24 THE AUDUBON BU Eelateieany 
*Cook County, CALUMET CITY. (All points within a 15-mile diameter ¢ 
centered at 154th Street and Burnham Avenue, Calumet City. Included 4 
Sand Ridge Nature Center, Big and Little Calumet Rivers, Thorn Cr 
Glenwood, Jurgenson and Sweet Woods Forest Preserves; feeders in S 
Holland, Homewood and Harvey; and Wicker Park in Indiana; woods 1 
residential 40%, industrial 20%, rivers 15%, prairie 15%.) Dec. 28: 8 
to 4 p.m.; temp 36° to 25°; wind NW-NE, 20 to 25 m.p.h.; rain in ; 
changing to snow in p.m., total of 2 inches; waters open. 11. observer 
6 parties. Total party-hours 25, (214% on foot, 3% by car); total pa 
miles, 88 (8 on foot, 80 by car). Members of Sand Ridge Audubon Socie 
Charles Celander, Marian Celander, Roger Cotton, Ed Hall (compiler), 
Haul, Jean Junge, Charles Lyon, Helen Meier, Mike Neofer, Bill Schmid 
and Beth Schuett. (Seen in area during count period, but not on count « 
Goldeneye, Coot, Kingfisher.) The Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female) 
seen by Marian Celander at a feeder in Highland, Indiana; it was comps 
carefully with nearby Purple Finches both as to size and field marks. 
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Cook County, CHICAGO LAKE FRONT. (All points within a 15-1 
diameter circle centered two miles off Madison Street; Lake Michigan 
harbors 100%; inland urban area not censused. Increased Lake Michi 
coverage made possible by use of the United States Coast Guard Cu 
Arundel). Dec. 30; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; cloudy in a.m. with 4-mile visibi 
blowing snow in p.m. with 4 mile visibility; temp. 24° to 29°; wind § 
at 6-24 m.p.h. Lake calm for three miles, then three to five-foot sw 
three to nine miles out. Harbors mostly frozen; moderate lake ice exte 
ing out three miles. 13 observers in 1 to 4 parties. Total party-hours, 13 (1 
foot, 8 by car, 4 by boat); total party-miles, 79 (1 on foot, 44 by car, 34 
boat).—Dr. William J. Beecher, Bedford P. Brown, Jr., Charles T. Cl. 
Charles Easterberg, Joel Greenberg, Mrs. Miriam Greenberg, Richard F 
witz, George Iannarone, Robert P. Russell, Jr. (compiler), Ira A. Sand 
Michael Schultz, Bill Tweit, and Charles A. Westcott. (Seen during co 
period but not on count day: Harlequin Duck.) 
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Cook County, URBAN CHICAGO. (All points within a 15-mile diame 
circle, center near intersection of North Avenue and Pulaski Road, incl 
ing all inland and urban areas; harbors, breakwaters and lakefront 
censused; urban 73%, cemeteries and parks 5%, woodlands 17%, fields ‘ 
feeders 2%). Dec. 25: 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.; clear in a.m., cloudy in p.m,; sr 
flurries late in day; temp. 1° to 18°; wind NW a.m., SE p.m., 1 to 8 mfp 
1 inch of snow cover; streams mostly frozen. 15 observers in 9 parties. Ti 
party-hours, 94 (12 on foot, 74 by car, 8 by bicycle); total party-miles, 
(18 on foot, 460 by car, 8 by bicycle).—Scott Alberts, Bedford Brown (| 
compiler), Steven Dorfman, Joel Greenberg, Mrs. Miriam Greenberg, Rok 
Russell, David Sanders, Ira Sanders, Jeffrey Sanders (co-compiler), Ne 
Sanders, Catherine Schaffer, Les Strauss, Jean Wattley, Fred Yablon, : 
Mrs. P. Yablon. (Seen in area during count period, but not on count d 
Goshawk, Snowy Owl, Common Grackle.) The high owl count was obtail 
by playing owl calls on a tape recorder, waiting for the birds to ansv 
and then shining lights on them to identify the species. The Swainsc 
Hawk was followed and studied for half an hour by Jeff Sanders, ¥ 
has seen this species many times out West. 
