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Catbird 
June 12, 4 eggs. DuPage Co. (Mostek). 
May 26, nest abandoned, storm damage. July 9, 3 young fledged. Other nests not 
observed but 8-10 eating elderberries in yard. Bureau Co. (Cater). 
July 8, 3 young fledged. McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
June 19 - July 4, incubating. McHenry Co. (Fiske). 
Brown Thrasher 
May 17, 4 young fledged. McHenry Co. (Rowe). 
May 23, 2 eggs hatched. McHenry Co. (Bruchmann). 
May 24, 4 eggs. June 2, nest destroyed, ground squirrel near nest, on ground; found 
1 crushed, dried cowbird egg. McHenry Co. (Fiske). 
May 18, nest, saw 1 young later. Bureau Co. (Cater). 
Robin 
Apr. 4 - Aug. 6, 42 nests, 69 young fledged, 2 young banded, 21 eggs, 6 nests destroyed 
or abandoned because of storms. 3 young eaten by cat. 2 nests destroyed by gray 
squirrel, 3 eggs taken by Blue Jay. McHenry, Bureau, Tazewell, Christian, Ogle, Cook, 
DuPage counties. (Bruchmann, Howard, Rowe, Fiske, Cater, Guth, Varner, Wade, 
Koerner, Stroud, Lobik, Mostek). 
Common Bluebird—Eastern 
Apr. 24 - Aug. 11, 83 nests, 28 eggs, 182 young fledged, 20 nests abandoned or destroyed 
by cold, Flickers, English Pparrows, Wrens, racoons. Greased poles to keep out 
raccoons. Bureau Co. (Cater). McHenry, Bureau, Adams, Montgomery, Christian, Ogle, 
Tazewell Counties. (Bruchmann, Clark, Ward, Nickels, Van Landuyt, Howard, Abbott, 
Rowe, Fisk, Stromski, Cater, Varner, Wade, Sands, Stroud). 
Wood Thrush 
May 21 - June 11, 2 eggs, 1 Cowbird egg, nest abandoned. Stephenson Co. (Brechlin). 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
June 7, nest under construction; June 16, nest abandoned. McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
Cedar Waxwing 
Oct. 6, 6 young, Oct. 16, large flock of 150-200 seen with good percentage of young. 
Bureau Co. (Cater). 
Starling 
Apr. 24 - June 11, 13 eggs removed, all same nest in Flicker box. McHenry Co. (Fiske). 
May 31, 2 young. Christian Co. (Varner). 
Apr. 23, 5 eggs; May 13, eggs gone; nest abandoned. Cook Co. (Dring). 
Yellow-throated Vireo 
June 3, nest under construction; July 1, heard noisy young. McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
Red-eyed Vireo 
June 15, 3 vireos and 2 cowbird eggs; June 18, nest robbed; 2nd nest, 2 young fledged. 
McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
June 7, nest under construction; June 18, 4 warbler eggs, 1 cowbird egg; June 
19, nest robbed and abandoned. McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
Yellow-throat 
Never found nest but 3 young seen. Bureau Co. Cater 
American Redstart 
May 29, 3 nests, 1 destroyed, 1 abandoned, 3rd, 3 young fledged. McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
House Sparrow 
Apr. 6 - July 3, 28 nests of which 25 were in boxes, 3 in fence row. 15 young, 81 
eggs, 26 nests destroyed. Adams, Christian, Montgomery Counties. (Varner). 
June 3, 2 nests, 1 young being fed by adult on ground; May 22, 3 eggs and many small 
ants in Bluebird house. McHenry Co. (Fiske). 
May 5 - July 5, 3 nests, 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 1 nest destroyed. Tazewell, Woodford 
Counties. (Guth). 
