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Short eared owl — March 5, Lincoln Park. William Beecher. 
Tree swallow — Earliest date March 25, Little Red School House. Several 
at Spring Lake, Pekin on March 26. Day was very cold and nasty. 
Princen. 
Purple martin — Earliest date was March 25 at Little Red School House. 
Dring. 
Indigo bunting — One at Chicago, March 24. Brown & Sanders. 
Vesper sparrow — March 26 at Wolf Lake, Cook County. Alfred Reuss. 
Field sparrow — First seen March 11, Little Red School House. Dring. 
Snow bunting — Lincoln Park, March 5. Beecher. 
APRIL, 1967 
Common loon — Found April 8 at McGinnis Slough, Cook County. 
Baldwin, Smith & Helen Wilson. One seen on the 15th at Chicago. 
Brown & Sanders. One seen April 29 at Wolf Lake. Reuss. 
Horned grebe — Seen at Powderhorn Lake, April 2. Baldwin, Smith 
& Wilson. 
Cattle egret — First found at Joliet on April 4 by Helen & Thomas Otis. 
Next reported from Joy, 3 to 5 for several days from April 15, 
Richard and Ted Greer. Two from Joliet on the 23rd again by Otis. 
Little blue heron — Chicago, April 9, flying overhead with a great blue 
heron. Brown. 
Yellow-crowned night heron — Pilcher Park, Joliet. Otis. April 7. April 
16, Little John Slough. Howard C. MacMillan. 
American bittern — April 2, Little Red Schoolhouse. Dring. April 28, 
Oakwood Cemetery, Smith. April 15, Barrington. Evanston Bird 
Club. 
White-faced ibis — Two on Collins’ farm on April 24 and one thereafter 
until May 1. Collins and many others. 
Old squaw — April 8 at McGinnis Slough. Baldwin, Smith & Wilson. 
Turkey vulture — One migrating north along Illinois River near Lacon 
on April 2. Princen. 
Osprey — April 17 to May 5, Little Red Schoolhouse. Dring. April 25, 
Lacon. Collins and others. 
Duck hawk and pigeon hawks — One each April 2 at Maple Lake near 
Chicago. Kenneth Ivergo. 
American golden plover — Very uncommon during other spring migrations, 
but this year many have been reported by various observers, during 
the last week of April, Peoria area. Princen. 
King rail — Found at Sagnoahkee Slough. Howard C. MacMillan. 
Sora rail — April 14 at Lincoln Park, Chicago. Wilson. April 15 Evanston 
Bird Club. 
Woodcock — Grant Park, Chicago. April 14. Baldwin. 
Greater yellowlegs — One seen at Chillicothe on March 11 by Kasper and 
seen regularly for the next week by others. 
Wilson’s phalarope — April 15 at Barrington. Sanders. 
Bonaparte’s gull — April 20 (10,000+-), Lincoln Park. Baldwin, Margaret 
Lehmann and Wilson. April 22 (1,500-+-), Lincoln Park, Lewis Cooper. 
Black-legged kittiwake — April 22 at Lincoln Park. Cooper. 
Caspian tern — April 11-15. Wolf Lake. Chicago area. LeRoy Johnson. 
Chuck-will’s widow — One dead. Little Red School House. Dring. 
Whip-poor-will — April 22 at Eggers Woods. L. Johnson. 
Red-shafted woodpecker — April 8. Lincoln Park. Brown & Sanders. 
