18 T HE *‘A.U DU'B'O'N “BUG Desig 
Saw-whet Owl—Morton Arboretum, Nov. 9. Nork. 
Blue Jay—200 near Lock 16, Nov. 2. Wickstroms. 
Wood Thrush—-Lowell Park, Sterling, Nov. 15. Shaws and Dr. Greaves. 
Bohemian Waxwing—Morton Arboretum, Nov. 9. Nork. Waukegan, Noy 
22. Cooper. 
Cedar Waxwing—500 at Lock 16. Nov. 2. Wickstroms. 
Shrike—Chicago, Nov. 10, Karl Bartel. Nov. 22 at Waukegan, Cooper. 
Carolina Wren—Palos Park, Nov. 29. Alfred Reuss. 
Mockingbird—Miller, Ind., Nov. 1, Cooper. 1 or 2 around Tri-City are 
most winters, Fawks. 
Evening Grosbeak—large flock, Palos Heights, Nov. 14. Mrs. Paul G. Vette 
Many additional reports from all over the state. 
Pine Grosbeak—Nov. 22 at Sterling; had been there a week. Shaws. On 
at Morton Arboretum, Nov. 9. Janet LaSalle. 
Yellow-throat—Waukegan, Nov. 9, Coffin; Wilmette and Illinois Beach 
Nove22. Clark 
Snow Bunting—Nine at Lock 13, Nov. 5, Shaws. Scattered flocks foun 
Nov. 10, Lake Michigan, Phil Steffan. Fifty at Dalton, Nov. 28, Bi 
Schmidtke. 
DECEMBER 1969 
Red-necked Grebe—Northwestern land fill, Dec. 6. Cooper. 
Pied-billed Grebe—lIllinois Beach, Dec. 2-21. Coffin. 
Whistling Swan—2 at Tampier Forest Preserve, Dec. 8. Dring. 
The following excellent list of ducks reported by Coffin from the Illino: 
Beach State Park and the Waukegan area: 
Blue Goose—1 all Dec. 
Black Duck—from 10 to 39 all of Dec. 
Pintail—1 and a pair, Dec. 6-30. 
American Widgeon—1 to 3 all of Dec. 
Shoveler—2 females, Dec. 10. 
Wood Duck—1 male and 2 females all month. 
Ring-necked Duck—1 female Dec. 6, 7, 10 & 13. 
Canvasback—30 males & 8 females, Dec. 27; 34 males & 37 female 
Dec. 28. 
Scaup—3 males & 1 female Dec. 26; next day 14 males and 2 female 
on the 28th, total of 54. 
Bufflehead—1 female, Dec. 17-30, at Ill. Beach; 5 males & 5 femal 
on the 27th and 3 each Dec. 28 at Waukegan. 
Ruddy Duck—1 male & 1 female Dec. 28. 
Goshawk—Morton Arboretum, Dec. 4. Dring. 
Peregrine Falcon—Chicago Loop, Dec. 4. Rodney Ruth. 
American Coot—1, 2 & 3 all month. Illinois Beach. Coffin. 
Black-bellied Plover—1 Dec. 4, 6, 8 & 11. Coffin. 
Dunlin—Waukegan. Dec. 15. Coffin. 
Short-billed Dowitcher—Waukegan. Dec. 6. Coffin. 
Snowy Owl—Weston. Dec. 10. Dring. 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker—Morton Arboretum, Dec. 6. Cooper. 
Varied Thrush—Dixon, Dec. 28. Greaves & Shaws. (The Shaws also foun 
one in Jan. 1967. 
Pine Grosbeak—female at Sinnissippi Park. Shaws. 
Oregon Junco—Morton Arboretum, Dec. 6, Cooper. Next day seen | 
Alfre Dupree. 
