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ILLINOIS NESTING RECORDS — 1965 (Cont'd) 
CANVASBACK DUCK 
July 5, 3 young. Cook Co. Clark. 
Aug. (early), 3 young fledged. Cook Co. Dring. 
RUDDY DUCK 
Aug. 15, 4 young. Cook Co. Clark. 
FALCONIFORMES — Vultures, Eagles and Hawks 
COOPER’S HAWK 
April 28, incubating; June 19, 2 young; June 30, 3 young; July 5, 4 young fledged. 
Lake Co. Russell. 
SPARROW HAWK 
Aug. 7, 5 young fledged. Lake Co. Russell. 
GALLIFORMES — Grouse, Quail, Pheasants and Allies 
BOBWHITE 
June 21, 12 eggs; July 3, 7 eggs hatched; 5 eggs infertile. Madison Co. Firsching. 
RING-NECKED PHEASANT | 
Aug. 16, hen pheasant with 5 young. Logan Co. Hopkins. 
GRUIFORMES — Cranes, Rails, Gallinules and Allies 
KING RAIL 
(No date), one young. Cook Co. Balch. 
FLORIDA GALLINULE 
Aug. 28, 1 young fledged. Cook Co. Dring. 
COMMON GALLINULE 
Aug. 7, 7 young fledged. Cook Co. Russell. 
CHARADRIIFORMES — Plovers, Sandpipers, Gulls, Terns and Allies 
FORSTER’S TERN 
June 13, 3 eggs; June 20, nest abandoned. Cook Co. Balch and Blume. 
June 13, 3 eggs; June 27, 3 young. Cook Co. Balch and Blume. 
COMMON TERN 
July 5, 20 pairs feeding young. Lake Co. Russell. 
BLACK TERN 
May 20, nests with eggs first seen; June 17, adults feeding young; June 27, some birds 
still incubating. Cook Co. Balch and Blume. 
June 6, 3 eggs; June 27, 1 egg cracked, 1 young dead; June 27, nest abandoned. Cook 
Co. Balch and Blume. 
June 20, 1 young had bad gash on head under down. Cook Co. Balch and Blume. 
June 27, 3 eggs. Cook Co. Balch and Blume. 
June 27, 3 eggs, Cook Co. Balch and Blume. 
June 27, 2 eggs. Cook Co. Balch and Blume. 
Aug. 7, 1 young fledged, being fed on muskrat den. Lake Co. Russell. 
COLUMBIFORMES — Doves and Pigeons 
MOURNING DOVE 
Eleven reports from May 1-June 29, 11 young fledged, on later dates not yet hatched. 
Richland, Cook, Winnebago, Tazewell, and McHenry counties. Scherer, Bartel, Laechelt, 
Findlay, Fiske and Balch. 
CUCULIFORMES — Cuckoos and Allies 
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO 
July 1, nests in flowering crab every year; never see any young. Christian Co. Lofquist. 
STRIGIFORMES — Owls 
SCREECH OWL 
June 28, parent (red phase) with 2 young (gray phase) stayed 2 days. Winnebago Co. 
Laechelt. 
Aug. 4, 2 young fledged. McHenry Co. Perry. 
