NATURE NOTES - 1972
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
BOTANY
Jan. 72	Feigley, Peg	North to Churchill (on Hudson Bay)
Feb. 72	Day, Nancy	December Botany Walk
Feb. 72	Denison, Edgar	The Flowers That Bloom before Spring---Tra, La
Mar. 72	Christ, Art	Botany Field Trip Prevue
Mar. 72		(Trees in the news.  One, a non-blooming magnolia in Mayfield,
		Kentucky; the other, a 300 year old elm included in the TVA's
		Tellico Dam and Reservoir project in Tennessee (but which will
		not be submerged)
Apr. 72	Christ, Art	Botany Field Trips
Apr. 72		Arbor Day will be 100 years old on April 10,1972
May. 72		Statistics on the number of leaves on various tree species.
May. 72	Christ, Art	Botany Field Trips (schedule)
Jun. 72	Bodman, Rose Ann	Lower Plants Field Trip
Jy-Ag. 72	Denison, Edgar	A Visit to Tucker Prairie (a field laboratory of the University of
		Missouri)
		Wild Flowers of the Ozarks.  This article by the Late Dr. Anderson
		is reproduced here at the suggestion of Edgar Denison.  It came
		from a 1962 publication of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Dec. 72	Denison, Edgar	Botany Group Excursion (to Greensfelder Park), Sunday,
		Oct. 15, 1972.
Dec. 72		Missouri Wildflower Book (by Edgar Denison) will be available
		by Dec. 16
CONSERVATION
Jan. 72	Feigley, M. D.	Letter to Carl Noren, Mo. Dept. of  Conservation, expressing support
		of WGNSS, an assn. of over 600 members, for plans for
		enlarged conservation functions through a tax on soft drinks,
		and recommendations for how the money should be spent.
Feb. 72	Denison, Edgar	Help Save Prairie Land in Missouri:  The WGNSS Board has
		contributed enough money to purchase 4 acres of the 160 acre
		Pennsylvania Prairie, now available for $32,000.  Additional
		conributions needed.
Mar. 72	Massie, Bertha	(Missouri) Natural Areas: A list
Mar. 72	Runge, C. Andy	Letter of appreciation for WGNSS's gift of $250 to The Missouri
		Prairie Foundation
Mar. 72	Massie, Bertha	List of Board-Approved Coalition for the Environment resolutions
		involving the Meramec Basin plan.
Apr. 72		Prairie Retained:  The Prairie Foundation was successful in its
		effort to acquire the 160 acre Pennsylvania Prairie in Dade County
Apr. 72		Acknowledgment received for a $100 contribution to Shaw's
		Garden Arboretum by WGNSS (via letter to Edgar Denison,
		printed under the heading "Miscellany")
May. 72	Bauer, Paul E.	Motorbikes in National Parks.  On July 1, 1972, the use of
		motorbikes and other motorized recreational vehicles will be
		allowed in Missouri's Clark and Mark Twain national forests.
		A letter by Bauer opposing the action is included in Nature
		Notes.  People who share his concern are urged to write  forest
		managers and explain their beliefs.
Jun. 72		Conservation Legislation:  Support for the pending Harris-Pryor bill
		to prevent the useless slaughter of seals, dolphins, and the like, is
		requested.
Jy-Ag. 72	Denison, Edgar	A Visit to Tucker Prairie (a field laboratory of the University of
		Missouri)
Oct. 72		Environmental Film Series:  Sponsored by St. Louis University
		and held at the Pius XII Library at the University.  Excellent
		programs scheduled for the next quarter.
Nov. 72		(The expected life of litter; for example, a soft drink can dropped in
		the woods in 1972 will be completely degraded by 2473, etc.
Nov. 72	Zacher, Clarence	Article from an Alaska newspaper opposing the "strange and
		unbelievable act of the U.S. Congress in resricting the killing
ENTOMOLOGY		of sea mammals….."
Jan. 72	Wiese, Mary C.	Romance in the Tool-Shed (involving a pair of cecropia moths)
May. 72	Sullivan, Father James	The Marbled Sumac Beetle
May. 72		The Menace of the Gpsy Moth
Jun. 72	Sullivan, Father James	Soldier Beetle
Oct. 72	Grosser, Dr. Morton	The Language of Scent, Pt. 1
Nov. 72	Grosser, Dr. Morton	The Language of Scent, Pt. 2
Dec. 72	Rau, Phil and Nellie	The Sex Attraction and Rhythmic Periodicity in Giant  Saturnid
		Moths, by "Pediculus" (a.k.a. Phil and Nellie Ray, pioneer
		WGNSSers), reprinted from the Jan. 1930 issue of Nature Notes.
Dec. 72	Grosser, Dr. Morton	The Language of Scent, Pt. 3
GEOLOGY
Feb. 72	Boroughf, Homes F.	Geology Group will meet on Tuesday evening, Feb. 8, at the
		Webster Groves Trust Company.  Program will be "The Common
		Fossils of Missouri"
Sep. 72		Geology Field Trip (into the Missouri Ozarks)
Oct. 72	Boroughf, Homes F.	The Geology Group will take advantage of the picnic to study the
		geology of Sunny Ranch.
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 72	Reinhart, Betsy	Bahama Birding
Jan. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area Birds of November
Jan. 72	Samuelson, Mr. & Mrs. G. J.	Migration (a story of two cygnets)
Jan. 72	Feigley, Peg	North to Churchill (on Hudson Bay)
Jan. 72	Kubler, Kay	(Lake) Erie Birding
Feb. 72	Spener, Claudia	There's No Such Thing As A Harris' Sparrow (a spoof)
Feb. 72	Lapthorne, Millie	Birding Down Under
Feb. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area December Birds
Feb. 72		Christmas Bird Censuses - 1972 - Detailed reports on Orchard
		Farm, Pere Marquette State Park, and Weldon Spring
Mar. 72	Bodman, Rose Ann	In Quest of a Limpkin
Mar. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area Birds in January
Mar. 72	Anderson, Richard and	The booklet, "A Guide to Finding Birds in the St. Louis Area", is
	Bauer, Paul	available from our treasurer for $1.10.
Apr. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area February Birds
Apr. 72		Nonconformity (about the mother who goes out after birds
		instead of watching TV)
Apr. 72	Bauer, Paul	Fifth Annual WGNSS Bluebird Count (at Sunny Ranch)
Apr. 72	Liddell, Walt	Great Horned Owls from Little Hawks Grow:  Climbing a tree
		to photograph a nest, a nervous Vivian, and a bad case of
		poison ivy.
May. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area March Birding
May. 72	Snetsinger, Phoebe	Display at Dusk (about the Woodcock)
Jun. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	April Birds in the St. Louis Area
Jun. 72		Falconry Revived (to frighten coots away from San Antonio, Texas
		golf course.  This worked when all other attempts failed.)
Jy-Ag. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	May's Many St. Louis Area Birds
Jy-Ag. 72	Bucholtz, Viola	Warblers and Kites
Sep. 72	White, Don	"Eyes Like a Hawk":  A Scientific study
Sep. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	June and July Birding Around St. Louis
Oct. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	August Birds Around St. Louis
Oct. 72	Six, Judith S.	An Attraction for Birds:  A drip feeder for bird baths.
Oc. 72	Buchanan, Barbara	Notes on Grackles
Nov. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area September Birding
Nov. 72	Pickering, Burrell	1972 Bluebird Nesting Box Study
Nov. 72	Bowman, Helen	More About Grackles
Dec.72	Vasse, Sally	(Pere Marquette) Christmas Bird Count
Dec. 72	Comfort, J. Earl	St. Louis Area October Birding
Dec. 72	Rauch, Vern & Dot	And Still More…..On Grackles….
Dec. 72		Perry Reynolds Nature Slide Collection:  A 300 slide collection
		received.  Will be used in various WGNSS programs/activities,
		as decribed in the article.
Dec. 72	Wiese, Mary	South Pacific Adventure
Dec. 72		And More Christmas Censii:  At Busch Wildlife and at Mingo
PEOPLE
May. 72		Kudos:  WGNSS members Elmer W. Headlee and Lee Franz
		Mason have recently been honored, the former as one of five
		outstanding science educators and the latter as president of the
		St. Louis branch of the National League of American Pen Women,
		at a reception at the White House
Sep. 72		Nellie Rau - A memorial.  A piorneer member of WGNSS, she
		died aat the age of 86.  Much biographical information.
		died at the age of 86.  Much biographical information.
		Her husband was Phil Rau, a prominent WGNSSer in the past
		and a pioneer in the study of insect scents (pheromones)
MISCELLANEOUS
Jan. 72	Powers, Horatio Nelson	The New Year (a poem)
Jan. 72		WIGNESS (How to pronounce our acronym)
Feb. 72	Watson, Sir William	The Things That Are More Excellent (a poem)
Mar. 72	Wordsworth, William	Daffodils
Mar. 72	Zacher, C. A., Jr.	A Visit to th Northern Forest Fire Laboratory
Mar. 72	Zacher, C. A., Jr.	A Visit to the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory
Mar. 72	Samuelson, Mr. & Mrs. G.J.	Nature Below the Equator:  Review of two books by W. H.
		Hudson.  One - Green Mansions; the other - Far Away and Long
		Ago, an autobiography
Apr. 72	Proudfit, D. L.	Prehistoric Smith (a poem about a man with a  tail)
May. 72		Sumer (A poem, from the Cuckoo Song, ca. 1250)
Jun.72	Coke, Sir Edward	Moderation in All Things:  Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study
		six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.
Jy-Ag. 72		Mercury That Causes the Fish's Undelicious:  The hazard of
		mercury accumulation in edible fish.
Jy-Ag. 72	Cowper, William	Friendship (no friend of mine steps needlessly on a worm)
Jy-Ag. 72		Editorial Ramblings:  Cicadas, snakes, and hummingbirds.
Sep. 72		Coelacanth:  Commentary on this sea dweller, thought to have
		become extinct 70 million years ago, but discovered as still
		existing in the seas between Madagascar and South Africa.
Sep. 72	Samuelson, Gilbert	Report from the West:  Western Nebraska, boyhood home of
		Samuelson
Nov. 72	Farrand, Margaret L.	Fall (a poem)
Dec. 72	Shakespeare, William	To Each Its Season (a poem)
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jan. 72		List of WGNSS Properties -- 12/5/71
Jan. 72		We Welcome the Following New Members…. (7 total)
Feb. 72		Appreciation:  By the editors for the many cards and letters of
		appreciation received over the past several months; several
		specific letters cited.
Feb. 72		Nominations:  The nominating committee of Paul Bauer (Chmn.),
		Phoebe Snetsinger and Bill Brush has produced the following
		slate of officers for next year:
		President - Kyrle Boldt
		1st V.P. - Floyd Hallett
		2nd V.P. - Rose Ann Bodman
		Secretary - Mary Wiese
		Treasurer  Kay Kirchman
		Editors - Mr. & Mrs. G. J. Samuelson
Feb. 72		Membership Cards have been discontinued by the Executive
		Board because the burden of preparing and disributing the cards for
		our growing membership is not justified.
Mar. 72		Text of proposed newly updated Constitution and By-Laws
		enclosd with March issue; to be voted on at the Annual Meeting on
		March 10.
Mar. 72		New Members (28 total)
Apr. 72		Constitution:  An additional page (dealing with taxes) for the
		proposed new constitution distributed last month is enclosed
		with this issue.  Add to what you've already received.
Apr. 72		General information about WGNSS and Nature Notes for new
		membefrs.  (Included in an article entitled "Miscellany")
Apr. 72		At the general meeting in March the proposed new
		Constitution and By-Laws was approved, and the slate of
		officers proposed by Nominating Committee was elected.
Apr. 72		New Members (20 total)
May. 72		WGNSS Welcomes the Following New Members (10 total)
Jun.72		We Welcome the Following New Members to WGNSS (10 total)
Jy-Ag. 72		We Welcome the Following New Members to WGNSS (9 total)
Sep. 72		New Members (8)
Oct. 72		We Welcome the Following New Members……(9 total)
Oct. 72		The Executive Board at its last meeting committed Nature Notes
		to publish an appeal to the membership to protest the use of
		steel traps in Missouri.  Responders are asked to write to the
		Director of the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Oct. 72		The Bluebird:  This is the name of the quarterly publication of
		the Audubon Society of Missosuri, the president of which is our
		own James P. Jackson.  WGNSSers should know that this
		publication is being printed on our own high speed presses, along
		with Nature Notes.  If you'd like to receive the Bluebird, contact
		Dick Anderson.
Nov. 72		In Appreciation:  Letter from reader comments that the continuing
		support of WGNSS and its publication over a span of more than
		52 years is apparent.  May WGNSS continue as long as the
		flowers bloom and the birds sing.
Nov. 72		We Welcome the Following Members …..(6 total)
Ded. 72	Miller, Jeff	Steel Traps:  Letter from Jeff Miller, a promoter of the anti-trap
		campaign, thanking WGNSS for its support.
Dec. 72		WGNSS Welcomes the Following New Members…. (10 total)
MEETINGS
Jan.72		WGNSS Indoor Nature Adventure, 8 PM, Friday, Jan. 14, at
		County Library, 1640 South Lindbvergh.  Lillian Nagel and Peg
		Feigley will talk on:  "Bogs, Their Origin, Ecology, Flora, and
		Ultimate Destiny".
Feb. 72		WGNSS Indoor Adventure, 8 PM, Friday, Feb. 11, County Library.
		Dr. Philip Gale will take us with him on a 300 mile trip down the
		Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
Mar. 72		WGNSS Indoor Nature Adventure,. 8 PM, Friday, March 10, at
		County Library.  Burrell and Ruby Pickering will show slides
		and tell us about the educational program whidh goes on at
		Sunny Ranch
May. 72		WGMSS Indoor Nature Adventure, 8 PM, Friday, May 12, at
		County Library.  Mr. & Mrs Harvard Hecker will present a movie
		they made in 1971 on the Galapagos Islands.
Jun. 72	Samuelson, Mr.& Mrs. G. J.	Galapagos Revisited:  Report on the May. 12 general meeting.
Sep. 72		WGNSS Indoor Adventure, 89 PM, Friday, Sep. 8, County Library.
		Edgar Denison will present an illustrated talk on the Big Bend
		Country of South Texas.
Oct. 72		Indoor Nature Adventures:  Thanks to Edgar Denison for his usual
		excellent job in his program about the Big Bend Country of
		South Texas.  Next on the Adventure agenda (Oct. 13)  is a
		presentation by the Halletts on the subject of birding in Arizona.
Oct. 72		WGNSS Indoor Nature Adventure, 8 PM, Friday, Oct. 12, at
		County Library.  The Halletts will present "Birding in Arizona".
Nov. 72		WGlNSS Indoor Nature Adventure, 8 PM, Friday, Nov. 10, at
		County Library.  Walt Liddell will present "Let's Look at Birds".
Dec. 72		(Critique of October and November WGNSS monthly programs)
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Feb. 72		The WGNSS annual banquet will be held Friday, April 21 at
		Heritage House, 3612 South Lindbergh.  A slide program will take
		us on an extended journey through British Columbia to the foot
		of Mt. McKinley with the family of James P. Jackson.
Mar. 72		Annual Banquet Reminder
Apr. 72		Plans are being laid for a repetition of the Nature Workshops
		(initiated at the last Sunny Ranch outing) at the picnic scheduled
		for May 7.  Details later.
Apr. 72		WGNSS Annual Banquet at the Heritage House, 3612 South
		Lindbergh.  Program will be as described above.
May. 72		WGNSS Picnic (at Sunny Ranch).  Activivities for the following
		groups will be scheduled:  Botany, Butterflies, Trees and
		Forestry, Birds, Insects, Lower Plants, Geology, Nature
		Photography and Pond Life.  Sunday, May 7, all day.
Jun. 72	Samuelson, Mr. & Mrs. G. J	Statistics:  Reports on the Annual Banquet (161 guests) and on
		the picnic day on May 7 at the Sunny Ranch (151 guests).
Oct. 72		Fall Picnic:  Scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 8, at Sunny Ranch.
		Leaders who will provide guided tours include Art Christ, Mary
		Wiese, Kathryn Arhos, Edgar Denison, Bill Brush, Jim Jackson
		and Jim Ruschill.  Times and places to be announced at the
		picnic.
Nov. 72		Picnic Past:  An estimated 200 people enjoyed perfect weather
		at the Oct. 8 picnic at Sunny Ranch.
Dec. 72		Chistmas Party:  Will be held at the home of Bertha and Joel
		Massie, 6 Indian Hill Drive West, at 8 PM, on Friday, Dec. 15