Reet aes Uai@eNe Dost. Ciclo nN 15 
yeen there and Lock 14 at Hampton, Ill. First found by the Jacob Frinks. 
nother (or same) immature was found February 8 at Alton. 
Perhaps this bird should be searched for among gulls. The adults would 
s yery hard to spot—the immatures quite easily. Study all field marks and 
90d luck. (E.F.) 
REDPOLL SEEKS SHELTER IN SNOW 
t4p.m. January 14 we witnessed another interesting incident. A male Red- 
oll came to our arbor. A pile of snow crowned the arbor-vitae. This little 
edpoll. burrowed into that snow and spent the night. There was a raw 
ind from the east, and he burrowed into the snow in such a way that he 
as protected from it. But his back and tail were plainly visible. If it had 
1owed as it had been forecast, he would have been vulnerable to it. But 
9 snow came. This bird was protecting itself from the wind only, and 
robably felt no snow would fall. All that night when we woke up we looked 
» see if he was still there in his snow nest. At the first sight of dawn he 
ok off. —Mr. & Mrs. Harry Shaw, Sterling 
THE THIRD HANDED FISH 
Ir. Common Merganser went plop under the water, then came up with a 
sh. Mr. Ring-billed Gull, looking on, scrambled with Mr. Merganser and 
on out. Now that wasn’t all: someone else was watching everything—none 
ther than Jim Crow—so there was a double scramble, and Jim Crow won 
at and devoured the fish. —Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Frink, East Moline 
SPECIAL FIELD NOTE 
y error the following excellent record was omitted from the October 1969 
otes: 
American Avocet—Two sighted at Nauvoo on October 26, 1969. By Ed- 
win C. Frans and confirmed by members of the Macomb Bird Club. 
NEW WINTER RECORD FOR HUDSONIAN GODWIT? 
hat must have been a Hudsonian Godwit at Lock and Dam 16, Muscatine, 
ywa, on the Illinois side was first found and carefully noted by Don Mc- 
orkle, Illinois conservation officer. Later was found by several members 
f the Tri-City Bird Club. Several people had fair views of the bird. All 
creed that the bill was slightly upturned, bird was much larger than any 
ther shorebirds normally found, bird about the size of a teal. People who 
ied to net or make photo were unable to locate this bird. Bird did not 
ppear hurt. What was this bird doing here when it should have been winter- 
ig in South America? The bird was first found January 15th and spotted 
sveral times for the next three weeks. 
NEW COMMENTS ON THE BAHAMA DUCK 
he mounted specimen of the so-identified Bahama Duck (“Can This Have 
een A Truly Wild Bahama Duck?” AUDUBON BULLETIN, No. 153, 
larch 1970) has been donated by D. K. Wilcox, Decatur, to the Illinois State 
[useum. 
Reporting on this rare find in Illinois, the Museum’s March publication 
iid that at times Bahama Ducks are found in Florida, and that only three 
ich birds have been previously recorded in northern states (Tennessee, 
irginia, and Wisconsin). A Museum spokesmen added that this bird may 
