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ILLINOIS NESTING RECORDS — 1965 (Cont'd) 
AMERICAN REDSTART 
June 4, building; June 10, incubating; June 12, 4 eggs; June 13, nest on ground, remains 
of 2 broken eggs. McHenry Co. Carroll. 
June 6, building; June 11, incubating; June 20, nest destroyed. McHenry Co. Carroll. 
HOUSE SPARROW 
May 31, 2 young seen on fence being fed by male. Menard Co. Hopkins. 
MEADOW LARK 
June 5, 3 eggs. Tazewell Co. Findlay. 
June 5, 4 eggs. Tazewell Co. Findlay. 
(No date). Three young in nest, almost stepped on nest in city vacant lot. Jefferson Co. 
McPherson. 
REDWINGED BLACKBIRD 
June 5, newly built nest, no contents. Tazewell Co. Findlay. 
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD 
Aug. 7, 1 young fledged. Lake Co. Russell. 
BALTIMORE ORIOLE 
Arrived May 10. Too high to see eggs or young, but there all summer. Winnebago Co. 
Laechelt. 
May 14, building; June 22, 3 young fledged. LaSalle Co. Graham. 
May 16, nest discovered; 2 young fledged. Jefferson Co. McPherson. 
June 14, adults feeding young. Kankakee Co. Findlay. 
BRONZED GRACKLE and PURPLE GRACKLE 
Sixteen reports from April 22 to Aug. 5, of which 14 nests fledged from 1 to 5 young 
each. Mrs. Fiske reported seeing 1-day-old nestling carried to bird bath and drowned by 
parent. Mr. Bartel banded 21 young. DuPage, McHenry, Bureau, Cook, Sangamon, Taze- 
well, and McLean Counties. Lobik, Fiske, Cater, Hopkins, Bartel and Findlay. 
CARDINAL 
Fourteen reports from April 2 to June 5; 22 young fledged. Bureau, Knox, Winnebago, 
Sangamon, Wabash, McHenry, DuPage, Jefferson, Richland, Tazewell, Logan and Christian 
Counties. Cater, Person, Laechelt, Hopkins, Phebus, Fiske, Lobik, Lofquist, Scherer, Carroll, 
and McPherson. 
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 
June 1, building; Aug. 1, saw empty nest. Sangamon Co. Hopkins. 
July 1, young being fed by parents. Menard Co. Hopkins. 
BLUE GROSBEAK 
July 5, 2 young, 1 egg didn’t hatch; young began to feather out when dog stole nest 
out of rose bushes, carried 2 block before discovered. Young were dead, but may 
have been result of heavy rain night before, as dog hadn’t touched them. Marshall 
Co. Miller. 
INDIGO BUNTING 
June 8, incubating; June 18, nest destroyed. McHenry Co. Carroll. 
June 11, 1 egg; June 14, 2 bunting eggs, 1 cowbird egg; June 17, nest destroyed. 
McHenry Co. Carroll. 
July 18, 1 egg, 2 young. Woodford Co. Findlay. 
CHIPPING SPARROW 
May 9, building; May 18, 1 chipping sparrow egg, 1 cowbird egg; May 19, nest aban- 
doned; adult found dead near nest. McHenry Co. Fiske. 
May 21, 4 eggs; June 19, 3 young fledged and gone. McHenry Co. Fiske. 
June 9, 2 eggs; none hatched. Brown Co. Schaeffer. 
June 10, 3 eggs; July 2, 3 young fledged. McHenry Co. Howard. 
Aug. 8, 4 eggs; Aug. 19, 4 young; Sept. 24, 1 young fledged. St. Clair Co. Galbreath. 
