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by ELTON FAWKS 
APRIL 1970 
Common Loon—April 5, Crabtree Lake. L. Balch. 
Horned Grebe—April 18, Lock & Dam 13, Fulton. Mrs. Warren Wickstrom 
Snowy Egret—April 28, St. Louis. Sarah Vasse. 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron—April 15, St. Louis. Vasse. 
Whistling Swan—2 at Chicago, late March & April 2-5. Harold Alvin. 
European Widgeon—April 18, Lock 13. Wickstrom. 
Osprey—April 23, St. Louis. Vasse. 
Red Phalarope—found dead (car hit) April 30 near Salem. Winifred Jones 
Water Pipit—from 1 to 12 in late March and April 9, St. Louis. Vasse. 
White-eyed Vireo—April 27, Chicago. Balch. 
Hooded Warbler—Pere Marquette State Park, April 27 and regularly afte) 
that; not more than two pairs. Vasse. 
LeConte’s Sparrow—March 22 & April 9, St. Louis. Vasse. 
Henslow’s Sparrow—April 27 at Pleasant Valley, nests each year. Mr. & 
Mrs. Harry Shaw. 
MAY 1970 
Cattle Egret—Four May 9 in city limits of Chicago; first recorded; Charle: 
Clark & Lewis Cooper. Found in St. Louis May 15 and rest of month 
Vasse. Six at Plainfield May 13 & 16, Maryann Grossmann. 
Mute Swan—First noticed May 6; farmer reports it for two weeks; stayec 
into June. Sterling. Shaws. 
Canada Goose—Pair with 5 young May 7, Plainsfield. Grossmann. 
White-fronted Goose—-Late date of May 31 and the only spring sighting a 
the Mark Twain Refuge, St. Louis. Vasse. 
Mallard—With brood May 27, St. Louis. Vasse. 
Greater Scaup—May 5 at Wolf Lake, Chicago; carefully observed. Balch 
Mississippi Kite—May 25 at Marquette Park. Two were seen by Mil & Lyn: 
Schaefer; observed both perched and soaring. 
Black-bellied Plover—Ten at Sterling May 16. Shaw. 
Marbled & Hudsonian Godwits—Cinder Flats, Chicago; first found May ! 
by Clark & Cooper. Seen May 16 & 17 by Balch; May 16 by Margare 
Lehmann. 
White-eyed Vireo—May 2 at Sterling. Shaws. 
Worm-eating Warbler—May 17 at Rock Island. Mrs. Wickstrom. 
Blue-winged Warbler—May 3, Sterling; nests each year. Shaws. 
Brewster’s Warbler—May 4, Salem. Jones. 
Cape May Warbler—Many at Rock Island, May 17. Wickstrom. 
Cerulean Warbler—May 1, Sterling. Shaws. 
