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Barn Owl—Chicago, April 13, Sanders. 
Mockingbird—Highland Park, April 25 & 26. Ralph M. Eiseman. 
Varied Thrush—Chesterton, Ind., April 27. Mrs. Pitcher. 
LeConte’s Sparrow—Evanston, April 12. Sanders & Poticha. 
Smith’s Longspurs—Tampico, April 3. Graber. Sixteen found April 16 by 
te Shaws. Four found several days before April 3. 
MAY 1968 
Common Loon—Eureka, an immature. May 27-29. Robert W. Guth. 
Cattle Egret—Tonica, May 23. Marjorie Powell & party. 
Wood Duck—Chicago, May 25, with 3 young. Mahoney. 
Mississippi Kite—Union County Refuge. Watched for an hour both May 
18 & 19. John Cooler, Stan Likes, Ben L. Dolbeare. 
Cooper Hawk—On nest at Woodstock May 25. D. Fiske. 
Slilt Sandpiper—1 at Spring Lake, May 11. Mr. & Mrs. Harry Shaw and 
Mr. & Mrs. Max Hogan. 
Wilson’s Phalarope—Glencoe, May 18. Sanders, Joel Greenberg, Mr. & Mrs. 
S. L. Greenberg. 
Northern Phalarope—Male at Lyndon with 1 Slilt Sandpiper and 2 Dunlin. 
May 27. Mr. & Mrs. Harry Shaw. 
Glaucous Gull—second year plumage. Lyndon. Shaws. First found by R. 
Graber, May 9. 
Kittawake—Chicago lakefront, May 5. L. Binford. 
Sprague’s Pipit—Woodstock, May 6. Good details. D. Fiske. 
Yellow-headed Blackbird—East Moline, May 2, and all thru month. Ralph 
Money. Seen by many later (after May 2). Colony near Huntley, first 
noted May 20, Fiske & Hecht. Colony near Hartland, first noted 
May 28, Fiske & Hecht. 
Warblers—Most all warblers normally found were submitted by a good 
many people—far too many to list. A Swainson’s Warbler at Chicago 
but not with enough supporting data; a Prairie Warbler at Wilmette 
May 18, seen by I. Sanders; several reports of Cape May’s are the 
most unusual. (See comments below.) 
Summer Tanager—East Peoria, May 4, Guth; Eggers Woods, May 6, M. 
Lehmann & E. Pearson; Sand Ridge Nature Center, May 7, Al Reuss; 
Woodstock, May 13, Carroll & Fiske. 
Comments: Migration at Eureka & Peoria: 
Bobolinks—Migrating May 7 to June 1, with peak May 27. 
Red-winged Blackbirds—Migrating May 3 to 22. 
Orchard Orioles—May 17 to 20. 
Baltimore Oriole—May 9 to 22. 
Scarlet Tanager—May 20 to 30. 
Indigo Bunting—May 1 in Eureka to June 3 in Effingham. 
Dickcissels—Migrating until May 27. 
Grasshopper Sparrow—Did not appear until May 17. 
White-crowned Sparrow—May 2 to 22. 
White-throated Sparrow—April 30 to May 17 with peaks May 3 & 16. 
—Robert W. Guth 
Empidonax Flycathers, Kingbirds and swallows were seen frequently in 
late May at Mt. Pulaski. Their migration apparently ended suddenly 
on June l. —Mrs. Julian Sams 
Large numbers of Warblers and other migrating birds were noted at Chicago 
on the morning of May 8 after a night of S.S.W. winds. —TIrv Sanders 
