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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



20 years ago, and evidently 

 found conditions to its lik- 

 ing, for not only has it 

 stayed on, but it may be 

 found in almost all of the 

 woodlands, along streams, 

 and also in the ravines 

 along the north shore of 

 Lake Michigan, where deep 

 ravines in the Chicago 

 Heights preserve along 

 Thorn Creek giant black 

 walnuts and the northern 

 ranging buckeyes, now pe- 

 culiarly attractive to the 

 Red Bird. 

 The famous swallow bank 

 in the loess deposits in Palos Park proves the Bank Swal- 

 lows' knowledge of a proper nesting site. The entire 

 Sag valley from Palos Park to the Mount Forest ridge 

 is a fertile feeding ground for all the Finches, for in its 

 mucky bottom rag weeds, sunflowers, and other seedbearing 

 weeds and wildflowers grow to perfection. 



HOURGLASS HAWTHORNS IN THE SKOKIE 



VALLEY 



Photo by O. M. Schantz 



TROUT PARK, ELGIN, A RESORT FOR WINTER BIRDS 

 Photo by O. M. Schantz 



Somewhere along Salt Creek, north or northeast of La 

 Grange there is a populous Grackle roost, and the procession 

 of birds wheeling in compact flocks on their way in at dusk is 



