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Life has become a little quieter now that my feathered visitors have 
gone, but I will always remember the many exciting hours I spent watch- 
ing the tiny cradle swinging above our driveway. 
R.R. 1, Box 103, Elizabeth, Illinois 
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Field Notes — Fall, 1963 
By Richard Hoger 
Lawrence County, Ill.: along U. S. 50 where patches of water stood. August 
&: Blue-winged Teal-5. August 22: Blue-winged Teal-25, Least Sandpiper-4, 
Baird’s Sandpiper-1, Lesser Yellowlegs-3, Greater Yellowlegs-1, Sander- 
ling-5. October 5: Pectoral Sandpiper-1, Dowitcher-1, Golden Plover-15. 
Mrs. Vera L. Shaw & Mrs. Violet Scherer - Olney, Ill. 
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Unusuals Sighted 
Magpie, in a flock of Redwinged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, and Brown- 
headed Cowbirds. October 5, on Willow Road, west of Waukegan. 
Reba & Rheba Campbell 
Little Green Heron, Richland County - Sept. 18 to 20. 
Mrs. Violet Scherer 
Hudsonian Curlew, marshes west of Lake Calumet at 111th St. 
Helen Wilson & Amy Baldwin 
Geese 
C.O.S. Field Trip, Nov. 2, 1963, Orland Slough 
Canada - 100 Snow - 1 Blue - 20 
Ducks 
Mallard - 200 Black - 50 American Widgeon - 40 
Pintail - 100 Green-winged Teal - 50 Blue-winged Teal - 1 
Shoveler - 8 Wood Duck - 4 Redhead - 3 
Ring-necked - 50 Canvasback - 6 Lesser Scaup - 6 
Ruddy - 100 Hooded Merganser - 8 
Other Interesting Species 
Tree Swallow, near Bald Cypress trees on Island by parking lot. 
Myrtle Warbler - 6 Yellow-headed Blackbird - 4 (flying over) 
Pine Siskin - 40 American Goldfinch - 45 White-crowned Sparrow - 1 
White-thrcated Sparrow - 25 Fox Sparrow - 4 #£xTree Sparrow - 4 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, in my own backyard, October 26. 
Coot - 2000 Gadwall- 15 # £Pied-billed Cxebe - 1 
Common Snipe - 1 American Widgeon - 2 (Wolf Lake area, Oct. 27) 
Banding Longevity Records, Palos Banding Station. 
Hairy Wcodpecker, banded Nov. 9, 1922 - returned Nov. 3, 1963 — 11 years. 
Black-capped Chickadee, banded Dec. 15, 1957 - returned Nov. 3, 1963 — 
6 years. Al Reuss, Blue Island, Ill. 
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Night-Time Visitors 
Barn Owl: has been a constant visitor since Christmas, 1962. 
Great Horned Owl: has visited occasionally for the past month. 
Myrtle Warblers, White-throated Sparrow: still plentiful here at Willow 
Brook Wildlife Haven. A solitary Brown Thrasher also roams the wood- 
land area. 
2s101 Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Ill. 
