NATURE NOTES - 1964
DATE AUTHOR TITLE
BOTANY
Feb. 64 Miller, Mrs. Steve  Comments about Indian Pipes
(Ritchey, Mo.)
Mar. 64 Botany Class - Now underway.  Report on first session of the 
class.
Mar. 64 Harbinger of Spring - Will make its appearance in wooded lowlands
very early in March.  Description given.
Apr. 64 Botany Report - Lists flowers found by Louise Day and Helen Hill
on March 13.
Apr. 64 Day, Louise (Botany Chair) Describes areas around St. Lous where outstanding display of 
wildflowers are seen.  Primary spots are Washington State Park
and Rock Hollow (aka Beanshooter's Gulch).  The Arboretum was 
also mentioned as a good spot.  
Apr. 64 The Botany class of March 1 at the Ludlow Hills tried keying out
plants as described in our new "Steyermarks".  
Apr. 64 The Shaw's Garden outdoor field trip brought together 13 eager
"Botaneers" in spite of poor weather.  Interesting observations were 
made.
Apr. 64 The Botany trip to Busch Wildlife on March 22 was also quite 
productive.  List of findings given.
May. 64 Botany Class Report (on the class of March 28th).
May. 64 Vogt, Charlotte Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Jun. 64 Vogt, Charlotte Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Jun. 64 Vogt, Charlotte Botany at Gray Summit - Report on the botany trip to the 
Arboretum on May 9.
Jun. 64 Botany Breakfast, 8:30 AM, at the home of Mr. Elbert Fanter,
12609 Weber Hill Road.  Bring breakfast, botany equipment and 
ambition!
Jul. 64 Vogt, Charlotte  And Then There Were Four - Skunks, that is, and so ended our 
botany trip.
Jul. 64 Vogt, Charlotte Botany Plus - Report on May 23 Botany Group trip to Rockwoods
Aug. 64 Vogt, Charlotte Botany Breakfast at the Fanter's Place - On Weber Hill Rd.  A 
botany walk followed.
Aug. 64 Vogt, Charlotte St. John's-wort
Aug. 64 Rau, Edna She's For the Birds - While washing dishes at Grand and Flora, 
spied a flock of birds eating caterpillars outside her window.  
Tentative identification:  pine sparrows.
Sep. 64 Vogt, Charlotte Report on a Botany Group trip to the Bulger-Neilson home in 
Pacific on a hot July 19th.
Sep. 64 Vogt, Charlotte Dutchman's Pipe Vine 
Oct. 64 Vogt, Charlotte September Botany - Report on the Sept. 12 Botany Group trip to
the Arboretum.
Nov. 64 Bowman, Helen The Fruits of Autumn
Nov. 64 Vogt, Charlotte A Late-Blooming Mint - Cunila (aka dittany)
Nov. 64 Vogt, Charlotte Climatron Botany - Report on speech by Dr. Anderson to Botany
Group on "Plants of the Climatron".
CONSERVATION
Mar. 64 Massie, Joel and Bertha Swedish Conservationist, Major  Sven Wahlberg, will be coming to
St. Louis in March.
May. 64 Knapp, Erwin Deadly Chemicals - Used by the railroads on right-of-ways
May. 64 Wildlife Protection of Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area -
Conservationists are hopeful that wildlife values will be fully protected
in management of this new recreation area.
Jun. 64 Fish and Wildlife Service Opposes Rampart Dam (in Alaska)
Sep. 64 President asks Congress for Funds to Step-up Pesticide 
Research.  In response to large fish kill last winter in the lower
Mississippi River.  (from the National Wildlife's Conservation News)
Sep. 64 (President) Johnson Signs Ozark Scenic Riverways Bill - from 
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Aug. 29
Dec. 64 Land and Water Conservation Fund Bill Passes House - Reprinted
from the National Wildlife Federation's "Conservation News".
Dec. 64 Sixty Species of American Wildlife on Danger List - Reprinted
from NWF's "Conservation News".
ENTOMOLOGY
May. 64    Living Fossil Found - A blind, 10-legged beetle at the bottom of a 
2650 foot deep cave in Verona, Italy.  It has been living in the cave
for 70 million years.
Sep. 64 Family NEPIDAE--The Water Scorpions
HERPETOLOGY
Apr. 64 Ballinger, Lucile The American Toad (Bufo Americanus) - Comprehensive 
coverage.
May. 64 Knapp, Erwin Herman - Another story about a toad (named Herman)
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 64 Dr. Julian Steyermark's new book on the "Flora of Missouri" is 
now available.
Jan. 64 Comfort, J. Earl Autumn and Winter St. Louis Area Birds
Jan. 64 Comfort, J. Earl Shorebirds in the St. Louis Area - A follow up on the Dec. 
Ornithology meeting on Shorebirds in which Dick Anderson was 
the moderator.
Feb. 64 Schaef, Mary Florida Christmas - All about birds
Feb. 64 Comfort, J. Earl St. Louis Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count (Orchard Farm) -
13 observers in one party, -6 deg., Earl Comfort, compiler; Jim 
Jackson, Mr. & Mrs. Joel Massie, et al.  45 species, 3007 
individuals.
Feb. 64 Comfort, J. Earl A Review of St. Louis Area 1963 Birding
Mar. 64 Wiese, Mary A Cardinal Named Joe - The Cecil Johnsons of Ladue have 
developed a friendship with a male cardinal, initiated by the bird.
Mar. 64 Vollmar, Mrs. R. Lewis  A Brown Thrasher Winters in St. Louis
Mar. 64 Knapp, Erwin  Interesting Bird Feeding Notes
Mar. 64 Comfort, J. Earl Winter Birding in St. Louis
Mar. 64 Poem about "Starling Stew".
Apr. 64 Knapp, Erwin  Things to Do (to be completed before our wild birds start making 
their nest, for example, repairing bird houses)
Apr. 64 Comfort, J. Earl Late Winter Birds Around St. Louis
May. 64 Comfort, J. Earl Early Spring Birding Around St. Louis
May. 64 Ornithology "Big Day", Dawn to Dusk, Sunday, May 3.  A census 
will be taken of all species of birds within 50 miles of St. Louis.
Report all species found on May 3 to Earl Hath.
Jun. 64 Knapp, Erwin  Sounds - Essay about bird songs
Jun. 64 Comfort, J. Earl St. Louis Area Birds in the Spring
Jul. 64 Anderson, Dick A Whirlwind Bird Trip to Mexico - Pt. I
Jul. 64 Comfort, J. Earl St. Louis' Summer Birds
Jul. 64 Hill, R. Ludlow A Moving Cafeteria - For swallows with a nest on the Grafton Ferry.
Jul. 64 Willetts, John Canadian Capers - Pt. 1 - Account of a ten-day canoe trip in the 
Quetico Provincial Park, birding oriented.
Aug. 64 Anderson, Dick A Whirlwind Bird Trip to Mexico - Pt. II
Aug. 64 Comfort, J. Earl Summer Birds of the St. Louis Area
Aug. 64 Willets, John Canadian Capers - Pt. II - The foursome runs short of provisions
because of overeating, and arrives back home with an empty gas 
tank and 7 cents.  Bed and food restored life!
Sep. 64 Comfort, J. Earl Summering Birds in the St. Louis Area
Sep. 64 Fiegley, Margaret Western Bird Watching--Summer of 1964
Sep. 64  Rau, Edna Another Item About Birds - Twelve dead birds, mostly sparrows, 
observed in square in front of Old Court House.  Whodunnit?
Oct. 64 Comfort, J. Earl Late Summer St. Louis Area Birding
Oct. 64 A Jaunt to Swamp Country - Report on.  Party consisted of 
Hanselman, Bob and Dave Dwyer, and John Willetts. Visits to
Reelfoot Lake, Mingo NWR, and Big Oak State Park.
Oct. 64 Annual Meeting of the Audubon Society of Missouri, Sat. and Sun.,
Oct. 10-11.  Held at Camp Rising Sun, Lake of the Ozarks State
Park.  
Nov. 64 Hays, Donald R. Birding in the Washington, Missouri Area
Nov. 64 Comfort,  J. Earl Autumn Birds of St. Louis
Nov. 64    Eger, Diane Report on the Audubon Society of Missouri Annual Meeting - Jim 
Jackson elected vice-president; food was excellent.
Nov. 64      Krotz, Ella Mae Birds of Doubtful Utility (from 1848 History of Jackson County, Ill.)
Birds listed included blue jays, robin, brown thrush, catbird, small
owls, pigeons, and mockingbirds.
Dec. 64 Hill, Helen How Not to Attend the Audubon Convention - Tells how she and
her uncle, Earl Comfort, started out to visit the convention in 
Tucson but had so many bird diversions along the way that they
never made the convention.  Interesting!
Dec. 64 Comfort, J. Earl Autumn Birds of the St. Louis Region
Dec. 64 Guenther, Bob The Birds of Kenrick Seminary
Dec. 64 St. Louis Audubon Society Christmas Bird Census in St. Charles 
County along the Mississippi River, Saturday, Dec. 26, 8 AM.  Meet
at the Boschertown School.  Contact Earl Hath for more info.
Dec. 64 Chrismas Census in the Grafton, Ill-Pere Marquette-Swan Lake
Area, Sunday, Dec. 27, 8 AM.  Meeting place t.b.a.  Contact 
Kathryn Arhos for more information.  
Dec. 64 WGNSS Christmas Census at Busch Wildlife Area in St. Charles
County, Sunday, Jan. 3, at 8 AM.  Meet at the headquarters.  
Dec. 64 Other Christmas Bird Counts are in the offing.  We hope to get
a good group for a census at the Mingo Refuge.  Call Steve
Hanselman for more information.
PEOPLE
Jan. 64 A thank you note from Kunisuke Takeuchi, PhD, Biological
Institute, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University - Says he's 
enjoyed WGNSS bird walks very much.
Jan. 64 Congratulations to the Arthur Liesers on the arrival of a baby girl, 
Diane Hertha Lieser, born Jan. 6, 1964.
Jul. 64 A note from Dick Wason says that he's recently joined the staff
of the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois and invites old friends to
drop in and see them.
MISCELLANEOUS
Jan. 64 Grace, Patty "Florida and Back in Five Days" or "Visions of Freuhauf Anyone" -
Pt. 2 - Continued narrative of Florida visit.
Feb. 64 Schaef, Mary Florida Christmas 
May. 64  Hill, Helen Camping in Florida
ADMINISTRATIVE
Mar. 64 The Webster Groves Nature Study Society has surrendered its 
privilege of using the Round House at Rockwoods Reservation as 
of March 21.  If anyone has personal property at the Round House,
please remove it by March 21st.
Apr. 64 Nominees for officers of WGNSS for 1964-1965
     President - Mr. Richard Anderson  
     1st VP - Mr. Walter Liddell
     2nd VP - Mr. Robert L. Dwyer
     Secretary - Mrs. Earl Meloy 
     Treasurer - Mrs. Robert Hill
     Editor - Mr. Steve Hanselmann
     Curator of Properties - Mr. Earl Biffle
May. 64 New Officers of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society - The
above slate recommended by the Nominating Committee was 
elected at the annual meeting.  In addition, Mrs. Chris (Kathryn) Arhos
was elected Ornithology Chairman
Aug. 64 Our thanks to Mr. Albert Haller, attorney.  Al informs us that the
State of Missouri has, in response to a letter of inquiry by Al,
informed us that the Webster Groves Nature Society was in-
corporated on March 18, 1940, with a corporation duration of 
perpetual.
MEETINGS
Jan. 64 Monthly Bird Census, Busch Wildlife Area. Sunday, Jan. 5, 8 AM.
Meet at the red brick schoolhouse on Hy. 94, south of  Hy. 40
Jan. 64 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Jan. 17 at the home of
Mr. & Mrs. C. R. Criger, 2401 Bellevue Ave., Maplewood, Mo.
This program will be about the Big Bend Territory  and the Alamo
down in Texas.
Feb. 64 Monthly Bird Census, Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, Feb. 9, 8 AM.
Meet at the red brick schoolhouse on Hy. 94.
WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Feb. 14, at the Farm and
Home Bldg., Webster Groves, Mo.  Miss Betsy Blackwelder will
give an illustrated talk on her travels through Denmark and Holland 
via bicycle.
Mar. 64 Annual Banquet April 18th - Will be at the New Hope Church in
Weldon Springs.  A delicious turkey dinner will be served family
style.
Mar. 64 Joint Meeting with St. Louis Audubon at the St. Louis County
Library, 1640 S. Lindbergh, at 1640 S. Lindbergh, 7:45 PM.
Major Sven Wahlberg of Boden, Sweden will give an illustrated talk
on "Sweden - Bird Life, Flowers, and Back Country Scenery".
Mar. 64 Farewell meeting at the Roundhouse, Saturday, March 15, 10 AM.
Rockwoods Reservation.  Anyone who has personal property here
please come and claim it.
Mar. 64 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, March 20, at the Farm
and Home Bldg., Lockwood and Gray, Webster Groves.  The Drs.
Hofsommer will show their colored slides and talk on the flora
and fauna of the Canadian Rockies.
Mar. 64 Busch Monthly Census at Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, March 22,
8 AM.  Meet at the red brick schoolhouse as usual.
Mar. 64 Botany Field Trip to Busch Wildlife, Sunday, March 22, 12 Noon.
The Botany Group will meet the Ornithology group at noon for 
lunch at the lodge.  The botaneers can meet the birders in the 
morning if desired.  The botany hike will start after lunch.
Apr. 64 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, April 10, at the Farm &
Home Bldg., Webster Groves.  Bring colored slides, movies, or 
black and white photographs of field trips for showing. Election of
officers.  
Apr. 64   General Field Trip, Busch Wildlife, 12 noon.  Met at Busch 
Wildlife Headquarters.
Apr. 64 WGNSS Annual Banquet, 6 PM, April 18, at New Hope Church,
Weldon Springs.  The program for the evening will be "Animals of
Missouri", by Richard Grossenheider.
Apr. 64 Botany Overnight Field Trip to Lesterville, Mo. And the Johnson
Shut-Ins, Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26.  Meet at 12 noon
at the Roy Adams Service Station just beyond the bridge crossing
the East Fork of the Black River.  
May. 64   Monthly Bird Census, Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, May 10.  Meet 
at 8 AM at the red brick schoolhouse on Hwy 94 just south of Hwy. 40 
May. 64 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, May 8, at the Farm and
Home Bldg., Lockwood and Gray, Webster Groves.  Eugene 
Wilhelm will talk and show slides on "Forest Ecology of the Lake
Country of Southern Chile and Argentina."
Jun. 64 Vogt, Charlotte Botany Trip to Lesterville and the Shut-in (on April 25-26)
Jun. 64 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, June 12, at the air-
conditioned Farm and Home Bldg., Lockwood and Gray, Webster
Groves.  "The Mark Twain Refuge and Its Wildlife" will be presented 
by Refuge Manager Dick Vasse.  
Jun. 64 Monthly Bird Census, Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, June 14.  Meet
at 8 AM at the red brick schoolhouse on Hwy 94 just south of Hwy. 40 
Jun. 64 General Field Trip, 1 PM, Saturday, June 20, to the Alton-Pere 
Marquette Area. Meet at the south end of the Lewis and Clark 
Bridge.  
Jun. 64 General Meeting in the form of a picnic supper, Saturday,  June 27,
5 PM, at the home of Mr.& Mrs. Robert Hill, 12732 Sunset Dive, 
St. Louis.  
Jul. 64 Monthly Bird Census, Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, July 12.  Meet
at Headquarters in the heart of the area (note new meeting place), 
at 8 AM.
Aug. 64 Vogt, Charlotte A Day of Little Misadventures - Report on the General Field Trip of
June 20.
Sep. 64 Monthly Bird Census, Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, Sept. 13, 
8 AM.  Meet at the Area Headquarters.  
Sep. 64 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Sept. 28, at the Farm &
Home Bldg., Lockwood and Gray, Webster Groves.  Dr. Harold
Bulger will give a talk on "The Finer Elements of the Feather".
Oct. 64 Monthly Bird Census, Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, Oct. 11, 
8 AM. Meet at headquarters.
Nov. 64 Busch Monthly Census at Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, Nov. 8.
Meet at headquarters.
Nov. 64 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Nov. 13, at the 
Farm and Home Building, Lockwood and Gore (Gray?) Webster
Groves.  Members are asked to bring some of their favorite slides 
to show.
Dec. 64 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Dec. 11, at the Farm and
Bldg., Lockwood and Gray, Webster Groves.  Joel and Bertha 
Massie will show slides and talk on the first part of their African
trip.  
Dec.  64 Busch Monthly Census at Busch Wildlife Area, Sunday, Dec. 13, 
8 AM.  Meet at Headquarters.