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*CODE: Moroc, Ind.; Willow Slough State Game Preserve, Morocco, Ind. 
(same as 1953) — Jan. 1; 7:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Overcast, foe part of 
afternoon; temp. 41° to 38°; wind S, 12 m.p.h. Ground bare; all ditches 
open, part of marsk frozen. Five observers in 1 party. Total party hours, 
9% (6 on foot, 3% by car), total party-miles, 65 (10 on foot, 55 by car). 
On the day before the count, according to Preserve Manager Jim Madden, 
an aerial survey was made which indicated 250,000 ducks, virtually all Mal- 
lards; he also reported 3 Bald Eagles. — Paul Davis, Nora Grow, Ray- 
mond Grow (compiler), Jean Segal, Simon Segal. 
°*CODE: North Ind.; Northern Lake County, Ind. (same as 19538, except 
circle center moved east about 3% miles to Fifth av. and Virginia st. in 
Gary to avoid overlapping with an Illinois count which includes part of 
Indiana) — Jan. 2; 7:15 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Clear to cloudy; temp. 26 16 
35°; wind S, 8 to 12 m.p.h. Ground bare; ditches, rivers, Lake Michigan 
open, some ponds frozen. Thirteen observers in 6 parties. Total party-hours, 
34 (22 on foot, 12 by car); total party-miles, 133 (24 on foot, 109 by car). 
— Ted Chandik, John Fellow, Nora Grow, Raymond Grow (compiler), John 
M. Louis, Floyd Maffitt, Thelma Jane Maffitt, Larry McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. 
George T. Newman, Jean Segal, Simon Segal, Philip R. Sigler. 
CODE: Olney; Bird Haven Sanctuary (Richland Co.), Ill. (7T%-mile 
radius centering on Bird Haven, including city park, cemetery, Larchmound, 
Weber-Shaw Wild-life Refuge, Big Creek, fields and woodlands easily 
reached by car; open farmlands 85%, deciduous forests 10%, parks and 
streets of Olney 5%). — Dec. 31; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clear; temp. 31° to 50°; 
wind light; no snow. 18 observers in 3 parties, plus 7 at feeding stations. 
Total party-hours, 29 (5 on foot, 24 by car); total party-miles, 243 (12 on 
foot, 231 by car). (Seen in the area during count period: Greater Prairie 
Chicken 48; Ring-necked Pheasant, 3; Gull sp. ? 1; Yellow-bellied Sap- 
sucker, 1; Bronzed Grackle, 1.) — Ann Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. 
Bridges, Mrs. Rolla Eichhorst, Mr. and Mrs. Olin Groves, Mrs. Minnie 
Hundley, Jimmie Kermicle, Joe and Roy Lathrop, Ray Miller, Mrs. D. W. 
Post, Mrs. W. E. Redman, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Scherer, Carol Scherer, 
Chrissy, Clifford, Lee and Ronnie Scherer, Mrs. Vera Scherer Shaw, Kaye 
and Sybil Stanford, Perna M. Stine (compiler), Mrs. Thomas Tippit. 
CODE: Spr’gfield; Springfield, Illinois. (7% mile radius centering on 
city square and including Lake Springfield, Clear Lake, Oak Ridge Ceme- 
tery, Carpenter’s Park, Winch’s Lane and Chatham Flats: water 5%, river- 
bottom 20%, plowland 40%, city parks 15%, pasture 20%). December 26; 
8 am. to 4 p.m. Cloudy in a.m. clearing in p.m.; temp. 40° to 55°; wind S 
to SW, 5-25 m.p.h.; ground bare, muddy and soft, river mostly frozen, lake 
mostly open. 11 observers in 3 parties. Total party-hours, 20 (14 on foot, 
6 by car), total party-miles, 70 (10 on foot, 60 by car). Milton Thompson, 
W. A. Sausaman, M. D. Cook (compiler), Vern Greening, William Robert- 
son, Dr. Richard Allyn, Mrs. Richard Allyn, William O’Brien, Emma 
Leonard, Lois Hogan, Lena Hardbarger (Springfield Nature League). Seen 
in the area on Dec. 27: Mourning Dove, about 40; Pileated Woodpecker, 1 
heard; Hermit Thrush, 2; Myrtle Warbler, 8 to 10; White-throated Spar- 
row, about 10;;Swamp Sparrow, 2 — W. Rk. 
