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THE 1959 NESTING REPORT 
MILTON D. THOMPSON, Assistant Director, 
Illinois State Museum 
TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE SUBMITTED reports this year on nesting birds. Re- 
ports from additional observers are needed if these are to be as useful as 
they can be. All that is required is that you record your observations. Give 
the date, the status of the nest, the number of eggs or young when you 
can, and any additional data. Reports should begin in February with such 
early nesting species as owls and Horned Larks and continue through 
September with late nesting species like Mourning Doves. 
We are glad to get reports on rare nesting species such as the Upland 
Plover, Black-billed Cuckoo, Whip-poor-will, Cliff Swallow, Bewick’s Wren, 
and Black-and-White Warbler. But of equal value are the long series of 
reports that give a chance for summary. Mr. Don Prentice’s reports on 58 
hawk nests and nine owl nests from the Rockford area is outstanding. It 
was disappointing that he did not record the Swainson’s Hawk again this 
year after locating it in this area for several preceding years. 
Among the novel records, I would very much like to see pictures and 
read in some detail the story of the Bewick’s Wren that built her nest in 
a tractor tool box and successfully raised three young even though the 
tractor was in regular use. 
Also of interest were the non-nesting but intriguing reports of unusual 
birds, particularly, Margaret Schirding of Petersburg, Illinois, who re- 
ported a good view of a Golden Eagle at 50 feet, and Fred Lughy’s report 
of a Flamingo on his lake in the Illinois River bottoms near Havana on 
September 28. The bird was later reported by Al Russ from Ingraham 
Lake near Snicarte, Illinois, in Mason County, on October 3. Let me again 
urge that more of you gather data this coming season either as individuals 
or as a club project and turn them in to me right after the first of October. 
Illinois State Museum, Springfield 
Nesting Reports 
PELECANIFORMES — Pelicans and Cormorants 
Double-crested Cormorant: June 7. Seven nests at Thomson, Ill. Adults on or near 
nest. Mississippi River Valley, Carroll County. Keegan. 
CICONITFORMES — Herons 
Black-crowned Night Heron: July 17. Five nests. Four with young and one vacant 
on small island. Lake Decatur, Macon County. Nearing. 
ANSERIFORMES — Ducks and Geese 
Pintail Duck: June 17. Six young with female. Whiteside County. H. Shaw. 
Wood Duck: May 18. Incubating eggs. Winnebago County. Prentice. 
June 2. Young left nest with female and traveled two blocks to edge of town. Easton, 
Mason County. Robinson. 
June 7. Eight young, approximately two weeks old. Winnebago County. Prentice. 
June 14. Nine young with female. Whiteside County. H. Shaw. 
August 16. Three young, one-third grown. Savanna, Carroll County. Petersen. 
FALCONIFORMES — Hawks and Falcons 
Cooper’s Hawk: April 26. Incubating eggs. Winnebago County. Prentice. 
June 24. Feeding two three-day-old young. Young banded on July 16. Winnebago 
County. Prentice. 
June 27. Three eggs in nest. Winnebago County. Prentice. 
