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In 1951 the birds were close to home at a scooped-out patch of ground in 
Beverly Cemetery at 128rd and Kedzie. Here I banded 28 sandpipers, in- 
cluding a new species for me — a Greater Yellow-legs. I also banded a 
number of Mourning Doves and Starlings. This is where most of my- 
Solitary Sandpipers were banded. ‘ 
In 1952 I was informed by Mrs. Amy Baldwin of a sandpiper concentra- 
tion at 107th and Kostner in Oak Lawn. This was the most miserable place 
I ever banded, but the birds were thick. If I did not stand by and watch, 
boys would begin stoning the birds. I did manage to band 138 sandpipers 
and 8 meadowlarks. This was the last year I banded sandpipers. 
Since 1953 I have gone back to “bird watching” at Calumet Flats, using 
binoculars and telephoto camera lenses. This is less nerve-racking than 
watching a sandpiper teetering one inch from a trap entrance without go- 
ing in. . 
In 1954, on September 18th, I banded some sandpipers for Mr. Richard 
Hoger that had been restored to health. Of these, 43 were Pectoral and 6 
Semipalmated Sandpipers; these were released at Orland Wildlife Pre- 
serve. A few days later, one of the Semipalmated was back at Calumet 
Flats and was found sick again where it formerly had been picked up. On 
October 23rd I again banded for Mr. Hoger about 12 Golden Plovers and 
7 Pectoral Sandpipers which he and his wife had restored to health. In 16 
years of trapping, I banded 759 individuals of 17 species and sub-species of 
sandpipers, plus 14 other species of birds: 
12 Blue-winged Teal 1 Greater Yellowlegs Long-billed 
1 King Rail 23 Lesser Yellowlegs Marsh Wren 
1 Virginia Rail 91 Pectoral Water Pipit 
1 Sora Rail Senclouien ath Starling 
27 Semipalmated 2 Baird’s Sandpiper art We. 
Plover 71 Least Sandpiper ot wal at 
94 Killdeer 6 Long-billed Bee 
tea mer Golden Dowitcher Blackbird 
1 Ruddy Turnstone Sandpiper Blackbird 
2 Amer. Woodcock poy cetcrn Brown-headed 
mer. OOacoc Sandpiper 
2 Common Snipe 1 Wilson’s Cowbird 
43 Spotted Sandpiper Phalarope Swamp Sparrow 
33 Solitary Sandpiper Mourning Dove Song Sparrow 
Of all these banded birds, only five were ever found later: 
Cowsirp: Banded Aug. 22, 1950; found dead Nov. 28, 1950, at Ville 
Platte, La. 
KILLDEER: Banded July 20, 1939; found frozen Jan. 238, 1940, at Ber- 
trandville, La. 
WILSON’s SNIPE: Banded Aug, 31, 1948; shot Oct. 16, 1953, at George 
Lake Marsh, Whiting, Ind. — 5 years, 2 months later. 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: Banded Aug. 7, 1944; shot Sept. 20, 1944, at Big 
Lake, Minn. — this bird flew north. 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: Banded Aug. 7, 1944; shot Jan. 21, 1945, at Bogota, 
Colombia, South America. 
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