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Dowtcher—Park Ridge, August 28. Adrian & Gregory Sakowicz. 
American Avocet—Pair at Waukegan, August 10. Cooper. 
Black-necked Stilt—Lake Calumet, Chicago, August 29. Lawrence Balch. 
Acadian & Traill’s Flycatcher—Still present on August 24 although the 
main body passed through in late July and early August. Morrison- 
ville. Don Varner. 
Least Flycatcher—First banded at Morrisonville, August 19. Varner. 
Red-breasted Nuthatch—At Irving, August 19. Regier. 
Swainson’s Hawks—Glencoe, August 10. I. Sanders & J. Sanders. 
Bell’s Vireo—One banded at Morrisonville, August 24. Varner. 
Northern Waterthrush—First banded at Morrisonville on August 20. Varner. 
Canada Warbler—Glencoe, August 10. I. Sanders & J. Sanders. 
SEPTEMBER 1968 
Baldpate—Fifty at Little John Forest Preserve, Cook County, September 11. 
Peter Dring. 
Black-bellied Plover—Two hundred at Lake Calumet, September 9. Cooper. 
Whimbrel— Waukegan, September 6. W. Krawiec. 
Marbled Godwit—Four at Lake Calumet. Cooper. 
American Avocet—Three at Lake Calumet, September 7 & 8. Cooper. 
Black-necked Stilti—Lake Calumet, September 1 & 8. Smith & Cooper. 
Bald Eagle—One at Albany, September 7. Hank Hannah. Thirty-six, mostly 
adults circling downstream at Milan. Bob Erikson. 
Isprey—Seven or eight at Albany, September 7. Hannah. Waukegan, 
September 22. Balch & Howard Blume. 
Hed-breasted Nuthatch—Lincoln Park, September 8. C.O.S. Field trip. 
Purple Finch—Three at Lincoln Park. September 8. C.O.S. Field trip. 
NOTE: It will be my plan to pick up missed worthwhile records each 
December. These will be oversights on my part, records that came in too 
late or records that had to be verified. At this time I submit only this 
one from P.S.) 
Painted Bunting—On Sunday, October 1, 1967 I was at my brother’s house 
on the north side of Chicago which is about one mile west of Lake Michigan. 
My brother mentioned a different sparrow had been around for the last 
‘ew days. Consequently we noticed a Winter Wren and a most unbelievable 
Painted Bunting. Having gone as far south as Oklahoma on Memorial Day 
xefore seeing them, I could hardly believe my eyes. The Painted Bunting 
was slightly smaller than a House Sparrow, had an all bright red breast 
from beak to tail), bluish head and wings, greenish back and red rump. 
He gave us a good sighting for about one and a half minutes. 
—Paul Schulze 
Comments dated August 15, 1968: Pied-billed Grebe down 25% — Herons 
scarce in southern Lake County — Wood Ducks up about 10-15% — Hawks 
scarce — Pheasants down 15-20% — Shorebirds down 75% in northern 
00k County due to high water at Glencoe — Gulls down 10-20% — Night- 
iawks, first movement August 12, 45 birds — Swifts up 10% —  Cuckoos 
ip 10-15% — Empidonax Flycatchers down 15-20% — Swallows, esp. Barns, 
ip 25-33% — Short-billed Marsh Wren down 90% from 1956-66 in nesting 
area in Highland Park — Cedar Waxwings up 25% — Bobolinks down 10- 
20% — Cardinals up 20-25% — Indigo Bunting down 10-20% — Gold- 
inches up 24-33% — Towhees down 14-20% — Swamp Sparrows up 10-15%. 
—Jeffrey Sanders 
