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White Pines: 712 mile radius centering one mile south and a bit east of the 
White Pines Forest State Park, including the park, Grand Detour, Lowell 
Park (north of Dixon), bluffs and flats along Rock River between Oregon 
and Grand Detour, Lorado Taft Field Campus, and Camp Lowden. Open 
fields and farm lands 65%, white pine forest 10%, deciduous woods 15%, 
river borders and creek bottoms 10%. Sunday, Dec. 21; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p-m.; cloudy to partly cloudy, light snow falling all morning; temp. 14° to 
21°; wind east to southeast, 5 miles per hour. Rivers and creeks frozen, 4 
inches of old snow on the ground. Twenty-seven observers in 10 parties; 
total party-hours, 50 (28 on foot, 22 by car); total party-miles, 136 (24 on 
foot, 112 by cai). — Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1; Red-tailed Hawk, 11; Red- 
shouldered Hawk, 1; Broad-winged Hawk, 1; Rough-legged Hawk, 9; Marsh 
Hawk, 1; Sparrow Hawk, 1; Bobwhite, 25; Ring-necked Pheasant, 8; Gray 
Partridge, 18; Mourning Dove, 18; Great Horned Owl, 1; Yellow-shafted 
Flicker, 3; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 6; Red-headed Woodpecker, 138; Hairy 
Woodpecker, 25; Downy Woodpecker, 33; Horned Lark, 29; Blue Jay, 66; 
Common Crow, 291; Black-capped Chickadee, 178; Tufted Titmouse, 54; 
White-breasted Nuthatch, 59; Red-bireasted Nuthatch, 1; Brown Creeper, 5; 
Winter Wren, 1; Bewick’s Wren, 1; Carolina Wren, 1; Golden-crowned 
Kinglet, 2; Cedar Waxwing, 18; Starling, 142; House Sparrow, 1,087; 
Western Meadowlark, 2; Common Grackle, 2; Cardinal, 73; Purple Finch, 4; 
American Goldfinch, 16; Slate-colored Junco, 227; Oregon Junco, 1; Tree 
Sparrow, 82; Chipping Sparrow, 4; Song Sparrow, 8. Total: 42 species, 
2,464 individuals. — Observers: Dr. Eleanor Anglin, Mr. and Mrs. Justin 
Darrah, Mis. Wilfred Gronberg, Mr. and Mis. Max Hagans, Don Hammer- 
man, Mrs. Mary Heindel, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kaecker, Jim Mertz, 
Charles O’Connor, Bill and Bob O’Connor, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Roe, Mr. 
and Mrs. Duncan Rowles, Walter Schmidt, Mrs. J. G. Seise, Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry A. Shaw (Compilers), Mrs. D. A. Stenmark, Jeff Stoner, David 
Sweet, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Vietmeier. 
The climax of the day in the field was the calling in of JASPER, the 
Great Horned Owl at the White Pines Park. He was fed by the bird counters 
and observed at close range, in fact he sat at our feet. The Bewick’s Wren 
and the Broad-winged Hawk were observed by Dr. Anglin and Mr. Hammer- 
man, professors at Northern Illinois University. 
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Clinton, Iowa: 7% mile radius centering on Iowa bank of Mississippi 
river 7 miles north of Clinton-Fulton bridge, including Lock 18 and Spring 
Lake Refuge in Illinois and Eagle Point Park in Iowa (same as last year). 
— Dee. 20; 7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.; wind west, 4-15 m.p.h.; temp. 17° to 20°; 
overcast with snow flurries, clearing in p.m.; ground covered with 4-20 
inches of old snow, river 98% f1ozen. Six observers in three parties; total 
party-hours, 22 (5 on foot, 17 by car); total party-miles, 288 (5 on foot, 
278 by car). — Mallard, 2,500; Black Duck, 100; Pintail, 1; Sharp-shinned 
Hawk, 1; Cooper’s Hawk, 1; Red-tailed Hawk, 27; Red-shouldered Hawk, 3; 
Rough-legged Hawk, 8; Bald Eagle, 3; Marsh Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 4; 
