ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 5 



The regular boarders in Quincy during the winter are: The white- 

 breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse, blackcapped chickadee, little brown 

 creeper, downy, and hairy woodpecker, junco, red bird, blue jay, English 

 sparrow, tree sparrow, red-bellied woodpecker, with an occasional red- 

 breasted nuthatch, red-headed woodpecker, song sparrow, and yellow- 

 bellied sapsucker. 



Winter Visitors and Residents of Northern Illinois. 



Mr. O. M. Schantz of Chicago, comments as follows : 

 After the fall migration is over do not think that there are no more 

 birds to be seen until spring. There is a constant bird population well 

 worth a further acquaintance. Before the snow comes the great stores of 

 weed seeds attract many members of the sparrow family to stay as long 

 as the weather is not too severe, and some of them to stay with us until 

 spring. The whitethroated sparrows are probably the most numerous of 

 these late visitors, but the junco, tree sparrow, pine siskin, and goldfinch 

 are also often to be seen until quite late in autumn. The towhee frequently 

 stays "till the last minute." The dowmy and hairy woodpeckers, white 

 and red breasted nuthatches, the chickadee, cardinal and in favored local- 

 ities where evergreens abound the cross bills, pine finch and evening gros- 

 beak, are all quite likely to be found in the woodland all winter. Crows, 

 varieties of owls, the snowflake, an occasional shrike, and possibly a par- 

 tridge, and the ever present and never silent blue jay make a very interesting 

 and varied winter bird population. 



It is not always the severe cold alone that drives the birds south. Many 

 birds could get along reasonably well if their food w r as at all times avail- 

 able. Many instances can be cited where injured birds have survived 

 even a severe winter when provided with sufficient food. Bird tables may 

 bring surprises among their visitors. Try one and find out for yourself. 



A SUCCESSFUL FEEDING SHELF 



