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Horned Lark, 36; Blue Jay, 53; Common Crow, 106; Black-capped Chick- 
adee, 76; Tufted Titmouse, 48; White-breasted Nuthatch, 8; Red-breasted 
Nuthatch, 4; Brown Creeper, 7; Carolina Wren, 29; Mockingbird, 5; 
Eastern Bluebird, 8; Cedar Waxwing, 8; Starling, 8,500; House Sparrow, 
700; Eastern Meadowlark, 2; Redwinged Blackbird, 3; Common Grackle, 10; 
Brown-headed Cowbird, 3; Cardinal, 110; Purple Finch, 2; Am. Goldfinch, 
73; Slate-colored Junco, 241; Tree Sparrow, 51; Field Sparrow, 2; Song 
Sparrow, 21. Total: 50 species, 12,156 individuals. 
Seen in area during week prior to count, but not on count day: Screech 
Owl, 1; Winter Wren, 1; Robin, 1; Red Crossbill, 20. — Dr. & Mrs. Richard 
Allyn, Beatrice Foster, Vernon Greening, Ellen Hopkins, Beatrice Hopwood, 
Al Kaszynski, Emma Leonhard, William O’Brien, Opel M. Rippey, W. A. 
Sausaman (Compiler), Daisy Thompson, Richard Ware (Springfield Nature 
League). 
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Tri-Cities: Rock ISLAND-MOLINE-DAVENPORT AREA. Seven and one-half miles 
radius centering on the Memorial Bridge (same area as last year). Dec. 27; 
7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; overcast, 0.71 inches of rain, foggy; temperature 51° 
to 56°; wind S.E., 10-12 m.p.h.; river open, ground bare. Thirty-nine ob- 
servers in 21 parties. Total party-hours, 1388 (76 on foot, 57 by car); total 
party-miles, 559 (84 miles on foot, 525 by car). — Pied-billed Grebe, 1; 
Mallard, 3; Lesser Scaup, 2; Common Goldeneye, 288; Common Merganser, 
20; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2; Cooper’s Hawk, 1; Red-tailed Hawk, 26; Red- 
shouldered Hawk, 9; Broad-winged Hawk, 1; Bald Eagle, 41; Marsh Hawk, 
1; Pigeon Hawk, 1; Sparrow Hawk, 7; Bobwhite, 63; Ring-necked Pheasant, 
95; Killdeer, 1; Common Snipe, 1; Glaucous Gull, 1; Herring Gull, 321; 
Ring-billed Gull, 155; Mourning Dove, 103; Screech Owl, 2; Great Horned 
Owl, 3; Barred Owl, 3; Long-eared Owl, 2; Short-eared Owl, 4; Saw-whet 
Owl, 1; Belted Kingfisher, 1; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 12; Red-bellied Wood- 
pecker, 33; Red-headed Woodpecker, 16; Hairy Woodpecker, 31; Downy 
Woodpecker, 50; Horned Lark, 29; Blue Jay, 175; Common Crow, 351; 
Black-capped Chickadee, 170; Tufted Titmouse, 46; White-breasted Nut- 
hatch, 57; Brown Creeper, 8; Carolina Wren, 2; Catbird, 1; Robin, 7; 
Eastern Bluebird, 4; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 19; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6; 
Cedar Waxwing, 32; Starling, 2,832; House Sparrow, 1,620; Eastern 
Meadowlark, 4; Western Meadowlark, 2; Meadowlark species, 12; Red- 
winged Blackbird, 703; Common Grackle, 14; Cardinal, 146; Purple Finch, 
9; Pine Siskin, 3; Am. Goldfinch, 92; Slate-colored Junco, 324; Tree Spar- 
row, 330; Field Sparrow, 1; White-crowned Sparrow, 2; White-throated 
Sparrow, 9; Fox Sparrow, 1; Swamp Sparrow, 1; Song Sparrow, 42. Total: 
66 species, 8,355 individuals. 
Seen in area during count period, but not on day of count: Ring-necked 
Duck and Red-breasted Nuthatch. Broad-winged Hawk identified by tail 
bands and small size at 40 feet through 7X binoculars by Mr. & Mrs. Don 
Price; Pigeon Hawk identified by Jim Hanssen; Peter Petersen, Jr. and 
Robert Trial observed the Glaucous Gull at 150 feet through a 40X tele- 
scope and identified it by white coloration and lack of gray mantle and black 
wing tips (examination of specimens at Chicago Natural History Museum 
indicated the tan-tinged bird was in 2nd-year plumage) ; Catbird observed 
