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Eastern Meadowlark—Common 
May 14, 2 nests, 5 eggs, female setting; June 27, 5 eggs. Tazewell Co. (Guth). 
May 15, 4 young. Tazewell Co. (Stroud). 
Yellow-headed Blackbird 
May 25 - June 11, 3 nests, 2 of which fledged 4 young each. 1 nest with 2 eggs 
destroyed. First search turned up 10 or 12 nests, 2 eggs, 6 young, only 3 reported 
on. Cook Co. (Balch and Blume). 
Redwing 
June 14, 3 eggs, June 15, eggs destroyed when hayfield was mowed. Hay left standing 
around nest but predator found eggs. Tazewell Co. (Guth). 
June 1 - July 18, 5 eggs, 1 young, Christian Co. (Varner). 
May 15, 2 nests, 9 eggs. Tazewell Co. (Stroud). 
May 13 - June 6, 4 young fledged and banded. Cook Co. (Dring). 
June 18, never saw nest but saw 2 young. Bureau Co. (Cater). 
Baltimore Oriole 
May 5 - June 25, 2 plus young fledged. Cook Co. (Dring). 
June 10, nest observed, June 8, nest gone. McHenry Co. (Howard). 
July 22, adult pair teaching 2 young to fly. McHenry Co. (Fiske). 
Bronzed Grackle and Purple Grackle 
June 21, 1 young with 2 parents teaching it to fly. McHenry Co. (Fiske). 
May 8, 3 nests, 5 eggs each; May 8, 6 new nests. Tazewell Co. (Findlay). 
June 1, 4 young banded. Christian Co. (Varner). 
Apr. 11 - June 4, 5 nests, 10 young fledged. Bureau Co. (Cater). 
Brown-headed Cowbird 
June 15, 2 cowbird eggs, 3 vireos. oF 
June 18, 1 cowbird egg, 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler eggs. 
June 18, 4 cowbird eggs, 1 cowbird young fledged June 29. 
All McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
May 28, 1 Cowbird egg, Rose-breasted Grosbeak nest; May 30, 1 Cowbird egg, 2 Wood 
Thrush eggs. Stephenson Co. (Brechlin). 
Cardinal 
July 10, 2 young fledged. McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
May 20 - June 3, 2 nests, 3 young fledged; July 28, parents feeding 1 young on 
ground. McHenry Co. (Fiske). 
June 12, nest with 2 eggs. Washington Co. (Steinmann). 
Aug 12, 3 young. Cook Co. (Balch and Blume). 
Apr. 18 - May 28, 1 nest destroyed by English Sparrow; other nest, 3 hatched, none 
fledged, male cardinal disappeared. Bureau Co. (Cater). 
May 31, 3 young about 7-8 days old. Sangamon Co. (Parmalee). 
July 18, male feeding fully grown young on lawn. DuPage Co. (Lobik). 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
May 5 - June 18, 4 young fledged. Stephenson Co. (Brechlin). 
July 26, adult male and 1 young. McHenry Co. (Fiske). 
Indigo Bunting 
June 18, nest no. 1, 4 Cowbird eggs, 1 young Cowbird fledged. Nest no. 2, 2 Cowbird 
eggs, next abandoned. McHenry Co. (Carroll). 
American Goldfinch 
Aug. 10, 2 eggs hatched. Cook Co. (Dring). 
Aug. 25, 3 young in nest; nest in thistle accidently cut down. Christian Co. (Varner). 
Sept. 4, 5 young fledged. Tazewell Co. (Stroud). 
Eastern Towhee 
May 21, 2 young; May 22, 1 killed by dog, 1 young fledged. Sangamon Co. (Parmalee). 
