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ILLINOIS NESTING RECORDS - 1962 
Compiled by Milton D. Thompson, Museum Director 
and Orvetta Robinson, Librarian, Illinois State Museum 
THE NUMBER AND VARIETY of birds reported continue to grow with 
each year’s record. We are glad to see this as well as some new names 
among the list of observers. There is reasonably good coverage for north- 
eastern Illinois and for some areas in central and northwestern Illinois. 
However, there are great gaps of excellent nesting areas where as yet we 
have no reporters, particularly in the productive parts of southern Illinois 
in the Shawnee Hills, the Ohio Valley and the Ozark Uplift, and in the 
rugged valleys of the southern Illinois River. Nor are there any reports 
from the populated complex of East St. Louis and Belleville, or from the 
Moline-Rock Island area. We hope more people will become interested in 
supporting this program, especially in these neglected regions. 
This year there are reports from 16 observers in 15 counties, adding 
three more counties to our report than last year; a total of 370 reports 
as compared to 200 last year; and a total of 77 species as compared to 58 
last year. The number by counties and observers is given below. Please 
note that we have included only those reports which gave data on nests, 
eggs, or young along with complete information on dates of observation. 
County Reports 
Lee 78 
McHenry 73 
Bureau 57 
Sangamon 29 
Carroll 28 
Jo Daviess 26 
Cook 22 
Richland ar 
Whiteside 1) 
DuPage 10 
McLean 5 
zr Lake 4 
oa Woodford 3 
ioe Ogle ve 
Iroquois 1 
ee Observer Reports 
; - | Keegan 107 
Rey Hopkins 34 
Cater 33 
Carroll 31 
Fiske ob 
Dyke 24 
Russell 23 
Williams, G. oA 
Scherer i a 
Petersen 12 
Lobik 10 
Goodmiller 9 
Clark 9 
Huxford 4 
Webster 3 
Williams, J. 2 
