60	Vogt, Charlotte	Pickel Springs - Report on May 15 visit by Bontany Group.  Oscar
		Petersen was there, and one of the "lost" orchids was found, but
		not in bloom.  The azaleas were in bloom, and the day beautiful
Jun. 60		Botany Breakfast at Rockwoods, Sunday, June 16, 8 AM.  Meet
		at the Museum.  Field trip will follow breakfast if you're aren't
		too full to move.
Jun. 60		The May 20 Botany meeting proved to be very interesting.  Director
		Milonski of the Busch Wildlife Area reviewed the present manage-
		ment plan and showed pictures of his work on ducks in Manitoba
Sep. 60	Vogt, Charlotte	Botany Notes
Oct. 60	Rau, Edna	Geraniums
Oct. 60		The coming Botany meeting, with Mrs. Martha Clark Huston
		will be an outstanding meeting.  Mrs. Huston is an artist as well as
		a photographer.
CONSERVATION
Jan. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	We Lose a Bird Sanctuary to "Progress" - A cemetery in Bremen.
Apr. 60		Notice:  The Annual Meeting of the Missouri Chapter of the Nature
		Conservancy will be held on April 30 and May 1 at the National
		Council of State Garden Club Building, 4401 Magnolia Ave.,
		St. Louis, Mo.  Two field trips scheduled.  List of scheduled events
		and activities given.
Sep. 60		Mr. Jim Jackson, of the Conservation Commission, will teach a
		class in Conservation at Washington University this next semester.
Oct. 60		Consider - Essay on Soil from E. & R. Rural Life Church Bulletin
Oct. 60		Speculation about nature of blue haze that hangs over vegetated
		areas on warm summer days.
ENTOMOLOGY
May. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Wasps Witched - Observations on four polister wasps living in a
		large glass jar.
Jun. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	You Know Chiggers
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	Birds of Mid-Winter in St. Louis
Jan. 60	Haven, Stoner	Season's Greetings from Antartica - Report on birds seen.
		(Stoner is a member of Operation Deep Freeze, the American
		Antarctic Expedition stationed on Ross Island, 12 degrees from the
		South Pole, and will stay for a year.  He is doing marine research
		and birding.)
Jan. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Hibernation of Birds
Jan. 60	Masssie, Joel	Swan Lake--Sunday, November 15, 1959
Jan. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	A Belated Report of St. Louis Area Birding Notes
Feb. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	Bird Census - Portage Des Sioux, Mo., within 7.5 mile radius, all
		on Missouri side.  Total species:  53; 5253 individuals.
Feb. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	A Whip-Poor-Will Sings Ring - In upper La Barque Valley
Mar. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area Birding in Review.  List of those making "200"
		club given.  Dick Anderson tops with 257.
Mar. 60	Hofsommer, Dr. A.	The Elepaio - Hawaiian bird, taken from p.49 of the Hawaiian
Apr. 60		Audubon Society Journal
Apr. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	Wintering Birds in St. Louis
Apr. 60	Comfort, James	Christmas Census, August A. Busch Wildlife Area - Held Jan. 3;
		only 57 species and 5,206 individuals counted.  Both numbers are
		low compared to previous years.
Apr. 60	Wilhelm, Gene, Jr.	Bird Song Discussion - Comments (from Louisiana State University)
		on Dr. Bulger's recent article on the Whip-poor-will (Feb. 1960 issue
		of Nature Notes)
Apr. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Dr. Bulger's reponse to Gene Wilhelm's letter (see above).
Apr. 60	Taylor, Lanier (Editor)	The Editor's Observations on Bird Songs - Relates incident in
		recording bird songs at Leonard Hall's Possum Trot Farm involving
		young dickcissels learning to sing.
Apr. 60	Milonski, Mike	Strictly for the Birds - Milonski, Manager of the Busch Wildlife
		Area reports that they have been feeding 9,000 lbs. of seed to the
		wild bird life in the area in a week and a half and feeding is still
		going on.
May. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	The St. Louis Severe Late Winter
Jun. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area Spring Birding
Jun. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Gooney Birds Losing Midway War
Jun. 60	Holliday, Viola M:.	The Whip-Poor-Will Vs. Opinion and Facts - More about the birds
		and their song.
Jy-Ag. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	Moon and Birds Over Miami - Birding with Dick Cunningham in
		Florida
Jy-Ag. 60	Dunn, Emma Jean	More About the Whip-Poor-Will - About  courtship, etc.
Jy.-Ag. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	Late Spring St. Louis Area Birding
Jy-Ag. 60 Meyer, Ruth		Integration:  Phoebes and Chickadees - How a mother chickadee
		raised some motherless phoebes placed in her nest along with
		her own babies for eight days.
Sep. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Bird Anting - Bird playing with ants, a friendly thing
Sep. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	Summer St. Louis Birding
Oct. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Hawks to the South
Oct. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	The Fall Migration in St. Louis
Oct. 60		Annual Meeting of the Audubon Society of Missouri, Sat. and
		Sunday, Oct. 1-2 at Camp Clover Point, Lake of the Ozarks
		State Park.
Oct. 60		Ornithology Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Oct. 28, at the Farm and Home
		Savings and Loan Community Room in Webster Groves.  Mr.
		Dominick Beirne will have a program on "Nature Work with Boys."
		His work with Boy Scouts makes him well qualified on this subject.
Nov. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	Mystery of the  Turkey - The ancestry of the turkey.
Nov. 60	Philbrick, Hazel B.	Report on Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union
		Annual Meeting, Aug. 23-27, 1960
Nov. 60		Anting - Note to Dr. Bulger calling his attention to an article in
		the Auk, vol. 67, p. 201-209, 1950
Nov. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	Fall Birding in the St. Louis Area
Nov. 60	Hill, Helen	A flock of kinglets outside her window interrupted a World Series
		game.
Nov. 60		Report on Annual Meeting of the Audubon Society of St. Louis.
		Thirty members attended from the St. Louis area.  James F.
		Comfort was elected Editor for the coming year.
Dec. 60	The Vagabond Dreamer	Bobolink!  A story about the grandson of a friend.
Dec. 60	Bulger, Dr. H. A.	A Mystery Solved - Grackles "anting" with moth balls.
Dec. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area Fall Birding
PEOPLE
Jan. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	Thanks friends for cards, phone calls, etc., during recent illness.
Apr. 60		In Memoriam - We are sorry to hear of Ruth Meyer's loss of her
May. 60		mother.  Ruth is a WGNSS member of long standing.
May. 60		In Memoriam - Worlds fail us to note here the untimely loss of Mr.
		and Mrs. David Jones of their son, David Lance.
Jy-Ag. 60		Miss Dorian Scott and Mr. Hal Taylor were married June 30.
Jy-Ag. 60		Paul and Patti Grace are the proud parents of a boy, Samul Hart,
		born June 23.
Jy-Ag. 60		Dr. Charles N. Jordan, who retired from the St. Louis University
		Chemistry Dept. last fall, was honored at a dinner attended by 55
		colleagues and former students.
Jy-Ag. 60		Milonski Transferred - Michael C. Milonski, Area Manager of the
		August A. Busch Wildlife Area, was transferred and promoted
		effective July 1 to head up an accelerated program of Upland Game
		Food and Cover restoration. He will relocate to Jefferson City.
Sep. 60		Congratulations to Al and Karen Haller on the birth of a son,
		Christopher Karl, July 8.
Sep. 60		Mr. Jim Jackson, of the Conservation Commission, will teach a
		class in Conservation at Washington University this next semester.
Oct. 60		We extend the sympathy of WGNSS to Miss Lanier Taylor on the
		death of her mother.
Oct. 60		Our best wishes go to Mr. Cecil Criger and Miss Lanier Taylor on
		their marriage on Sept. 24
Nov. 60		Marshall Magner to Join the Webster Groves County Council, to
		fill out the unexpired term of Gus O. Nations, and will serve until
		April 1962.
Nov. 60		The Jim Jacksons missed the Audubon Meeting at the Lake of the
		Ozarks, but  they were busy elsewhere.  Glenn Stuart Jackson
		arrived on Oct. 1.  Congratulations to the proud Mamma and Papa.
Nov. 60		Dr. E. P. Meiners has died.  He has been a WGNSS member for
		many years.  He owned one of the largest insect collections in the
		United States, and this has been willed to the Missouri Entomology
		Dept.
MISCELLANEOUS
Jan. 60	Petersen, Oscar	A poem in English and German, no  title.
Jan. 60	Criger, Cecil R.	Recorder of Nature Sounds Needs Help!!  Asks members of
		WGNSS to help him find secluded spots for recording nature
		sounds.
Feb. 60	Petersen, Oscar	"The Old Fisherman" at Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., 1930 - Handwritten
		by Oscar Petersen, 436 Glendale Ave., 1930.
Mar. 60	Petersen, Oscar	"The Old Fisherman" at Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., 1930 - Handwritten
		article continued from previous month.
May. 60	Blackwelder, Betsy	Camp Viking - Account of stay at this camp in Denmark.
May. 60	Petersen, Oscar	Observations of the Vagabond - About the outdoor opportunities
		available to the Nature Enthusiast.
May. 60	Petersen, Oscar	Poem - At Day Break!  Very nice
Jun. 60	Taylor, Lanier	It Sticks, Stings, or Stinks - Very lengthy account of visit to the
		Big Bend National Park
Jy-Ag. 60	Bulger, H. A.	The Mystery of That Enjoyable Yawn
Sep. 60	Comfort, J. Earl	What Is So Rare As A Day In June Aboard A Cabin Cruiser - A
		Mississippi River cruise.
Sep. 60	Hill, Helen	Brief comments about happenings on an Oklahoma trip.
Nov. 60		The Conservation Commission has established a 15-day archery
		deer hunting season on the Busch Wildlife Area in an attempt to
		limit the deer herd there.
Dec. 60	Philbrick, Hazel B.	The Unforgettable - How she became a sky watcher at age 5.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jun. 60		At the May 13 general meeting the following officers were elected:
		President - Dr. H. A. Bulger
		1st VP - Cecil Criger
		2nd VP - Mrs. Nettie Palm
		Secretary - Mrs. Louise Day
		Treasurer - Mrs. Florence Comfort
		Curator of Properties - Robert Hill
		Editor - Mrs.Helen Hill
		The new Ornithology Chairman will be Mr. Earl Hath and the
		Botany Chairman Mr. Julian Neill
Sep. 60		Nature Notes has an Art Editor.  Ann Comfort is making the
		drawings for the Nature Notes masthead.
MEETINGS
Jan. 60		Special Meeting, 8 PM, Thursday, Jan. 5, Webster Groves Public
		Library.  Dr. Duis Bolinger will talk on Thailand.
Jan. 60		WGNSS General and Botany Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Jan. 8,
		at Missouri Botanical Garden (small meeting room south side of
		Museum Bldg.), entrance from Tower Grove Ave.  Dr. George B.
		Van Schaak of the Missouri Botanical Garden will talk on "Grasses".
Feb. 60		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Feb. 12, at the Farm and
		Home Savings and Loan Assn., Lockwood at Gray, Webster
		Groves, Mo.  Dr. George Bunting of the Missouri Botanical Garden
		will present an illustrated talk on EXPLORING IN AMAZONIAN
		VENEZUELA.
Feb. 60		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area, 8 AM,
		Sunday, Feb. 14.  Meet at the main gate.
Mar. 60		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area, 8 AM,
		Sunday, March 13.  Meet at the main gate.
Mar. 60		95th Birthday Dinner for Oscar Petersen, 6:30 PM, Friday, March
		4, at the home of Mrs. & Mrs. Waldemar Palm, Quinette Road.
		Make reservation with Mrs. Palm by March 1.  Mr. Palm will give
		an illustrated talk on "The Western Wildflowers" at 8 PM.
Apr. 60		Annual Dinner and Field Trip at Weldon Springs Lodge, April 9.
		Don't forget the date.
Apr. 60		WGNSS General Meeting at the Roundhouse on Allenton Road.
		Saturday, April 9.  (Note location change).  Meeting will be a Family
		Banquet in a Basket.  Society will furnish barbecue fire and coffee.
		Meeting will consist of dissertations on many interesting subjects.
		Field trips will be the order of the day and will start at 2 PM.  The
		program will start at 7 PM.
Apr. 60		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area, 8 AM,
		Sunday, April 10, at 8 AM.  Meet at the main gate.
May. 60		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area, 8 AM,
		Sunday, May 8, at 8 AM.  Meet at the main gate,
May. 60		WGNSS General and Annual Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, May 13,
		at Webster Groves Library, 301 E. Lockwood.  Dr. Hampton
		Carson will speak on "A Flycatcher in Central America."
May. 60		Azalea Day at Pickel Springs, 9 AM, Sunday, May 15
Jun. 60	Vogt, Charlotte	See Botany Section for report on Pickel Springs visit on May 15.
Jun. 60		Report on Annual meeting on May 13 at the Webster Groves Public
		Library.  Dr. Carson's talk was interesting and informative.  The
		purpose of his trip was to catch fruit flies for scientific study.  For
		election results, see the Administrative Section.
Jun. 60		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area, 8 AM,
		Sunday, June 12, at 8 AM.  Meet at the main gate.
Jun. 60		WGNSS General Meeting in the form of an outing at the Neilsen-
		Bulger Farm near Eureka, Saturday, June 18.  From 11 AM until the
		Whip-poor-wills sing.  The program will be Big Bend in Kodachrome
		and Sound, based on the article by Lanier Taylor:  It Sticks, Stings,
		or Stinks.
Sep. 60	Vogt, Charlotte	Report on June Picnic Meeting at Dr. Bulger's cabin in Eureka.
		WGNSS General Meeting, 6:30 PM, Friday, Sept. 9, at the home
		of Mr. & Mrs. Waldemar Palm, Quinette Rd.  Picnic Dinner to
		honor Mr. Oscar Petersen.  Miss Betsy Blackwelder will show
		pictures and tell of her trip to Denmark.
Sep. 60		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area, 8 AM,
		Sunday, September 11.  Meet at the main gate.
Oct. 60		The dinner at the Palms on Sept. 9 for Mr. Petersen was an
		enjoyable affair.  You could see his pleasure as Miss Betsy
		Blackwelder showed pictures of her visit to his native Denmark.
Oct. 60		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area, 8 AM,
		Sunday, Oct. 9.  Meet at the Main Gate.
Nov. 60		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Nov. 11, at the home of
		Dr. & Mrs. A. C. Hofsommer, 639 Lee Avenue, Webster Groves.
		The Hofsommers will present "Birds and Flowers in Nine
		European Countries.
Nov. 60		Monthly Bird Census at the August A. Busch Wildlife Area, 8 AM,
		Sunday, November 13.  Meet at the main gate.
Dec. 60		Report on the WGNSS General meeting of Nov. 11 at the
		Hofsommers.
Dec. 60		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Dec. 9, at  the home of
		Mr. Max Schwartz, 625 Tuxedo Blvd., Webster Groves.  Mr.
		Richard Grossenheider will talk on the subject:  "The Conservation
		Crisis".
Dec. 60		Christmas Party, 7 PM, Sunday, Dec. 18, at the home of Mrs.
		Clinton Day, 18 E. Glenwood Lane, Kirkwood.  Bring food to
		decorate a tree for the birds.
Dec. 60		Christmas Bird Census, Monday, Jan. 2, 8 AM at the Busch
		Wildlife Area at Weldon Springs.  This is an annual event; try and
		be  there.  Jim Comfort will be in charge.