14 Me A UD UB ONS Uses eee 
by Elton Fawks 
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112, East Moline, Illinois 61244. Please submit your field notes in field list 
crder. And please submit your reports promptly. Field notes several months 
old will not be printed. Field notes for the June issue must be in my 
hands by April 10. 
SEPTEMBER, 1967 
Osprey—Little Red School House, Palos Park Forest Preserve, Chicago. 
September 15 through October 11. Peter Dring. 
Peregrine falcon—Seen at Lake Peterburg on the 17th. Brown. 
Pigeon hawk—Injured bird. September 28 at Grafton. Richard Anderson. 
Sabine’s gull—September 28 at Mark Twain Refuge, St. Louis area. Sally 
Vasse and Anderson. Carefully observed. 
Vermillion flycatcher—September 30, St. Louis area, three females and 
one male. Females left but male stayed six weeks and was collected 
by Easterla of Maryvill, Mo. 
Blackthroated blue warbler—adult male seen September 7 at Sterling. 
Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Shaw. 
OCTOBER, 1967 
Common loon—Twenty-six birds seen October 29, New Buffalo, Mich. Helen 
Wilson. 
Red-necked grebe—Willow Springs, October 12. Brown. 
Yellow-crowned night heron—October 10 at Little Red School House. Many 
observers. 
Flamingo—Reported at Ashland, Ohio, by a newspaper dated October 27. 
Branit—tThree birds seen October 19 at Evanston. Brown and Ira Sanders. 
(No supporting data, E.F.) 
Whistling-swan—34 birds seen October 19 at Lombard. Ray & Irene Mostek. 
European widgeon—-October 15, Evanston. Sanders & Catharine Schaffer. 
Surf & Black (American) scoters—October 16 through first week in No- 
vember. Up sharply in numbers. Usually very rare. Brown, Robert 
Vobornik, Sanders, Schaffer, Robert Russell, Scott Alberts and others. 
Ruddy duck—October 18 or 19, Rapid City on October 15. Mr. & Mrs. 
Jacob Frink. 
Golden eagle—Two birds seen October 30 at Long John Slough. Peter Dring. 
Common gallinule—October 14, Barrington, late. Brown, Jean Wattley. 
Golden plover—October 22. About 50 birds spotted at Joliet. Helen Otis. 
Dowitcher—October 14. Thomson. 16 Long-bills and 1 Short-bill. Frink. 
Avocet—September 30 - October 1 & 2. Also seen on the fifth. Waukegan. 
Charles Clark, Lewis Cooper, Arnold Bock, Robert Sprague, Robert 
Clow, Mrs. Wayne Clow & Janet Zimmerman. 
