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CODE: Tri-City: Rock Island-Moline-Davenport area. 7% mile radius 
centering on Memorial Bridge. Dec. 26; weather overcast; wind E-SE 5-6 
m.p.h.; temp. 41° to 44°; 6:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; scattered showers. 34 ob- 
servers in 13 parties. Party hours: 54 on foot, 28 in cars; party miles, 355 
(60 on foot, 295 by car). Deciduous woods, 35%, open farmland, 30%, river 
shoreline, 25%, coniferous woods, 5%, urban areas, 5%. Seen in area dur- 
ing census period: American Scoter, 3; Gyrfalcon, 1; Short-eared Owl, 3; 
Barrow’s Golden-eye, 3. — reported by Elton Fawks. The Krider’s Hawk 
was seen by Lang Baily; the Snowy Owl by Elton Fawks; the Ruby- 
crowned Kinglet and Rusty Blackbird by Ron Swensson. — 34 members of 
Tri-City Bird Club; Peter Petersen, Jr., compiler. 
vCODE: Waukegan; Waukegan harbor, woods and fields north of Wau- 
kegan, Public Service cooling pond, foot of Greenwood Avenue, Illinois 
Beach State Park, nature area and the pines, lake Michigan shore and 
into the lake % mile; lake edge 60%, long leaf pine stand 10%, open fields 
15%, inland lakes and creeks 10%, open oak woods 5%. — Jan. 1; 9:00 
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Cloudy, visibility % mile; temp. 35° to 42°; wind SE, 
18-20 m.p.h.; ground covered with 3-4 inches of soft snow; all rivers, lakes 
and creeks open. 15 observers in one party but spread out. Total party- 
hours, 7 (5 on foot, 2 by car); total party miles, 28 (7 on foot, 21 by car.) 
All ducks were observed with 20x and 40x scope. — Amy G. Baldwin, Karl 
E. Bartel (compiler), Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Campbell, Dr. R. D. Coghill & 
son, H. T. Dean, Ralph M. Eiseman, Hermann Frauen, Theodore Nork, Hollis 
Bailey, William Mior, Mrs. Carl Wilm, Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Zimmerman. The 
best part of the day was the discovery of a Least or Pygmy Weasel, (Mustela 
ricosa rixosa). This weasel is only 7 inches long and pure white, lacking 
the black-tipped tail which the other weasels have. It was observed by 
most of the group at three to four feet. The Pygmy Weasel is rare in our 
area, as its range is Arctic America from Alaska to Hudson Bay, and south 
to Minnesota and Montana. 
>CODE: White Pines; White Pines Forest State Park, Camp Emmaus, 
Ross’s Woods, Mt. Morris; Camp Lowden, Sinnissippi Farms, Dump Road, 
Pine Hill at Oregon; Meadowlark Meadow and Lowden State Park, Oregon. 
7% mile radius. Dec. 26; 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; weather warm and fair. 
— Mrs. J. G. Seise, Norma Boyes, Robert Reims, Craig McGuire, Marie 
Nilsson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Priemer, Deborah 
Plum, Stuart Ross, Philip Priemer, Mrs. Robert Maxson, Mrs. Arthur Car- 
penter, Diane Prillen, Mike Maxson, Martin Nurmet, Wayne Hughes, 
Robert Seibert, Harry Fletcher, Larry Ewing, William Hooks, and Mrs. 
D. A. Stenmark, naturalist at White Pines State Park (compiler). 
Supplementary Reports 
*Channahon, Will County, Hl. Riverside-roadside census; south to Morris 
in Grundy county and back to Channahon. Observations were made south 
from Channahon, along towpath of I. & M. Canal to Morris on northwest 
side of DuPage river, then following the Kankakee river and DesPlaines 
river back north to Channahon; River edge 60%, deciduous farm woodlots 
15%, plowed fields and pasture 20%, cattail marsh 5%. — Jan. 2; 8:15 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Clear to partly cloudy, but bright; visibility one mile; 
