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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Pied-billed Grebe 3; Red-breasted Merganser 1; Mallard 3; Lesser Scaup Duck 1; Blue Heron 2; 

 Black-crowned Night Heron 1; Coot 1; Wilson's Snipe 1; Kildeer 3; Bobwhite 12; Prairie 

 Chicken 1; Mourning Dove 8; Marsh Hawk 1; Sharp-shinned Hawk 1; Cooper's Hawk 1; 

 Red-tailed Hawk 4 ; Broad-winged Hawk 1 ; Sparrow Hawk 5 ; Barn Owl 4 ; Long-eared Owl 2 ; 

 Barred Owl 1; Screech Owl 1; Belted Kingfisher 4; Hairy Woodpecker 2; Downy Woodpecker 6; 

 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 25; Red-headed Woodpecker 6; Red-bellied Woodpecker 4; Northern 

 Flicker 20; Phoebe 4; Prairie Horned Lark 6; Blue Jay 3; Crow 30; Cowbird 8; Red-winged 

 Blackbird 40; Meadowlark 12; Rusty Blackbird 11; Bronzed Grackle 300; Vesper Sparrow 2; White- 

 throated Sparrow 4; Tree Sparrow 2; Chipping Sparrow 2; Field Sparrow 20; Slate-colored Junco 

 120; Song Sparrow 25; Swamp Sparrow 1; Fox Sparrow 40; Towhee 2; Cardinal 5; Cedar 

 Waxwing 7; Migrant Shrike 4; Brown Thrasher 2; Bewick's Wren 3; Winter Wren 3; 

 Brown Creeper 8; White-breasted Nuthatch 3; Tufted Titmouse 4; Chickadee 3; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet 15; Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1; Hermit Thrush 4; Robin 50; Bluebird 8. 

 Water Thrush, exact species uncertain, reported by two observers. 



Several other species reported earlier, including: American Woodcock, Short-eared Owl, 

 Saw-whet Owl, Goldfinch, and Purple Martins. 



Nests with eggs noticed as follows: Red-tailed Hawk, March 18; Red-shouldered Hawk, 

 March 18; Barred Owl, February 27; Screech Owl, April 2; Crow, March 25 and April 2. 



Some of the more interesting "first seen" records are as follows: Kildeer, February 22.: 

 Belted Kingfisher, March 11; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, March 23; Cowbird, March 12; 

 White-throated Sparrow, March 10; Chipping Sparrow, March 28; Field Sparrow, March 23; 

 Fox Sparrow, March 6; Towhee, March 7; Migrant Shrike, March 9; Brown Thrasher, 

 April 2; Bewick's Wren, March 30; Winter Wren, March 23; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, March 31; 

 Hermit Thrush, March 25; Bluebird, February 20. 



Compiled from the records of W. A. Goelitz, H. J. Van Cleave, Mrs. Percy Ash, Miss Bessie 

 R. Green, and F. Smith by Professor Frank Smith. University of Illinois. 



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