NATURE NOTES - 1980
DATE AUTHOR TITLE
BOTANY
Jan. 80 Christ, Art Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum Thalictroides
Feb. 80 Haller, Karen S. Journey to the Sunklands
Feb. 80 Christ, Art Leaf-cup (Polymnia)
Mar. 80 Christ, Art The Rue Anemones
Apr. 80 Clhrist, Art And Now There Are 109:  Announced discovery of a new species
of Carex, one not listed in Steyermark's Flora
Apr. 80 Menke, Nell Who Knows Where or When (the first spring flowers will emerge)
May. 80 Christ, Art Penny Cress (Thlaspi)
Summ. 80 Christ, Art Some Rare Plants of Southwestern Missouri
Sep. 80 Christ, Art Barbara's Buttons (Marshallia Caespitosa)
Oct. 80 Christ, Art Clammy Cuphea (Cuphea Petiolata)
Nov. 80   Christ, Art Rare Variety of Water Hemlock (Cicuta Maculata) Found in
Missouri
Dec. 80 Christ, Art Crested Coral Root Orchid (Hexalectris Spicata)
CONSERVATION
Feb. 80 Curley, Pat and Hipps, Jane Deer Creek Clean-up:  The City of Webster Groves is planning to
clean up 2.8 miles of Deer Creek on April 19 as a potential site for
a St. Louis County linear park.
Feb. 80 Mastodon Park Committee Seeks to Preserve (Victoria) Glade
Apr. 80 Suipport the Tsonga-Roth Bill on Alaska:  Write letters of support
to Senator John C. Danforth
ENTOMOLOGY
May. 80 Coles, Richard FRAS is a 4-Letter Word:  The word for caterpillar excrement that
in May falls like a gentle rain on the forest floor.
Oct. 80 Sullivan, Fr. Jim New Species (--of Beetle) Discovered on Botany Trip
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 80 Rudden, Bill First St. Louis Sighting of a McCown's Longspur
Jan. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann November Birding in the St. Louis Area
Jan. 80 Color Marked Herring Gulls:  The gulls have been marked with
numbered and colored ribbons.  Please report any you see.
Jan. 80 Busch Shorebird Area Nears Completion:  The 35 acre shorebird
area…will cost $200,000
Feb. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann 1979 Birding Has Few Highlights
Feb. 80 Anderson,  Dick Squaw Creek and the Ross' Goose
Feb. 80  Quest for 700 Birds Fall Sort of the Mark:  James Vardaman, 
seeking to be te first birder to sight 700 species of birds in one 
year in North America had to settle for 698
Feb. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann December Birding in the St. Louis Area
Mar. 80 Rudden, Bill There is a Jaeger at the (Alton) Dam
Mar. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann January Birding in the St. Louis Area
Apr. 80 Coles, Richard Winter at Tyson
Apr. 80 Kridelbaugh, Alan L. Loggerhead Shrike Study:  The Missouri Dept. of Fisheries and
Wildlife is planning a study of loggerhead shrikes, prompted by
a population decline.
Apr. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann February Birding in the St. Louis Area
Apr. 80 Spener, Claudia Note from Texas (about birding with former WGNSS Editors
Kay and Ernie Mueller)
May. 80 Bever, Emily Birds of the City of St. Louis
May. 80 The Steel Shot Decision:  Protest action by Conservation
Commissioners in overruling the MDC staff and rescinding the
state's regulations requiring steel shot for waterfowl hunting.
May. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann March Birding in the St. Louis Area
May. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann The William Rudden Heron Colony:  So designated by Cornell
University
Summ. 80 Ulmer, Blaine A. Baja for Whales (and birds)
Summ. 80 Coles, Richard Standing on the Corner (of Highways W and FF, south of Eureka)
Summ. 80 Rudden, Bill Missouri Year List Record Broken (by Tim Barksdale, with 283
species)
Summ. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann Spring Birding in the St. Louis Area
Summ. 80 Bever, Emily Squaw Creek Treasurer's Report (of the WGNSS Rail Group 
field trip)
Summ. 80 WGNSS Contributes ($500) to Eagle Propagation Program
Sep. 80 Wiese, Mary Ecuador - February, 1980 (with Phoebe Snetsinger)
Sep. 80 Cary, Diana Pheasant Project at Marais Temps Clair Wildlife Area
Sep. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann Late Spring and Summer Birding
Oct. 80 Wrischnik, Lucas 1980 Heron Rookery Census (by Illinois Audubon Society, Dick
Anderson and Phoebe Snetsinger)
Oct. 80 Wiese, Mary The Rockpile in October
Oct. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann August Birding in the St. Louis Area
Oc. 80 Denison, Edgar Birding in a (Yard) Shower.  Birds reaction to a shower is
close to orgiastic. 
Nov. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann September Birding
Nov. 80 Wuestenfeld, Helen Broadwing Big Day
Dec. 80 Hallett, Floyd (Birding at) Yellow Dog Plains (in Michigan)
Dec. 80 Cary, Diana Volunteers Needed (by Mo. Dept. of Conservation) for Pheasant
Research
Dec. 80 Bodman, Rose Ann October Birding in the St. Louis Area
PEOPLE
Feb. 80 WGNSS members Bertha and Joel Massey were recently given
the Oak Leaf Award by the Nature Conservancy
Apr. 80 Pickel, Frances Happy 60th Birthday WGlNSS!!  Historical musings by a lady
who attended the first meeting of the Society in 1920
May. 80 The William Rudden Heron Colony:  So designated by Cornell
University
Summ. 80 Pickel, Frances Thanks for the honorary membership in WGNSS; it has been a joy
to be associated with a group  which has worthy priorities….
Summ. 80 Rudden, Bill Missouri Year List Record Broken (by Tim Barksdale, with 283 
species)
Sep. 80 Magner, J. Marshall Burrell Lawlass Pickering -  1905-1980 (Excellent biography)
Oct. 80 Eisendrath, Erna Excerpt from letter of Jan Saunders of the Missouri Botanical 
Garden who was sent by the Mo. Bot. Garden to work under 
Julian Steyermark's  supervision and his delight with a trophy 
awarded him by WGNSS
Dec. 80 Magner, J. Marshall Jennie Baker Comfort - 1893-1980 (with biographical data)
MISCELLANEOUS
Sep. 80 Denison, Edgar Volcanic Ash - What Is It?
Oct. 80 A new kind of sunflower seed (black oilseeds) has recently
become available.  Birds at Cornell's Lab have shown a preference
for them (and they're cheaper).
Nov. 80 Coles, Richard W. On the Identification of Road Kill:  A Monograph
Nov. 80 A collection of Animal Collectives (e.g., a murder of crows)
Dec. 80 More DOR, "The Dude":  More  about roadside viewing, inspired
by Richard Coles's monograph about identifification of 
road kill; deals with identification of inanimate species such as
Fanbeltus inerruptus and Semihemisphere tyrensis.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jan. 80 Amendment to By-Laws Proposed:  The WGNSS Executive Board
is recommending an amendment to the by-laws whereby group
chairmen (currently botany, lower plants and ornithology) may
vote on board actions.
Jan. 80 Welcome to New Members (8 total)
Feb. 80 Welcome to New Members (8 total)
Mar. 80 Report from tnhe Nominating Committee:  The Committee, 
Majorie Richardson, Chair, plus Ernestine Magner and Fred
Rueggseger, proposed the following slate:
  President - Blaine Ulmer
  First V. P. - John Molyneaux
  Second V. P. - Marilyn Higgins
  Secretary - Eugenia Larson
  Treasurer  Audrey Anderson
  Editor - Claudia Spener
Mar. 80  New Members 15, including William Knowles, a future Nobel 
Laureate in Chemistry and husband of Nancy Cherbonnier Knowles
May. 80 Welcome New Members:  (14 total)
Summ. 80 Welcome New Members (24 total)
Sep. 80 WGNSS Welcomes the Following Members (11 total)
Nov. 80 New Members (21 total)
Dec. 80 Membership Survey:  To determine what changes, if any, you
would like to be incorporated in WGNSS programs.  To be returned
to Treasurer with membership renewal.  (At rear of issue)
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Jan. 80  Haller, Karen WGNSS Offers Scholarship to Audubon Camp
May. 80 Mandelstamm, Ann Thanks for the 1980 Scholarship to the Audubon Ecology Camp.
It was spent in Wyoming.
Nov. 80 Mandelstamm, Ann How I Spent My Summer Vacation (at the Audubon Ecology Camp
in Wyoming)
MEETINGS
Jan. 80 WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Jan. 11, St. Louis 
County Library, Lindbergh at Clayton ; Dr. Richard Coles, 
Dir. of Tyson Research Center, will present:  Bird Banding, 
Bat Hibernation, and Snake Thermal Regulation
Mar. 80 WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Friday, March 14, St. Louis 
County Library.  Jim Jackson, author and biology teacher at 
the Washington, MO high school, will talk on "Life of the White
Oak"
May. 80 WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Friday, May 9, St. Louis
County Library; Dr. Owen Sexton of Washington University will tell 
us about Salamanders.
Sep. 80 WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Sept. 12, St. Louis 
County Library; Dr. Gail Ludwig of the Geography Dept. of
the University of Missouri will speak on "1980 - The Year of the
(Missosuri) River".
Oct. 80 WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Friday Oct. 10, St. Louis
County Library; speaker will be David Tylka, Urban Biologist for
the Missouri Dept. of Conservation, who will give a slide show 
on  "Backyard Wildlife".
Nov. 80 Joint Meeting with St. Louis Audubon at the Ethical Society,
9001 Clayton Road.  Program will be an Audubon Wildlife film
entitled "Galapagos". 8:15 PM, Friday, Nov. 14
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Mar. 80 April 11 - Save This Date - April 11:  for the WGNSS annual dinner
at the Swiss Inn.  Walter Liddell will show us slides on his recent
trip to Argentina.
WGNSS Annual Banquet at The Swiss Inn, 2401 Brentwood.
Apr. 80 Douglas, Victor Walter and Vivian Liddell will present program:  Iguacu Falls
(Argentina) to Tierra Del Fuego
Dec. 80 WGNSS Annual Christmas Party, Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 PM, at the
home of Karen and Albert Haller