NATURE NOTES - 1985
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
BOTANY
Jan. 85	Christ, Art	Celtis (Hackberry, Sugarberry)
Feb. 85	Christ, Art	Corylus americana (Hazelnut)
Mar. 85	Christ, Art	Wild Plums (Prunus)
Apr. 85	Christ, Art	Wild Raspberries (Rubus)
May. 85	Christ, Art	Prunu serotina (Wild Black Cherry)
Summ. 85	Christ, Art	Agoseris cuspidata (Prairie Dandelion)
Sep. 85	Christ, Art	Chaetopappa asteroides
Sep. 85	Haller, Karen & Molyneaux	Botanical Update:  Anemone quinquefolia is alive and well in
	John	Shannon County
Oct. 85	Christ, Art	Another Species of Wild Hyacinth
Nov. 85	Christ, Art	Artemisia annua (Sweet Wormwood)
Dec. 86	Christ, Art	Heuchera puberula (Alum Root)
CONSERVATION
Feb. 85		Important Issues Update:  WGNSS has received notice from
		the National Resources Defense Council of issues which
		should rise in the political wind of the new Congressional
		Session.
Mar. 85		Issues in the News (Raid!!!!):  There's a proposal before the
		legislature to divert 25% of the 1/8% conservation tax to promote
		tourism.
Apr. 85		Issues in the News:  Governor proposes to eliminate funding of
		state parks from general revenue funding, relying on the 1/8%
		sales tax and alleviation of soil erosion problems.
May. 85		Issues in the News:  Reauthorization of and continued funding of the
		Non-Game Wildlife Act.
Summ.85		Report on Marais Temps Clair:  Report on changes received at May
		Board Meeting
Nov. 85		Alert:  Queeny Park Golf Course:  Board opposes.
ENTOMOLOGY
Sep. 85	Sullivan, Father Jim	To a Thirteen-Year Cidada (Poem)
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 85	Wiese, Mary	November in Copper Canyon
Jan. 85	Bodman, Rose Ann	November Birding in the St. Louis Area
Jan. 85	Laffey, R. W.	Report from R. W. Laffey:  Reported seeing bald eagles and other
		birds
Feb. 85		Announcing…!:  The 1984 tally of birders who listed more than 200
		birds in the 50 mile radius of St. Louis.  High was Viola Bucholtz
		with 274.
Feb. 85	Ruissell, Skip	Birding in 1984
Feb. 85	Bodman, Rose Ann	December Birding in the St. Louis Area
Feb. 85	Korotev, Randy	A Message from Randy Korotev:  Thanks birders who have
		responded to requests to submit documentation for sightings of
		rare or unusual birds.
Apr. 85	Bodman, Rose Ann	January Birding in the St. Louis Area
Apr. 85	Peters, Mark	St. Louis Area Fall 1984 Raptor Migration
Apr. 85	Bodman, Rose Ann	February Birding in the St. Louis Area
May. 85	Magner, J. Marshall	Accipiters in Missouri
May. 85	Jones, Robin and David	Want to see a Western Hummingbird in the St. Louis Area? Here's
		How.
May. 85	Feldworth, Mark A.	California Birding Hotspot Yields a Bald Eagle Nest
May. 85	Bodman, Rose Ann	March Birding in the St. Louis Area.
Summ.85	Struckhoff, Joe	Birds of Kenya
Summ.85	Bodman, Rose Ann	April Birding in the St. Louis Area
Summ. 85	Bodman, Rose Ann	Big Day 1985:  Report on
Sep. 85	Peters, Mark & Ziebol, Jim	Hawkwatch
Sep. 85	Wiese, Mary C.	The Amargosa in April
Sep. 85	Ziebol, Jim	Red-Tailed Hawk Subspecies in the St. Louis Area
Sep. 84	Bodman, Rose Ann	Late Spring and Summer Birding in the St. Louis Area
Oct. 85	Tisdale, Judy	Serendipity and the Gentle Art of Birdwatching
Oct. 85	Zacher, C. A., Jr.	Langsam's Ornithological Axiom:  It's difficult to soar with eagles
		when you work with turkeys.
Oct. 85	Jonnson, Valgard	Flickertail Footnotes:  Birding near Bismarck, N. D.
Oct. 85	Bodman, Rose Ann	August Birding in the St. Louis Area
Nov. 85	Chiles, Toney	Peregrine Falcon Release
Nov. 85	Bodman, Rose Ann	September Birding in the St.Louis Area
Dec. 85	Bodman, Rose Ann	October Birding in the St. Louis Area
PEOPLE
Feb. 85	David Ulmer, President	With Deep Appreciation:  Floyd P. Hallett, 1918-1985; Floyd
		and Vi have served WGNSS well, Floyd and Vi as Editors of
		Nature Notes and Floyd as President, 1973-74.
Mar. 85	Magner, Marshall	Rexford Ludlow Hill, 2/15/06-1/14/85; Lud was Secretary of the
		Herptology Section, Chairman of the Ornithology Section and
		President 1961-64
May. 85		In Memoriam - Erna R. Eisendrath:  Her death represents a
		great loss
MISCELLANEOUS
Dec. 85	Sutherland, Carol S.	Pedaling to the Ends of the Earth - A Book Review
ADMINISTRATIVE
Mar. 85		Nominating committee has proposed the following candidates for
		the next year:
		President - Jim Curtis
		1st Vice President - Robert Gaddy
		2nd Vice President - Carol Loewe
		Secretary - Carol Sutherland
		Treasurer - Barbara Voelpel
May. 85	Rudden, Bill	Beginning with the summer calendar, Eugenia Larson will serve
		as Ornithology Chairman.
Summ. 85	Turney, Joanna	New Botany Group Chairman:  Betty Nellums; Retiring Chairman
		Turner thanks the group for its support during the past 3 years.
Summ. 85		Ornithology Group Note:  David Becher will serve with Eugenia
		Larson as co-Chairman of Ornithology Group.
Summ. 85		Jacqueline Chain will be serving as WGNSS's new treasurer
		effective immediaately
Sep. 85	Hallet, Vi	On Getting the Nature Notes:  How the journal is put together,
		who's doing it.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
May. 85	Sexton, Owen J.	WGNSS announces the formation of the Mickey Scudder
		Scholarship in Field Biology.
MEETINGS
Jan. 85		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM,Jan. 11, County Library,
		Lindbergh and Clayton; Paul Bauer will present a talk
		entitled:  "Birding Adventures in Trinidad and Tobago."
Feb. 85		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Feb. 8, County Library,
		Dr. Glen Woolfenden will present a talk entitled "Scrub Jay
		Living, Florida Style"
Mar. 85		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, March 8, County Library;
		Dr. Zuleyma Halpin, UMSL Biology Dept., will talk on "Social
		Organization & Dispersal in the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog".
May. 85		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, May 10, County Library;
		Dr. Owen Sexton, Washington Univ.,. Will talk about "Fossicking".
Oct. 85		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Oct. 11, County Library
		St. Louisan John Doty will present an entironmental education
		program "Sunship Earh".
Nov. 85		WGNSS general meeting, 8 PM, Nov.8, County Library;
		Edgar Denison will present "Flowers of the West".
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Mar. 85	Loewe, Leslie	Webster Groves Nature Society Annual Banquet, Hoffman House,
		2430 Old Dorsett Rd. (Dorsett and Highway 270), Friday,
		April 12, 1985.  Program to be announced.
Apr. 85	Loewe, Leslie	Annual Banquet at Hoffman House, Friday, April 12, 1965
		Program:  Dr. Arnold B. Grobman,Chancellor of University of
		Missouri, St. Louis, will speak on "Missouri Box Turtles and
		Caribbean Lizards".
Dec. 85		WGNSS Chistmas Party, 8 PM, Home of Allan and Mary
		Frances Goodloe, 108 South Rock  Hill.