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Criex Meadows, a state hunting and fishing preserve. By the time we got 
to the Illinois state line it was dark, and hence no return count could be 
made in Illinois. 
DOVE TOTALS BY STATES 
Illinois ole wAUS ae Field Trip 
Iowa oY Re st Saskatchewan 23° Aug. 29 
Minnesota 279 a Roan! 
tch 2 Aug. 30 
North Dakota 93 Aug. 23 pl eee nen ay pi > 
¢ ey North Dakota 98 
Saskatchewan 21 i < 
Saskatchewan 6 Ate 124 EES 50 Aug. 
Saskatchewan 388 Aug. 25 Wisconsin 53 Sept. 1 
Outbound Trip: 495 Total Return Trip: 226 Total 
The grand total while traveling was 721 doves in 3,571 miles, an average 
of slightly more than one Mourning Dove every five miles. 
2528 W. Collins St., Blue Island, Ill. 
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FIELD NOTES — WINTER, 1960 
By MR. AND Mrs. Harry A. SHAW 
ONE SNOWY OWL was observed January 18th perching on a fence post just 
north of Sterling. It was followed into a plowed field and several photo- 
graphs taken in spite of the dark, foggy afternoon. 
A flock of 250 Lapland Longspurs was watched feeding in a field of corn 
stubble just west of the Green River Game Preserve on January 17th. 
Red-breasted Nuthatches are wintering at the White Pines Forest State 
Park in great numbers (estimate, 100). They are feeding on the ground, in 
the tops of pines (on the cones), and at the feeders by the caretaker’s home. 
Bird watchers in this vicinity have never seen so many at one time. 
A lone White-throated Sparrow comes to our kitchen window feeder every 
day to secure his share of raw peanuts which we put out for the birds. 
Occasionally he flies away with a sunflower seed, but we wonder if he is 
successful in opening it. 
We could hardly believe our eyes when we checked our sparrow trap on 
Wednesday noon, January 20th. A female Baltimore Oriole was fluttering 
and scolding inside. The temperature was 10 degrees above zero and three 
inches of snow were on the ground. We called the Max Hagans to come 
verify our identification. Before releasing the Oriole we fed it moistened 
bread and it greedily went after an orange half. Close-up pictures were 
taken, then it was freed. It immediately flew to trash burners in the alley 
in search of more food. 
This winter seems to have an unusual number of out-of-season birds, in- 
cluding a Green-tailed Towhee being fed in Rockford. 
1304 Fourth Avenue, Sterling, Illinois 
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