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COLYMBIFORMES: Grebes 
Pied-billed Grebe 
June 3, 1 egg nest abandoned. Cook Co. (Balch and Blume). 
CICONIIFORMES: Herons, Bitterns, Ibises and allies. 
Least Bittern 
May 25 - June 4, 9 nests, 20 eggs but only 3 hatched, 2 nests destroyed. Cook Co. 
(Balch and Blume). Aug. 1, A late nest, 2 eggs. Aug. 11, adult on nest not disturbed 
Cook Co. (Dring). 
ANSERIFORMES: Swans, Geese and Ducks 
Mallard 
May 5, 9 eggs, 2 cracked; May 25, nest abandoned; May 8, 12-15 young with mother. 
Cook Co. (Balch and Blume). May 15, 9 eggs. Woodford Co. (Findlay). 
Wood Duck 
Late April to May 15, adults observed flying to hole in Burr Oak. May 15, 9 young 
left nest. Ogle Co. (Morris and Donaldson). 
FALCONIFORMES: Vultures, Eagles and Hawks 
Cooper’s 
April 29 - July 5, 2 young fledged; July 25, 1 young using nest as a feeding station. 
McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
Red-tailed 
May 5, 2 young fledged. Logan Co. (Findlay). 
Red-shouldered 
April 25, adult incubating, only observation. Union Co. (Findlay). 
Broad-winged 
May 5-6-7, building nest; July 1, young fledged. Cook Co. (Dring). 
GALLIFORMES: Grouse, Quail, Pheasants and allies 
Quail 
June 5, 1 young, sure others were near; July 23, nest of 8 eggs, later destroyed. 
Bureau Co. (Cater). 
Ring-necked Pheasant 
June 6, nest of 9 eggs, later destroyed by mower. Female injured beyond recovery. 
Tazewell Co. (Guth). 
GRUIFORMES: Cranes, Rails, Gallinules and allies 
Common Gallinule-Florida 
May 28 - June 11, 4 nests, 43 eggs, 21-22 hatched. Aug. 21, 6 pairs seen with downy 
young. Cook Co. (Balch and Blume). Aug. 7, 5 young fledged. Cook Co. (Dring). 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuckoos and allies 
Black-billed Cuckoo 
June 15, 3 eggs, June 30, nest abandoned. McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
STRIGIFORMES: Owls 
Screech Owl 
May 7, 3 young fledged. Sangamon Co. (Parmalee). 
MICROPODIFORMES: Swifts and Hummingbirds 
Chimney Swift 
June 1, 1 young fell from nesting chimney, possibly more in nest. Christian <«. (Varner). 
June 5, 1 young; had 6 swifts early and dozens more in late summer. Bureau Co. (Cater). 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
June 17, nest under construction; July 2, young fledged. McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
PICIFORMES: 
Yellow-shafted Flicker 
May 2, discovered nest too high to-see into. DuPage Co. (Mostek). 
June 30, saw 3 heads of young, one above the other, in entrance hole. Lake Co. 
(Steinmann). 
