| NATURE NOTES - 1999 | ||
| BOTANY | ||
| Jan. 99 | Darigo, Carl | Book Review: Kucera's Grasses of Missouri |
| Feb. 99 | Darigo, Carl | Fall Botanizing - Sept.-Nov., 1998 |
| Apr. 99 | Darigo, Carl | Winter Botanizing - Dec.-Feb., 1998/99 |
| Sep. 99 | Darigo, Carl | Spring Botanizing - Mar.-May, 1999 |
| Oct. 99 | Darigo, Carl | Annual Spring Botany Trip |
| Nov. 99 | Darigo, Carl | Summer Botanizing - June-Aug., 1999 |
| CONSERVATION | ||
| Jan. 99 | Asma, Fr. Larry | Ecology and the Pope |
| Jan. 99 | State Parks Listed Species Inventory Update-- | |
| Volunteers needed. (WGNSS invited to assist) | ||
| Jan. 99 | Homeyer, Yvonne | Conservation Committee Seeking New Members |
| Apr. 99 | Homeyer, Yvonne | Conservation Committee Report: Covers planting |
| millet and milo for bird food and pine tree saplings in | ||
| WGNSS's Comfort memorial at Busch Wildlife; work | ||
| with the Little Creve Coeur Lake survey for the County | ||
| Parks Dept.; other goals of Committee outlined. | ||
| May. 99 | Gustafson, Sue | Plant Now for Winter Sparrows--Busch Conservation |
| Area: (will plant milo & millet) | ||
| May. 99 | Homeyer, Yvonne | Conservation Committee Report: Items covered |
| include: Bobcat for Tower Grove Park project; | ||
| wetlands near Gateway Racetrack; danger of tall | ||
| buildings to migrating birds; native wildflower | ||
| project at North County Recreational Area; Meramec | ||
| Greenway project | ||
| May. 99 | Rabenau, David | Meramec Greenway |
| Jun. 99 | Homeyer, Yvonne | Conservation Committee Report: Covers |
| clear-cutting in Weldon Spring forest; wetlands near | ||
| Gateway Racetrack; wildflower garden at North | ||
| County Recreation Area; Bell's vireo sightings | ||
| requested | ||
| Jun. 99 | Rabenau, David | Meramec Greenway |
| Sep. 99 | Homeyer, Yvonne | Conservation Committee Report: Covers breeding |
| bird survey at Busch CA; Proposed New Madrid | ||
| Floodway project; Lost Valley Trail & Cerulean | ||
| Warbler, Page Avenue mitigation land; natural | ||
| history survey of St. Louis County parks; wildflower | ||
| project at North County Recreation Area | ||
| Oct. 99 | Harris, Jack H. | Publications of Interest: By Mo. Dept. of Conservation |
| in the area of natural history | ||
| Oct. 99 | Homeyer, Yvonne | Conservation Committee Report: Items covered |
| include proposed revisions by Army Corps of | ||
| Engineers to nationwide permits for destruction of | ||
| wetlands; cutting of trees along Blue Grosbeak Trail | ||
| at Weldon Spring CA; Breeding Bird survey at Busch | ||
| Wildlife | ||
| Nov. 99 | Korotev, Randy | Free Kennedy Woods Nov. 7 (of honeysuckle) |
| Nov. 99 | Homeyer, Yvonne | Conservation Committee Report: Topics covered |
| include New Madrid Floodway project; destruction of | ||
| wetlands; birds killed during migration by lighted | ||
| buildings | ||
| Dec. 99 | Seed Party at Powder Valley: Volunteers need for | |
| a prairie seeding project at I-270/I-44 on Dec. 11 | ||
| Dec. 99 | Conservation Committee Report: Topics included are | |
| first annual Breeding Bird Survey of Busch CA. | ||
| Little Creve Coeur Lake and marsh, various legislative | ||
| issues | ||
| ENTOMOLOGY | ||
| May. 99 | Butterfly Counts: Volunteers needed to count at | |
| Busch Wildlife as part of Annual Statewide Butterfly | ||
| Count | ||
| Jun. 99 | Butterfly Counts: Volunteer needed to count | |
| Sep. 99 | Butterfly Walks (Aug. 28 and Sept. 18) | |
| Nov. 99 | Magner, Marshall | Moths of Missouri at Entomology Meeting, |
| Sunday, November 21 | ||
| ORNITHOLOGY | ||
| Jan. 99 | McCormack, Anne | Rear Window: The Rufous\Allen's Hummingbird |
| Mystery | ||
| Jan. 99 | Christmas Counts: | |
| Sat. Dec. 19 Pere Marquette | ||
| Korotev, Randy | Sat. Jan. 2 Orchard Farm | |
| Sun. Jan 3 Busch Wildlife Area | ||
| Mon. Dec. 28 Carlyle Lake | ||
| Jan. 99 | Ziebol, Jim & Renick, | November 1998 Birding Report |
| Kevin | ||
| Jan. 99 | Loomis, John | St. Louis Area Birder Skewers South Polar Skua! |
| Feb. 99 | Korotev, Randy | A Cheap Recirculating Bird Bath |
| Feb. 99 | Ziebol, Jim | December 1998 Birding Report |
| Feb. 99 | Christmas Count Highlights | |
| Feb. 99 | Parmeter, Tom | Report from Busch Wildlife Area Xmas Count |
| Feb. 99 | Bauer, Paul | Everyone Has To Eat Something (account of |
| woodpecker killed by hawk) | ||
| Feb. 99 | Malone, Jim | 1998 St. Louis Year Bird List |
| Mar. 99 | Korotev, Randy | Counting Warblers: A Timetable for the Spring |
| Songbird Migration Through St. Louis (very | ||
| comprehensive) | ||
| Mar. 99 | Year Lists of Birds Seen in the St. Louis Area; | |
| (Totals for 15 individuals) | ||
| Mar. 99 | Rowe, Bill | News from the MBRC (Missouri Bird Records |
| Committee | ||
| Mar. 99 | Bauer, Paul | Extra: Ornithology Meeting: Special Video on |
| Warblers (presented jointly by WGNSS and St. Louis | ||
| Audubon Society) | ||
| Mar. 99 | Bauer, Paul | Revised St. Louis Area Bird Book Now Available |
| Mar. 99 | Ziebol, Jim | January (1999) Birding Report |
| Mar. 99 | Malone, Jim | Upcoming SLAS/WGNSS Birding |
| Mar. 99 | Flora of MO, Vol. available (the first volume of the | |
| revised edition of Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, by | ||
| George Yatskievych) | ||
| Apr. 99 | Hanes, Lou | My Bird of the Year: Mississippi Kite |
| Apr. 99 | Johnson, Barbara H. | My Bird of the Year: Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Apr. 99 | Rowe, Bill | Tale OF A "California Gull" or, "I wish they all could be |
| California Gulls" | ||
| Apr. 99 | Ziebol, Jim | February (1999) Bird Report |
| Apr. 99 | Malone, Jim | St. Louis Audubon/WGNSS combined Bird Walks in |
| April (with details) | ||
| Apr. 99 | Bauer, Paul | Ornithology Meeting: Video on Warblers (at |
| Powder Valley) | ||
| Apr. 99 | Bauer, Paul | Revised St. Louis Area Bird Book Now Available |
| May. 99 | International Migratory Bird Celebration Activities, | |
| April 29-May 15: Sponsored by WGNSS et al | ||
| May. 99 | Ziebol, Jim | March Bird Report |
| May. 99 | Migratory Bird Discovery Day, May 15 at Missouri | |
| Botanical Garden | ||
| May. 99 | Bauer, Paul | Ornithology Meeting: Warbler Video (at Powder |
| Valley Auditorium) | ||
| May. 99 | Bauer, Paul | Revised St. Louis Area Bird Book Now Available |
| May. 99 | Perched Red-Tail Hawks (sketch at rear) | |
| Jun. 99 | McCormack, Anne | Warblers in the bank: Big Day report |
| Jun. 99 | Ziebol, Jim | April Bird Report |
| Jun. 99 | Benjamin, Dianne | Origin of Species Pun on California Gull: A Parody |
| Jun. 99 | Bauer, Paul | Revised St. Louis Area Bird Book Now Available |
| Jun. 99 | Big Day '99 List (at rear of issue) | |
| Sep. 99 | Gustafson, Sue | From the President…: Report on six weeks as |
| field biologist at Ontario's Long Point Bird Observatory | ||
| Sep. 99 | Rowe, Bill | The New Geographic (Field Guide to the Birds of |
| North America, Ed. 3) - Extensive review | ||
| Sep. 99 | Ziebol, Jim | May Bird Report |
| Sep. 99 | Renick, Kevin | Mississippi Kites do Lunch (on rodents) |
| Oct. 99 | Renick, Kevin | A Colorado Birding Story (or, The Lilting Tale of Me |
| and Lewis's Woodpecker) | ||
| Oct. 99 | Schaffer, Ava | (Review of) Red-Tails In Love: A Wildlife Drama in |
| Central Park, Pantheon Books | ||
| Oct. 99 | Ziebol, Jim | August 1999 Bird Report |
| Oct. 99 | Malone, Charlene | WGNSS/St. Louis Audubon Bird Walks for Oct. |
| Nov. 99 | Korotev, Randy | Orchard Farm Christmas Bird Count |
| Nov. 99 | Busch Xmas Count | |
| Nov. 99 | Malone, Charlene | WGNSS/St. Louis Audubon Bird Walks for Nov. |
| Nov. 99 | Ziebol, Jim | September 1999 Birding Report |
| Dec. 99 | Bauer, Paul | Continued Cooperative Support with Riverlands EDA: |
| speech on Mississippi boat ride sponsored by | ||
| Mississippi Rover Commission | ||
| Dec. 99 | Korotev, Randy | Orchard Farm Christmas Bird Count |
| Dec. 99 | Saturday Dec. 18 Pere Marquette (Xmas bird census) | |
| Dec. 99 | Busch Xmas Count | |
| Dec. 99 | Malone, Charlene | WGNSS/St. Louis Audubon Bird Walks for Nov. |
| Dec. 99 | Ziebol, Jim | October 1999 Birding Report |
| Dec. 99 | Bauer, Paul | St. Louis Area Bird Book Now Available |
| Dec. 99 | Bauer, Paul | An Offer You Can't Refuse: Only six copies remain |
| of old edition and can be had at a reduced price | ||
| PEOPLE | ||
| Jan. 99 | Richardson, Marjorie | Brother Dan: Brother Dan McEnery died on Dec. 2 |
| Jan. 99 | Jack Van Benthuysen Memorial Fund (two | |
| contributions) | ||
| Mar. 99 | Liddell, Vivian | Janet Neilson--Janet died Jan. 3, 1999. She was a |
| poet, many of her poems about birds; one included | ||
| in the article. | ||
| Apr. 99 | Birders to Remember Jack Van (Benthuysen): by | |
| planting trees in his memory in Tower Grove Park | ||
| Apr. 99 | Donations to WGNSS in memory of Jack Van | |
| Benthuysen, Janet Neilson, David Jones | ||
| May. 99 | Homeyer, Yvonne | Memorial Service for Roger Pryor |
| Jun. 99 | Nellums, Betty | Nell Menke |
| Jun. 99 | Liddell, Vivian | Memories of Nell Menke |
| Sep. 99 | Roth, Steve | A Moment of Reflection (on the passing of his mother, |
| Louise Roth | ||
| Oct. 99 | Magner, Marshall | David Melindwr Jones 1910-1999 |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| ADMINISTRATIVE | ||
| Jan. 99 | Welcome to new members | |
| Jan. 99 | Virga, Linda | Vacationing? Moving? Call me! (re Nature Notes |
| delivery) | ||
| Feb. 99 | Virga, Linda | Vacationing? Moving? Call me! (re Nature Notes |
| delivery) | ||
| Mar. 99 | Welcome to new members | |
| Mar. 99 | Gustafson, Sue | Board Elections to be held in April |
| Mar. 99 | Gustafson, Sue | Changes to WGNSS By-Laws : Proposed (1) Make |
| Membership Chairman member of Executive Board; | ||
| (2) Member-at-Large limited to no more than two | ||
| consecutive two year terms; (3) Term limits eliminated | ||
| for the Treasurer | ||
| Apr. 99 | Sue Gustafson | April Officer Elections: Nominating committee will |
| present following slate: | ||
| Secretary: Dora Gianoulakis | ||
| Treasurer: Randy Korotev | ||
| May. 99 | Welcome to new members | |
| May. 99 | McCormack, Anne | Analyze this! (New membership directory is almost |
| complete; corrections, call Anne) | ||
| May. 99 | Korotev, Randy & | Early Bird Renewals (list of people renewing early) |
| Virga, Linda | ||
| Jun. 99 | Virga, Linda | Membership Renewals (a reminder) |
| Oct. 99 | Corbett, Doug | Assistance of members requested in obtaining a |
| slide projector for WGNSS general meetings. | ||
| Oct. 99 | Welcome to new members | |
| Oct. 99 | Virga, Linda | Membership Renewals (a reminder) |
| Oct. 99 | Korotev, Randy | Y2K Warning: WGNSS to Enter the 1990's Just |
| in Time for the Year 2000 (we'll be changing from an | ||
| old Apple computer to a new PC in time for 2000; be | ||
| sure your address information is up to date. | ||
| Nov. 99 | Korotev, Randy | Membership Renewals (a reminder) |
| Nov. 99 | Korotev, Randy | Y2K Warning: WGNSS to Enter the 1990's Just |
| in Time for the Year 2000 (we'll be changing from an | ||
| old Apple computer to a new PC in time for 2000; be | ||
| sure your address information is up to date. | ||
| Dec. 99 | Welcome to new members | |
| SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM | ||
| Jun. 99 | Coles, Dick | Scudder Scholar Selected: Deborah (Boege) Tobin |
| Sep. 99 | Kellerman, Betty | (Audubon) Camp Scholarship Awarded to Vickie |
| Svaglic | ||
| MEETINGS | ||
| Jan. 99 | Corbett, Doug | Speaker, Tom Morrison, Parkway South Football |
| Coach, who was WGNSS sponsored attendee at the | ||
| Audubon Field Ecology Camp in summera of 1998 | ||
| Jan. 99 | Holsen, Jim | Jim Rathert to Speak at Joint Audubon/WGNSS in |
| February | ||
| Feb. 99 | Corbett, Doug | Jim Rathert at Audubon/WGNSS meeting in |
| February | ||
| Mar. 99 | Corbett, Doug | Jan. meeting canceled because of inclement weather; |
| rescheduling Tom Morrison for March 12 meeting | ||
| Apr. 99 | Gustafson, Sue | Doug Corbett will speak on April 9 about his week |
| of birding in southwest Florida | ||
| Sep. 99 | Corbett, Doug | Tropical Birding at Sept. General Meeting, Paul |
| Bauer, Speaker | ||
| Oct. 99 | Corbett, Doug | Scudder Scholar Speaks at Oct. 8. General Meeting |
| (Thomas Prinzie was 1998 Scudder Scholar) | ||
| Oct. 99 | Corbett, Doug | Attention: Nature Photographers: Slides and |
| photographs requested for a display a Winter | ||
| meeting. | ||
| Nov. 99 | Corbett, Doug | Nov. 12 General Meeting: Dr. Robert B. Hermann to |
| talk about the New Madrid Fault and seismic design | ||
| Dec. 99 | Joint Meeting of St. Audubon & WGNSS in Feb. | |
| (Jim Wilson of MDC will speak on the topic of | ||
| birding projects in Missouri | ||
| BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS | ||
| Apr. 99 | Flier, Vicki | WGNSS Banquet: May 6 (at Eden Commons) |
| May. 99 | Flier, Vicki | WGNSS Banquet: May 6: At Eden Commons; |
| Speaker will be Rachel Crandell of Rainforest Alliance | ||