Tales from the Archives - 1971

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1. The 1971 Bulletin contains an essay containing inspirational messages from the works of Max Ehrmann which is titled “Desiderata.” Which of the following statements is not one included?

149 answers

a. “Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.”

65 votes

43.6%

b. “Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.”

41 votes

27.5%

c. “Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.”

43 votes

28.9%

2. Dr. William Bennett, the editor of The Audubon Bulletin (1971 – 1972) wrote “Ecological Principles – And Tight Budgets Are Thinning the Bounty Hunters Ranks.” The article explains that bounties or fees could be claimed for hunting and trapping predators and other wildlife and discusses which animals were on Illinois state bounty lists. Which of the following is reported in the article?

125 answers

a. While there were provisions in the State statues for bounty on wolves, there never was a provision for bounties on coyotes.

44 votes

35.2%

b. Foxes (gray and red) were on bounty lists until 1935, when bounty was discontinued due to a surprisingly rapid decline in the red foxes’ populations.

45 votes

36.0%

c. By the 1960s in the agricultural counties of Jasper and Crawford, if a hunter could turn in a groundhog’s tail, the bounty payment of $2.00 was issued.

36 votes

28.8%

3. In the Bulletin’s article “On The Need For Beauty,” J.W. Galbreath comments, “We need to experience the magic of nature to maintain that inner calm in the midst of confusion.” He offers quotes from poems. Which is a quote from a verse of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”?

116 answers

a. “I love thy rock and rills, thy woods and trampled hill.”

86 votes

74.1%

b. “In all the crowded universe There is but one stupendous word – ‘Love’.”

14 votes

12.1%

c. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”

16 votes

13.8%

8. An October 1971 report about the greater prairie-chicken in Illinois, given by Ron Westemeier of the Illinois Natural History Survey, is mentioned in “INHS Issues Fall Prairie Chicken Count.” Which is an accurate account of Westemeier’s report?

Photo by Bob Gillespie.

101 answers

a. The report indicated a 47% increase in the number of hens performing courtship displays (flutter-jumping, inflation of air sacs, etc.) on the booming grounds over that of in 1970.

11 votes

10.9%

b. A total of 62 prairie chicken nests were found on the sanctuary near Bogota [Illinois] this year [1971].

58 votes

57.4%

c. Nest searches on eight census areas in six counties surrounding the Bogota area reveal that habitats favorable for prairie-chickens’ breeding and nesting remain plentiful outside of the sanctuary in 1971.

32 votes

31.7%

9. Mrs. H. W. Hannah of Texico, Illinois, states in the Bulletin, “Around mid-November 1971, a strange finch appeared at the sunflower feeder …,” “had a heavily streaked chin and throat” and fed repeatedly “until it disappeared in late December.” The title of her brief articleis “A XXX (bird’s name) Record for Illinois.” Which bird was it? Hint: This bird of the family Fringillidae, is now common in Illinois and much of the United States, is 6 inches in length, has a longer tail than the purple finch, and frequents open woods and suburbs.

100 answers

a. Pine Siskin

14 votes

14.0%

b. Cassin’s Finch

10 votes

10.0%

c. House Finch

76 votes

76.0%

10. “Field Notes” of Bulletin gives a list of sighted birds, with dates, locations, and names of individuals who sighted the birds. One particular sighting on Wooded Isle at Jackson Park, Chicago, is written in paragraph form and states what the birdwatchers observed: “The features upon which we based identification were 1) Clear solid yellow throat, 2) Gray auriculars, 3) Incomplete eyering …”Which warbler is the one which was mentioned as being sighted?

97 answers

a. Audubon’s warbler

49 votes

50.5%

b. Prothonotary warbler

39 votes

40.2%

c. Louisiana waterthrush

9 votes

9.3%

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