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ILLINOIS NESTING RECORDS — 1965 (Cont'd) 
FLYCATCHER (small bird with wing bars) 
June 16, nest first observed; July 8, 3 young fledged. Brown Co. Schaeffer. 
HORNED LARK 
April 24, 3 young. Tazewell Co. Findlay. 
April 24, 4 young. Tazewell Co. Findlay. 
TREE SWALLOW 
Reports of 24 nests from May 20 to July 28. 19 of the nests fledged 1 to 7 young each. 
One report from McHenry Co. by Mrs. Fiske. The other 23 from Cook Co. by Mr. Dring 
in nest boxes. 80 fledged and 80 banded. Five nests cleaned after use; new nests built. 
BARN SWALLOW 
May 26, number of nests under cement bridge were washed away in flash flood. Several 
were rebuilt. Winnebago Co. Laechelt. 
May 28, nests first observed; at least 3 sets of eggs; 15 young hatched in all. Christian 
Co. Laechelt. 
June 14, 2 eggs. Kankakee Co. Findlay. 
June 23, 4 eggs; July 6, young fledged. McHenry Co. Fiske. 
July 10, 6 young fledged. DuPage Co. Lobik. 
July 14, nests observed; July 14 to Sept. 3, 15 to 20 young fledged. Bureau Co. Cater. 
PURPLE MARTIN 
April 1, new 12-compartment house erected, 8 of 12 rooms occupied by martins, 2 by 
sparrows, many young. McHenry Co. Rowe. 
April, 4 pairs nested; June 5, feeding young; June 24, 3 young left nest; June 30 last 
baby flew. Sagamon Co. Hopkins. 
April 21, 1 scout; May 7, 3 pairs came and nested. July 3, young were seen on wires. 
Never sure of number fledged. Bureau Co. Cater. 
May 10, 2 scouts; May 10, 6 eggs; May 23, nests in 2 compartments; 1 used by sparrows, 
many young. McHenry Co. Fiske. 
By July 10, 52 eggs hatched, 41 birds banded, 13 birds too small to band, 7 eggs still 
in nests, 2 sparrow nests removed. Cook Co. Dring. 
Aug. 1, 1 young fledged. Cook Co. Russell. 
(No date). Twenty-five fledged. McHenry Co. Sands. 
(No date). Two pairs nested; at least 4 young fledged. McHenry Co. Perry. 
BLUE JAY 
April 30, 4 young fledged; 1 drowned in lily pool. Winnebago Co. Laechelt. 
June 10, 2 young on ground; June 12, able to fly. Sangamon Co. Hopkins. 
July 15-30, 2 young fed daily by parents. McLean Co. Hopkins. 
July 26, 4 young fledged. Cook Co. Russell. 
COMMON CROW 
April 13, adult on nest. Woodford Co. Findlay. 
May 3, incubating; May 24, feeding; June 19, 1 young fledged. McHenry Co. Carroll. 
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE 
March 13, pair chickadees inspecting bluebird box No. 3; April 27, building; April 28, 
driven out by bluebirds; also drove them from another box. Late June, chickadees 
seen about a knot hole in fallen dead elm. Several about, some may have been young. 
Bureau Co. Cater. 
April 7, nesting; April 29, feeding; May 8, 2 or more young fledged. DuPage Co. Lobik. 
July 6, 4 young fledged, brought to suet feeder and showed how to get food. Winne- 
bago Co. Laechelt. 
TUFTED TITMOUSE 
May 29, 5 young fledged, brought to sunflower feeder by parents, who made quite a 
production of feeding them. Jefferson Co. McPherson. 
