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The Wilson Bulletin — No. 62. 



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First active migration of year begins. 

 First seen : Junco, Red-shouldered 

 Hawk, Kingfisher, Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker, Fox Sparrow, Red-winged 

 Blackbird, Meadowlark. 



Heavy migration. Frost all out of 

 ground, First seen : Red-tailed 

 Hawk, Sparrow Hawk, Marsh Hawk, 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk, Phoebe, Rusty 

 Blackbird, Cowbitd, Bfronzed Grackle, 

 Migrant Shrike, Towhee. 



Bird-life abundant. Des Plaines River 

 free from ice. Few Robins and Blue- 

 birds. First seen : Am. Coot, Song 

 Sparrow. 



Ponds mostly free from ice. Following 

 common : Bald-pate Herring Gull, 

 Canada Geese, Mallards, Lesser 

 Scaup. Red-winged Blackbird, Fox 

 Sparrow, Junco, Song Sparrow 

 {Anas obscura T. C). First Ring- 

 necked Duck. 



First Sapsuckers. 



Herring Gulls abundant. Lesser Scaup 

 c. First Lapland Longspurs and 

 Vesper Sparrows. 



First Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Hermit 

 Thrushes, and Vesper Sparrows. 



Very warm and summer-like. Max. 

 temp. 80. Bird-life abundant. 



First Winter Wren, Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatches and Field Sparrows. 



Very warm and summer-like. At 6 p. 

 m. a thunder and lightning storm. 



Hawks extremely numerous. Lesser 

 Scaups c. First Blue-winged Teal. 



Lapland Longspurs flying north. Les- 

 ser Scaups c. A wave of migrants 

 to-day. 



First Florida Gallinule. 



Leaves turning green at Jackson Park. 

 First hepaticas. 



Prairie Chickens booming at Glen El- 

 lyn (B. T. Gault), Loons (G. imher) 

 c. First Pied-billed Grebe. Last Am. 

 Merganser seen. 



Many angle-worms crawling on ground 

 at .Tackson Park. First Wilson's 

 Snipe, Am. Bittern, Great Blue Heron. 



