. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. Photo by Jesse L. Smith LARGE TRACTS IN THE WAUKEGAN FLATS ARK COVERED WITH MATS OF THE TRAILING JUNIPER play coreopsis, and turk's - cap and Philadelphia lilies in abundance and prairie orchids, such as calopogon and the rose po- [^onia. The royal fern and other members of the fern family flour- ish here, and here and there are Fields that display fringed gentians and purple gerardias in season. Black oaks grow on the higher ridges and shrubs such as ceanothus, St. John's-wort, poten- tilla, sand cherry, high-bush cranberry, and red osier dogwood a
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. Photo by Jesse L. Smith LARGE TRACTS IN THE WAUKEGAN FLATS ARK COVERED WITH MATS OF THE TRAILING JUNIPER play coreopsis, and turk's - cap and Philadelphia lilies in abundance and prairie orchids, such as calopogon and the rose po- [^onia. The royal fern and other members of the fern family flour- ish here, and here and there are Fields that display fringed gentians and purple gerardias in season. Black oaks grow on the higher ridges and shrubs such as ceanothus, St. John's-wort, poten- tilla, sand cherry, high-bush cranberry, and red osier dogwood are abundant. A great variety of bird life resorts to this region but owing to the activities of persons with firearms the actual summer residents prob- ably represent a very small proportion of the bird life that would main- tain itself here if the area were protected. In winter northern visitors are likely to appear here first—the Snow Bunting, the Longspur, the Pine Siskin, the Redpoll, the Pine and the Evening Grosbeak, the Crossbill, etc. The more conspicuous summer residents include the prairie birds such as the Meadowlark and Bobolink, the Red-winged Blackbird, the Marsh Wren, the Yellow Warbler, Maryland Yellow- throat, shore birds such as the Belted Piping Plover and Rails, Grebes, etc. It remains to refer briefly to two other areas in Lake County that have been suggested for preservation. The one to include the loop in the Fox River valley suggests the use that might well be made of the river itself. From recreation centers here canoe trips up and down this charming valley would easily be made. The other proposed area, that of Grass Lake and its environs, also sug- gests recreational activities on or about the water. This lake is a little more than two miles long and a mile or more wide. From the accompanying map it will be seen that Fox River flows into the lake midway of the western shore and that it emerges through a broad channel at the south end of the lake. The
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