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Clarence Palmquist, Alpha Peterson, Clarence Peterson, Alfred Reuss, Robert 
Reuss, I’. Adrian Robson, Lowell Ross, Nellie Ross, Paul Schulze, Paul E. 
Springer, Floyd Swink, Isabel Wasson, Charles Westcott, Lorraine Westcott, 
Ben Wilder, Helen A. Wilson, Matthew Wray, Charles F. Wright. (Seen 
in area during count period, but not on count day: Sharp-shinned Hawk, itp 
Snowy Owl, 1; Oregon Junco, 2.) Seen but not identified and not included 
in chart: Unidentified Buteos, 4; unidentified hawk, 1; unidentified gulls, 
150; unidentified longspur, 1. 
Lake County, WAUKEGAN. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle 
centered at approximately the intersection of State Routes 120 and 131). 
Waukegan Harbor, lake front, woods and fields north of Waukegan, pines 
of Illinois Beach State Park, Public Service cooling pond, and St. Mary-of- 
the-Lake Seminary woods. Lake edge, 60%; pine and other evergreens, 10%; 
open fields, 15%; inland lakes and creeks, 15%. Jan. 1, 1965; 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. Rainy and foggy all day; temp. 34° to 38°; wind SE, 10 to 20 
m.p-h.; ground wet and muddy; harbor frozen over. Lake front partly open. 
Total party-hours, 124% (9% on foot, 3 by car); total party-miles, 72 (11 
on foot, 61 by car). Eleven observers in three parties: Joan Anesey, Amy 
Baldwin, Bertha Bannert, Howard Dean, Ed Hall, Florence Hall, Margaret 
C. Lehmann (Compiler), Hollis Nork, Ted Nork, Paul Schulze and Helen 
A. Wilson. 
XMcHenry County, WOODSTOCK. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle 
centered on Cold Springs Schoolhouse, 3 miles east of Woodstock. Coniferous 
woods, 80%; deciduous woods, 20 %; open fields and ponds, 25%; feeders, 
20% ; brushy roadsides, 5%). Dec. 26: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; clear, temp. 
12° to 26°; wind W, 10 m.p.h.; light snow cover, lakes frozen. Total party- 
hours, 8 (3 on foot, 5 by car); total party-miles, 25 (6 on foot, 19 by car). 
Highteen observers in three parties: Hazel Abbott, Helmut Bruchmann, Anne 
Carroll, Leta Clark, Darlene Fiske (Compiler), Rosemary Fosse, Kathryn 
Johnson, Grace Lehman, Jim Pearson, Roger Smith, Clarence Sparks, Larry 
Stout, Mary Tittle, Dorothy Weers, Philip Yeagle and M. L. Yeagle (McHenry 
County Bird Club). The hybrid ducks, as reported by Larry Stout, looked 
chiefly like Black Ducks but had green heads with dark feet and bills. There 
was a white streak from under the bill running down the neck to the breast. 
Each one was slightly different but corresponded to this pattern. To fit the 
hybrids into the chart, they were classified as Black Ducks. 
McLean County, BLOOMINGTON. (All points within a 15-mile diameter 
circle centered on Pilehard Hall at East Bay Camp, Lake Bloomington, to 
include Money Creek and the Mackinaw River; 40% wooded area, 30% 
cultivated land, 20% pasture land, 10% shore area). Jan. 3, 1965; 6:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m.; temp. 25° to 40°, clear skies. Total party-hours, 11 (5 on 
Zoot, 6 by car); total party-miles, 165 (15 on foot, 150 by car). Ten 
observers in three parties: Miss Ruth Ambrose, Richard F. Bosworth (Com- 
piler), Mr. and Mrs. LaRue Fairchilds, Mrs. Wendell Hess, Mr. and Mrs. 
William Stanahan, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Webster and Miss Elizabeth 
Weir. (Cardinal Audubon Society). 
Mercer County, WESTERN PORTION. (Same area as in other years). Jan. 
3, 1965; 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; no snow on ground; river open with floating 
ice; temp. 20° to 38°. Total party-hours, 4634 (14 on foot, 32% by car); 
total party-miles, 420 (24 on foot, 396 by car). Fourteen observers in five 
