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by ELTON FAWKS 
Horned Grebe—March 12; one at Lock 13, Fulton, March 25, R.D. Three 
SLOcKen|! 4 thiampton, and = 22 on March 26: dive af locks 14, 
April 2, J.F. 
Eared Grebe—One, Lock 13, April 2, J.F. 
Double-Crested Cormorant—April 1, Skokie Lagoons, Cook County, P.D. 
& A.B. (Fewer are noted each year—E.F.) 
Flamingo—Aug. 31 & Sept. 1, Chicago Sanitary District, H.M. (See Field 
Notes in The Audubon Bulletin, No. 139, Sept. 1966). 
Glaucous Gull—Immature, March 22, Evanston, K.R.E. 
Whistling Swan—March 26-29, Huntley; twenty in flooded cornfield. 
E.W. & others. 
Turkey Vulture—Feb. 5, Morrisonville. D.V. 
Bald Eagle—March 10, Calumet City, S.A.S. 
Osprey—April 15, Dundee, two. McH.C.C. 
Sandhill Crane—April 29, McHenry County: flock of 70 flying low. A.C. 
American Golden Plover—April 10, Huntley: flock of 100-plus; 3 in full 
nuptial plumage; about 4 changing noticeably; rest in winter 
plumage. McH.C.C. 
American Woodcock—March 23, Evanston. Spring call heard. W.M.S. 
Common Snipe—Feb. 28, Morrisonville. D.V. 
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher—April 15, Neponset. Carefully checked and ex- 
cellent description submitted. R.G., B.L., E.M. 
Bewick’s Wren—April 4, South Holland. S.A.S. 
Carolina Wren—All winter, Morrisonville, D.V. All winter, Tri-City area, 
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Loggerhead Shrike—March 18-19, Morrisonville. D.V. 
Brewster's Warbler—Aug. 16, Deerfield. M.S., W.V. 
Yellow-Headed Blackbird—April 15, one, Huntley. A.C., D.F., A.H. 
Red Crossbill—April 1-18 (perhaps later), about 20, Woodstock, D.F. 
April 22-23, Moline, E.F. © 
White-Crowned Sparrow—Morrisonville; flock of both immatures and 
adults banded October & November. When banding was resumed 
in early February, some of same birds retrapped—proof they stay 
all winter. D.V. 
Oregon Junco—March 31 & April 1, Evanston, W.M.S. (Excellent details 
furnished. This specie no longer can be considered rare; many are 
reported each winter. Is this because this western bird is moving 
east, or because of more competent observers ?—E.F. 
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 
Arnice Bock, A. Carroll, Preston Davies, Robert Dau, Kim R. 
Eckert, Howard MacMillan, McHenry County Chapter of IAS, 
Mrs. Elaine Mock, Sandridge Audubon Society, Mary Stolte, 
Don Varner, Walter Vogl, Ethel Wilson. 
