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Canada Geese 30 to 40; Golden-eye 20; Lesser Scaup Duck 15; Mallard 10; Great Horned 

 Owl 1; Screech Owl 1. 



March 19; Egger's Woods and Wolf Lake region; Many Blue Birds paired and selecting 

 nesting sites; several Prairie Homed Larks; Meadowlarks in numbers; small flock of Juncos; 

 many Cowbirds; Hawk 1; remarkably few species. 



Jackson Park same date; Kingfisher 1. 



March 20; River Forest: Meadowlarks; Blue Birds; Robins; Kildeer. 



March 21; River Forest: 1 Coot observed on Des Plaines River. Evening of 21st heavy 

 rain storm accompanied by severe lightning and thunder. On 22nd high wind; rain turning 

 to snow ; during the night the ground was covered with a heavy blanket of wet snow. This 

 storm stopped all migration. 



March 23 and 24; warmer; two warm days followed by a heavy rain storm lasting 

 36 hours. Temperature on 24th, 65; on 25th, 71; on morning of 26th, wind turned north 

 and during the day increased in violence, resulting in a gale of wind and rain which lasted 

 for the greater part of two days and nights. 



March 24, the following birds were observed in Jackson Park: Large flocks of American 

 Herring and Ring-billed Gulls; also large flocks of Red-breasted Merganser; American 

 Merganser 5 or 6; Golden-eye 5; Lesser Scaup Duck 15 to 20; Redhead 3; Coot 2; Pied-billed 

 Grebe 2; Bronzed Crackle 5; Rusty Blackbird 1; Kingfisher; Phoebe; Downy Woodpecker; 

 Kildeer; Meadowlark; Longspurs on Lake front; Red-tailed Hawk; Cooper's Hawk; Sparrow 

 Hawk; many Robins and Blue Birds; Blue Jay; Crows; Juncos; Song Sparrow 5; Fox 

 Sparrow 6; Bonaparte Gull 1. 



March 29; Milder; several flocks of Grackles in Jackson Park, arrived this morning. 

 Kingfisher 3; large flocks of Red-breasted Merganser and Lesser Scaup Duck in lagoon; also 

 large flocks of Gulls; ice all gone from lagoons. Grass in Park showed tint of green and a 

 decided Spring color. Observed also in Park on 29th: Sharp-shinned Hawk 2; Robins; Song 

 Sparrows in song; Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 or 6; American Coot 6; Pied-billed Grebe 1; 

 Hermit Thrush 1 ; Flicker 1 ; Towhee 1 ; Brown Creeper 1 ; Juncos 5 or 6. 



March 30; Jackson Park; In addition to the above named Ducks: Baldpates 5; Coot 

 8 or 10; Old Squaw 1; Meadowlark 3; Brown Creeper 1; Tree Sparrow 1; Golden Kinglet; 

 Chickadees; Hermit Thrush 6; about 8 American Mergansers; about one-half dozen Fox Sparrows. 



March 31; Jackson Park: Ring-necked Duck 3; flock of Canada Geese flying west over the 

 Park. 



April 3; Mineral Springs, Indiana: Crows moving north; observed many Song Sparrows; 

 Fox Sparrows 8; Towhee 3; Cardinal; Field Sparrow; Swamp Sparrow; Red-wdng; Bronzed 

 Grackle; Canada Geese; Herring Gulls; Phoebe; Marsh Hawk; Downy Woodpecker; Yellow- 

 bellied Sapsucker; Flicker; Ruffed Grouse; Kingfisher. 



April 4, Jackson Park: Hermit Thrush and Winter Wren. 



April 7, Jackson Park: Loon and Tree Swallow. 



April 9, Horned Grebe; Cedar Wax-wing; Cowbirds. 



April 10, wind turned south and on morning of April 11, the following arrivals noted: 

 Myrtle Warbler 12 to 15; Purple Martin 1; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, large number; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet; Phoebe; Hermit Thrush; Fox Sparrow and Juncos. 



SUMMARY OF ARRIVALS 





First 



Compara- 





observed 



tively 

 common 



1 Blue Bird 



Feb. 22 



Mar. 



11 



2 Kildeer 



" 22 



" 



11 



3 Meadowlark 



Mar. 11 



" 



19 



4 Marsh Hawk 





' 11 







5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 





' 11 







6 Sparrow Hawk 





1 11 







7 Robin 





' 11 



" 



24 



8 Fox Sparrow 





' 12 



" 



24 



9 Song Sparrow 





' 12 



" 



24 



10 Junco 





' 11 



" 



24 



11 Bronzed Grackle 





' 13 



cc 



29 



12 Redwing 





' 13 



" 



29 



13 Lesser Scaup Duck 





' 13 



" 



24 



14 Red-breasted Merganser 





* 13 



" 



24 



15 Mallard Duck 





' 18 







16 Cowbird 





' 19 



" 



24 



17 Swamp Sparrow 





' 19 



" 



31 



18 Kingfisher 





' 19 







19 Phoebe 





' 19 



cc 



31 



20 Coot 





' 21 







21 Pied-billed Grebe 





' 24 







First Compara- 

 observed tivelv 



22 Rusty Blackbird 



23 Bonaparte Gull 



24 Golden-crowmed Kinglet 



25 Hermit Thrush 



26 Flicker 



27 Towhee 



28 Brown Creeper 



29 Field Sparrow 



30 Mourning Dove 



31 Tree Swallow 



32 Horned Grebe 



33 Cedar Waxwing 



34 Myrtle Warbler 



35 Purple Martin 



36 American Bittern 



37 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 



38 White-throated Sparrow 



39 Green Heron 



40 Spotted Sandpiper 



41 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 



Mar. 24 

 " 24 

 " 29 

 " 29 

 " 29 

 " 29 

 29 

 3 



Apr. 



Apr. 



3 

 7 

 9 

 9 



11 

 11 

 11 

 11 



11 

 lo 

 11 

 11 



