NATURE NOTES - 2001
Date	Author	Title
BOTANY
Feb. 01	Darigo, Carl	Fall Botanizing:   Sept.-Nov., 2000
Apr. 01	Darigo, Carl	Winter Botanizing, Dec.-Feb., 2000/01
Sep. 01	Darigo, Carl	Spring Botanizing, March-May, 2001
Oct. 01	Darigo, Carl	Annual Botany Trip (to Bull Shoals Lake Area)
Nov. 01	Darigo, Carl	Summer Botanizing, June-August, 2001
CONSERVATION
Jan. 01		Thank you, Honeysuckle Hackers:  The second
		annual "Free the Kennedy Woods of bush
		honeysuckles was a great success.
Jan. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Conservation Committee Report:  Urgent action
		needed re request for additional 30 days for public
		comment on proposed Holnam cement plant
Jan. 01	Ballaard, Dennis R.	The Conservation and Reinvestment Act-CARA:
		Torpedoed in Congress
Feb. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Holnam Update
Mar. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Conservation Committee Report:  Busch
		Conservation Area: Holnam Cement Plant
Apr. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Conservation Report:  Survey Attachment (on
		Holnam Project; 22 Million Monarchs Killed
		in Mexico; Proposed Cement Plant in Ste.
		Genevieve County
Apr. 01		Important WGNSS Survey (form for obtaining inputs
		from WGNSS members on impact/reaction to
		proposed Holcim cement plant/quarry)
May. 01	Heinze, Dorothy B.	Springs of Medicine Waters:  a plea for help in
		preserving the site of the "Springs of Medicine
		Waters" near Kimmswick.
May. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Conservation Report:  Cerulean Warbler;
		Ennvironmental Impact Statement (for Holnam's
		proposed cement plant--contacts with governor,
		Sens. Bond and Carnahan, et al; More on Holnam;
		Conservation Focus (MDC's 2nd annual meeting on.
		April 7)
Jun. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Conservation Report:  Cerulean Warbler;
		Proposed Holnam Cement Plant; Bird Conservation
		Initiative; Email List
Sep. 01	Korotev, Randy	3rd Annual Free Kennedy Woods - Honeysuckle
		Harvest
Sep. 01	Benjamion, Dianne	Why not volunteer with WGNSS at Riverlands
		September 29?  Clean-up, restoration
Sep. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Conservation Report:  Breeding Bird Survey;
		Holnam Update; North County Truck Stop
		(Proposed)
Oct. 01	Korotev, Randy	Free Kennedy Woods Nov. 4
Oct. 01	Benjamin, Dianne	Volunteers Needed at Conservation Forum Oct. 4
Oct. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Conservation Report October:  Holcim Update,
		Indiana Bats Found; Equilon Pipeline/Carlyle Lake,
		Dogwood Alliance
Nov. 01	Benjamin, Dianne	Thanks to WGNSS Members:  For help on National
		Puiblic Lands Day on Sept. 29 and at the
		Conservation Forum on Oct. 4
Nov. 01	Korotev, Randy	Free Kennedy Woods Nov. 4
Nov. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Conservation Report Nov. 2001:  Holnam Update:
		Equilon Pipeline/Carlyle Lake; Weldon Spring
		Logging
Dec. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Conservation Report Dec. 2001:  Holnam update;
		Equilon Pipeline/Carlyle Lake
ENTOMOLOGY
Apr. 01	Moe, Jeannie A.	Busch Wildlife CA - It's Not Just For Fishing!
		The birds, plants and butterflies there are wonderful;
		background info. on Jim Ziebol Butterfly Garden
Apr. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	Butterfly Gardens: WGNSS sponsors two
		butterfly gardens in the St. Louis Area, in
		the North County Recreation Area and the Jim
		Ziebol Garden at  the Busch CA
Apr. 01	Homeyer, Yvonne	22 Million Monarchs Dead (in two of their
		wintering sanctuaries in Mexico)
Sept. 01	Bozzay, Dennis	Butterflies Anyone?:  All about the NABA
Oct. 01		Six-Legged Thermometers (insects that indicate
		temperature by their songs)
Oct. 01		Tiger Beetle Article by WGNSS Member:  Article
		by WGNSS member Ted C. MacRae published in
		Missouri Conservationist
Dec. 01		Local Dragonflies, program to be co-sponsored with
		the NABA St. Louis Chapter on Jan. 11
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 01		Orchard Farm Xmas Count, with Randy Korotev
Jan. 01	Bill Reeves	Mingo Bird Count, with Bill Reeves
Jan. 01		Busch Christmas Count, with Tom Parmer
Jan. 01	Herweg, Dottie	Thursday Birding Group Changes Meeting Area
Jan. 01	Ziebol, Jim	November 2000 Bird Report
Feb. 01	Alwood, Connie	Y2K Birds that Deserve Special Mention
Feb. 01	Berger, Torrey	The Bird of 2000:  The Little Gull
Feb. 01	Winter, Pete	Bird of the Year:  Rock Fowl
Feb. 01		Year List Totals for 2000
Feb. 01	Korotev, Randy	Orchard Farm Christmas Bird Count Report
Feb. 01	Ziebol, Jim	December 2000 Bird Report
Feb. 01	Flieg,Mike	The Ornifolks Lek-A-Day II-Colorado Grouse Trip
Mar. 01		More Year List Totals for 2000
Mar. 01	Bauer, Paul	Bird of the Year-New for St. Louis:  New for St.
		Louis birds were snowy plover and painted
		bunting.  Eight other "good" birds listed
Mar. 01	Benjamin, Dianne	Bird of the Year;  Guyana's Scarlet Macaw
Mar. 01	Ziebol, Jim	January 2001 Bird Report
Mar. 01	Malone, Jim	Get the Jump on Spring Migration!! (by joining a
		week-end birding trip to Illinois in April)
Mar. 01	Floyd,Ted	Viewing the Smew; Smew déjà vu
Mar. 01	Johnson, Paul	Saint Louis Area Sighting List for 2000
		(List at rear)
Apr. 01	Ziebol, Jim	February 2001 Bird Report
Apr. 01	Benjamin, Dianne	Ancient Order of Hibernian Birders
May. 01	Rowe, Bill	The New Kaufman:  Review  of the new Birds of
		North America by Kenn Kaufman
May. 01	Hoell, Peter	Spring Break in Choco (Columbia):  Report on
		visit to the Valle and Choco regions of Columbia
May. 01	Ziebol, Jim	March 2001 Bird Report
May. 01	Flier, Vicki	Ornithology Meetings:  Listof future meetings, to be
		held with speakers and dinner
Jun. 01	McCormack,Anne	Ode to a Sparrow (a treasure trove of on Big Day)
Jun. 01	Ziebol, Jim	April 2001 Bird Report
Jun. 01	Flier, Vicki	Ornithology Meetings (for the rest of the summer)
Jun. 01		Composite List for Big Day 5/12/01 (at rear of issue)
Sep. 01	McCormack,Anne	Blame it on the computer:  correction to data
		in composite list for Big Day 01 in June issue;
		list totals for '86 thru '00 included
Sep. 01	Struckhoff, Joe	Ornifolkian Dancing with Mike Flieg:  Comments
		on The Ornifolks Lek-a-Day trip
Sep. 01	Bauer, Paul	Highlights of ASM's 100th Anniversary Celebration
		in St. Louis (100th Anniv. Of Audubon Soc. Of Mo.)
Sep. 01	Malone, Jim & Charlene	2001-2002 Season - WGNSS/Audubon Walks Start
Sep. 01	Chambers, Lanny	Hummingbird Banding at Missouri Parks
Sep. 01	Flier, Vicki	Let's Talk about Birds, Baby:  Notice of meeting
		(incl. pot luck supper) on Sept. 23; subject - Raptor
		Migration--Kettles and Kites.  Gives date and topic
		for following month's program.
Sep. 01	Ziebol, Jim	May 2001 Bird Report
Sep. 01	Ziebol, Jim	June 2001 Bird Report
Sep. 01	Ziebol, Jim	July 2001 Bird Report
Oct. 01	Korotev, Randy	Common Ground-Dove:  A New Species for the
		St. Louis Araea Bird Checklist
Oct. 01	Rabenau, David	Outside My Study:  Observations about a wren
		house and its occupants
Oct. 01	Flier, Vicki	Notice of future Ornithology Group home meetings
Oct. 01	Ziebol, Jim	August 2000 Bird Report
Nov. 01	Ziebol, Jim	Sepember 2001 Bird Report
Dec. 01		"Tis the season for Christmas counts!
		Busch Wildlife Count 12/29
		Orchard Farm Count 1/1/02
		Pierre Marquette 12/15
Dec. 01	Benjamin, Dianne	MO Bird Conservation Initiative
Dec. 01		WGNSS Board endorses establishment of 11-22
		as WGNSS' preferred FRS channel for birding events
Dec. 01	Jackson, Jim	Birding on the Outer Banks
Dec. 01	Ziebol, Jim	October 2001 Bird Report
Dec. 01		Smew Reunion & Gull Workshop, Saturday,
		January 2001 Bird Report
Dec. 01	Bauer, Paul	Holiday Gift Ideas:  Bird books, including
		WGNSS's Birds of the St. Louis Area
PEOPLE
Jan. 01		Oscar and Audrey Anderson, who died in 2000
Feb. 01		Profile of a New Life Member:  David Rabenau
Mar. 01		$50 contribution received from Claybreakers Garden
		Club honoring two-time past president Blaine Ulmer
Apr. 01	Winter, Pete	A Search for Birds:  A log of areas and countries in
		which I have searched for birds
May. 01	Heinze, Dorothy B.	My Life with the Satterthwaits--74 Years Ago
May. 01	City of Web. Groves	Proclamation:  Thanks to WGNSS for committing
		$10,000 toward refurbishing the Blackburn Park
		Bird Sanctuary in honor of the late Phoebe
		Snetsinger
Jun. 01	Magner, Marshall	Edna Rau (a memorial)
Jun. 01	McCormick, Pat	Printed version of remarks written by McCormick
		and given by David Rabenau at the WGNSS 81st
		Annual Banquet in honor of John Molyneaux
Sep. 01		Nature Nut:  Barbara Lawton
Sep. 01		New Book by WGNSS Member, Beverly
		Letchworth:  Leaf Bird Days and Firefly Nights
Oct. 01		Nature Nut:  Jim Jackson
Nov.01		Nature Nut:  Dorothy Heinze
Dec. 01		Yvonne Homeyer Elecated to Board of Directors
		of Missouri Parks Assn. for three year term
Dec. 01		Nature Nut:  Albert Heinze
MISCELLANEOUS
Apr. 01	Flier, Vicki	Education Speaker's Bureau:  Additional Speakers
		Needed
Apr. 01	Flier, Vicki	Education Committee:  Help needed at Zoo on May
		5th for International Migratory Bird Day
Apr. 01		Tyson Trails Day:  Second public open house on
		Apr. 28
Apr. 01		Audubon Society of Missouri celebrating 100th
		Anniversary on May 4, 5, and 6 in St. Charles
May. 01	Benjamin, Dianne	Vincent van Gogh and Nature
Oct. 01	Rabenau, David	The Eternal Frontier:  Review of new book by Tim
		Flannery
Nov. 01	Guliano, Jackie/Dianne	In Spite of It All-The Seasons Come
	Benjamin
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jan. 01		Welcome to new members
Jan. 01	Richardson, Marjorie	Revised Deadlines for Natures Notes '01
		Lighten the Load? (Help wanted to lighten the
		load of Anne McCormack, our newspaper editor)
Feb. 01	Rabenau, David	Board Elections in April
Feb. 01		Welcome to new members
Mar. 01	Rabenau, David	Officer Elections:  Nominating Committee has
Mar. 01	Rabenau, David	nominated Randy Korotev for Treasurer and
		Deborah Littmann for Secretary; Vicki Flier will
		become Ornithology Chair, replacing Kevin Renick.
Apr. 01		Welcome to new members
May. 01		Welcome to new members
May. 01		Thank you, New Life Members
May. 01	Virga, Lidna	Membership Renewals
May. 01	Rabenau, David	WGNSS Report Card:  How the Board has graded
		WGNSS with respect to accomplishing the stated
		objectives of the Society; individual grades for each
		objective.
Jun. 01	Rabenau, David	WGNSS Board Updates:  Linda Virga steps down;
		Diane Benjamin will be new Membership Chair;
		Nancy Totland appointed as Member-at-large on
		Board; At its April General meeting Randy Korotev
		elected for another term as Treasurer and Debbie
		Littmann as Secretary.
Sep. 01		New Members
Nov. 01	Flieg, Mike	Help!!! - The cost of producing Nature Notes is
		increasing at an alarming rate.  Can any one provide
		printing facilities?
Nov. 01		Welcome to New Members
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Jan. 01	Gustafson, Sue	WGNSS Announces a New Annual Scholarship:
		The Menke Scholarship for Wildlife Habitat
Jan. 01	Kellerman, Betty	Help Wanted (in selecting the 2001 WGNSS
		recipient of an Audubon Ecology Camp scholarship
Apr. 01	Hackett, Marie	How I spent My Summer Vacation:  At Audubon
		Center, with support from the WGNSS teacher
		scholarship program
Jun. 01	Rabenau, David	WGNSS Announces Annual University
		Scholarship Winners
MEETINGS
Jan. 01	Corbett, Doug	Jan. 8, 2002 Meeting:  Corbett will present slides
		from two birding trips to Arizona
Feb. 01	Corbett, Doug	February  9 Joint Meeting with St. Louis Audubon
Mar. 01	Corbett, Doug	March Meeting with Butterflies:  Panel discussion
		sponsored by the North American Butterfy Assn.
Apr. 01	Corbett, Doug	Walter Liddell with present a program entitled:
		Birds of America
Sep. 01	Corbett, Doug	Arctic Nat'l Wildlife Refuge at 9/14 meeting:  To
		be presented by Richard Spener and his wife
		Toni Armstrong
Oct. 01	Corbett, Doug	El Nino, La Nina, presented by Dr. Carl Bender of
		Washington University
Nov. 01	Corbett, Doug	Astronomy on Nov. 9:  Speaker will be WGNSS
		member Wayne Clark
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Apr. 01		Wgnss Spring Dinner Thursday, May 3, Eden
		Commons
May. 01		Wgnss Spring Dinner Thursday, May 3, Eden
		Commons
Nov. 01	McCormick, Pat	Holiday Open House (at Tyson Research Center)
Dec. 01	McCormick, Pat	Holiday Open House Dec. 2