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Birds Seen on I.A.8S. Field Trip 
By ELTON FAWKS 
Most OF THESE species were tabulated after the lunch following the field 
trip; the list was enlarged by correspondence with those who left before 
the count was complete. Sunday, April 29, 1956; 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 
Area: Upper levels of White Pines State Park and Hazelwood, the Charles 
Walgreen estate near Dixon, Illinois, including coniferous forest, deciduous 
forest, park lands, limestone cliffs, bottomlands, and shores of the Rock 
river. Weather: overcast, rain, about 45° to 55° F. Count made by about 60 
members of the I.A.S. and affiliated societies. 
Pied-billed Grebe; American Egret; Green Heron; American Bittern; 
Snow Goose; Blue Goose; Mallard Duck; Blue-winged Teal; Shoveller Duck; 
Lesser Scaup; Turkey Vulture; Sharp-shinned Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; 
Broad-winged Hawk; Marsh Hawk; Osprey; Ring-necked Pheasant; Ameri- 
can Coot; Killdeer; Wilson’s Snipe; Spotted Sandpiper; Greater Yellow- 
legs; Lesser Yellow-legs; Herring Gull; Ring-billed Gull; Mourning Dove; 
Chimney Swift; Belted Kingfisher; Yellow-shafted Flicker; Red-bellied 
Woodpecker; Red-headed Woodpecker; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Hairy 
Woodpecker; Downy Woodpecker; Eastern Phoebe; Alder Flycatcher; Tree 
Swallow; Bank Swallow; Barn Swallow; Purple Martin; Blue Jay; Com- 
mon Crow; Black-capped Chickadee; Tufted Titmouse; White-breasted 
Nuthatch; Brown Creeper; House Wren; Winter Wren; Carolina Wren; 
Catbird; Brown Thrasher; American Robin; Wood Thrush; Hermit Thrush; 
Olive-backed Thrush; Gray-cheeked Thrush; Bluebird; Blue-Gray Gnat- 
catcher; Golden-crowned Kinglet; Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Cedar Waxwing; 
Common Starling; Black and white Warbler; Myrtle Warbler; Palm 
Warbler; Oven-bird; Northern Water Thrush; House Sparrow; Eastern 
Meadowlark; Western Meadowlark; Yellow-headed Blackbird; Red-winged 
Blackbird; Brewer’s Blackbird; Purple Grackle; Common Cowbird; Cardi- 
nal; Rose-breasted Grosbeak; Evening Grosbeak; Indigo Bunting; Purple 
Finch; Common Redpoll; American Goldfinch; Eastern Towhee; Vesper 
Sparrow; Slate-colored Junco; Tree Sparrow; Chipping Sparrow; Field 
Sparrow; White-throated Sparrow; Fox Sparrow; Lincoln’s Sparrow; 
Swamp Sparrow; Song Sparrow. Total, 93 species. 
—Box 112, R. R. #1, East Moline, IIil. 
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Back Issues of March 1956 Bulletin 
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who are not in the habit of keeping their copies in a permanent file may 
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