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Knot—One, Lake Calumet, Aug. 25. (Cooper). Also seven seen by Ch 
Ornithological Society trip to Waukegan. 
Baird's Sandpiper—Two, Aug. 24 at Waukegan. (Cooper) 
Dunlin—Two Aug. 24 at Waukegan. (Cooper) 
Western Sandpiper—Aug. 24, Waukegan. (Cooper) 
Wilson’s Phalarope—Six at McGinnis Slough, Aug. 16; also July 
(Cooper) 
Caspian Tern—33 at rest, Lake Calumet, Aug. 25. (Cooper) 
Purple Martin—8 to 10 thousand at Rock Island, Aug. 10, 17 and 24; 
Sept. 1. (Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Frink and Mr. & Mrs. Warren Wickst 
f a I a 
The record of a Black-headed Grosbeak, as reported in the Septe: 
1969 issue, gives the year as 1969. The bird was found in 1965; the re 
was sent to me to check my files for any other records, and it was inte 
for publication later. : 
Also, the two Prairie Chickens reported were found in Indiana anc 
Illinois as printed. Willow Slough Game Refuge in Newton County, Ind 
held the last known breeding colony of Prairie Chickens in Indiana. 
—Elton F; 
ray f iat ia 
“There has been a lot of recent shorebird activity on the beach 
mudflats where the effluent from the Waukegan water treatment plai 
the North Shore Sanitary District enters Lake Michigan. (This is at 
second tributary north of Waukegan’s North Beach.) 
Black-Bellied Plover: 1 on 9-1; 1 on 9-3. 
Semipalmated Plover: 2 on 8-26; 10 on 8-27; 6 on 8-28; 3 on 8-30; 
8-31; 5 on 9-1;7 on 9-3. 
Killdeer: 1 on 8-26; 1 on 8-27; 1 on 8-28; 1 on 9-1. 
Solitary Sandpiper: 1 on 9-1. 
Spotted Sandpiper: 1 on 8-30. 
Lesser Yellowlegs: 4 on 8-26; 4 on 8-27; 4 on 8-28; 5 on 8-30; 3 on 
3 on 9-1; 3 on 9-3. 
Short-billed Dowitcher: 1 on 8-27; 1 on 9-3. 
Ruddy Turnstone: 1 on 8-24; 4 on 8-27; 2 on 8-28; 2 on 8-30; 1 on 
2 on 9-1; 3 on 9-3. 
Pectoral Sandpiper: 1 on 9-3. 
Knot: 2:0n 8-30; 2 on ‘6-31: 1 on 9-1, 
Dunlin: 1 on 8-26;" on; 8-30" 1°on 8-312" Lon 0-1 
Sanderling: 12 on 8-24; 5 on 8-26; 8 on 8-27; 13 on 8-28; 9 on 8-30; 
8-31; 16 on 9-1; 27 on 9-3. 
Least Sandpiper: 1 on 8-27; 6 on 8-28; 3 on 8-30; 5 on 8-31; 3 on 9 
on 9-3. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 6 on 8-26; 5 on 8-27; 2 on 8-28; 13 on 8-3! 
on 8-31; 30 on 9-1; 12 on 9-3. 
Parrot: Don’t ask me what this is doing here! Sitting on the San 
District property fence, nibbling at a bit of weed held in his claw. A 
of odd-green color glimpsed on 9-1 was recorded as “parrot?” for wai 
a better explanation of the color. However a leisurely examination of 
fence-sitter on 9-3 proved him to be indeed a parrot: about robin-size, 
green cap and back, long green tail, green wings with blue tips, 
throat and breast.” 
—Edwin L. C 
Waukegan ~~ 
