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Coles County, MATTOON. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle 
centered at east end of causeway at Mattoon Beach, including Paradise 
Lake, Mattoon Beach, Etna, Trowbridge, Paradise, Trilla; deciduous woods 
50%, fields and pastures 30%, pines 10%, lakes 10%). Dec. 23; 6 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. Clear; temp. 10° to 30°; wind W, 0-10 m.p.h. Lake mostly open 
(60% open two days earlier). Eight observers in 3 parties. Total party- 
hours, 26 (10 on foot, 16 by car); total party-miles, 294 (13 on foot, 281 by 
car).—Thelma Bird, Greg Cribbet, Craig Neal, David Neal, Gail Smith, 
Kathy Stabler, Philip Stutesman (compiler), and Stan Thompson. Seen in 
count area but not on count day: Canvasback, Hooded Merganser. By Beth- 
any Biological Survey, Bethany High School. 
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®@ Cook County, CALUMET CITY. (All points within a fifteen-mile diameter 
circle centered at 154th and Burnham Avenue, including Lake Michigan 
at Buffington Harbor and Calumet Park; Calumet and Wolf Lakes; Wampum 
and Powder Horn Lakes; Eggers, Jurgenson, Sweet, Glenwood, Thornton 
and Kickapoo Forest Preserves; Sand Ridge Nature Center and areas 
around it; Glenwood, South Holland, Dolton, Harvey, Blue Island, Calumet 
City, Hammond, South Chicago, Whiting, and Thornton towns; Big and 
Little Calumet Rivers, Beaubien Woods, Thorn Creek, Lake Cottage Grove, 
Victory Lake, and Highland, Indiana). Dec. 30; Marshes and deciduous woods 
3%, fields 23%, towns 50%, lakes and rivers 18%, steel and oil industry 
6%. 28 observers. Total party-hours 60; total party-miles 304 (230 by car, 
74 on foot)—Karl Bartel, Charles Celander, Hugh Celander, Billy Christy, 
Jim Christy, Roger Cotten, Hank Crull, Pete Dring, Sherry Dunker, Mildred 
Gilmore, Ed Hall (compiler), Florence Hall, Bruce Ippel, Leroy Johnson, 
Jean Junge, Ed Lace, Walter Marcisz, Helen Meier, Mike Neofer, Rick 
Neubieser, John Paarlberg, Dave Postma, Al Reuss, Bill Schmidtke, Florence 
Schmidtke, Beth Schuett, Grace Smith and Rick Teichler. By Sand Ridge 
Audubon Society. 
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Cook County, CHICAGO LAKE FRONT. (All points within a 15-mile dia- 
meter circle centered two miles off Madison Street; Lake Michigan and 
harbors 100%; inland urban area not censused). Dec. 28; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 
cloudy, 3-mile visibility with haze; harbors frozen, lake frozen with scat- 
tered openings; temp. 18° to 27°; wind calm in a.m.; 3-10 m.p.h. in p.m. 
8 observers in 2 parties. Total party-hours 14% (2% on foot, 12 by car); 
total party-miles, 140 (4 on foot, 136 by car).—Bedford Brown, Kim Eckert, 
Joel Greenberg, Dick Horwitz, Scott Alberts, Bob Russell (compiler), Jeff 
Sanders and Ira Sanders. (Seen during count period, but not on count 
day: Snowy Owl, Snow Bunting.) Over 2,000 unidentified ducks seen offshore. 
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Cook County, CHICAGO NORTH SHORE. (All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle centered at Highways 68 and 41 in Glencoe; feeders 20%, 
lake front 20%, open fields 20%, woods and river bottoms 25%, lagoons 
16%, roads 5%). Dec. 30; 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. light clouds; temp. 20° to 30°; 
wind SW, 10-15 m.p.h.; snow cover 2 to 3’7. Lake open—harbors closed— 
streams partly open. 41 observers in 11 parties. Total party-hours, 103 (70 
on foot, 33 by car); total party-miles, 750 (75 on foot, 675 by car)—Amy 
Baldwin, Miriam Booth, Andrew Brown, Barbara Brown, Bedford P. Brown, 
Jr., Owen Brown, Irene Buchanan, Reba Campbell, Rheba S. Campbell, 
Charles T. Clark, C. Easterberg, Kim Eckert, Joel Greenberg, Miriam 
Greenberg, Linda Guthrie, Brother Robert Hart, Richard Horwitz, Stanley 
Hedeen, Bertha Huxford, Charles Huxford, John Malo, Russ Mannette, Lois 
