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An appeal for sightings of the Red-shouldered Hawk and Osprey brought 
these records: 
Red-shouldered Hawk—March 15 & April 5 at Crab Orchard Refuge by 
Frank Reuter. 
May 22 at Evanston by Evanston Bird Club. Elaine Burstatte. 
Sept. 25 at Chain of Lakes by Mr. & Mrs. Gerald D. Dodds. 
Two summer sightings in Tri-City Area by Wickstrom. 
Osprey—For the third straight year a cripple (one foot club-shaped and 
held up) appeared at Loud Thunder Forest Preserve, Rock Island County, 
noted by Hank Hannah. (Seen from Sept. 17 on.) 
Sept. 19-20, three at Lake Matton. James Seets & William Anderson. 
Sept. 24, two at McGinnis Slough, Orland Park. Dodds. 
Sept. 27, Allerton Park. Howard Weaver. 
Sept. 29, Brussels. Vasse. 
Oct. 11, two, Tri-City Area. Rev. Frazier. 
FIELD NOTES: CORMORANTS 
For many years a few cormorants have nested on broken trees out in 
the Mississippi River. The trees were flooded when the dam was built 
in the mid-thirties. This fall, quite a number were found. On Sept. 13, 
40 to 50 were found by the Walter Daus and William Atwoods. 
Also Sept. 20, 22 found. Wickstrom. 
Octe4 720. Erinks. 
Oct. 11, 120 for a peak. None seen the next day. Wickstroms. 
FIELD NOTES: 
The Harlequin Duck in Illinois 
Smith and Parmalee in “A Distributional Check List Of The Birds of 
linois” (Springfield, 1955) state that the Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus 
listrionicus) is “accidental” in Illinois. Their definition of accidental 
‘efers to “those birds that may be considered far beyond their normal 
range.” Recent personal observations and observations of cther Illinois 
ybservers belie the idea that this species is accidental; better that it be 
talled, as Edward W. Nelson did in 1876, a “rather rare winter resident 
ypon Lake Michigan.” Away from the lake, observations are still very 
ew and the bird is certainly accidental (one photographed at Decatur, 
Jecember 29, 1959 to March 28, 1960 by C. Turner Nearing and one men- 
ioned by Cory, 1909; shot in Marion County 7 miles west of St. Louis 
ire the only records I know of). 
Recent Lake Michigan observations follow and show a nearly regular 
yeccurence in winter: 
Nilmette, Oct. 19, 1959—-Robert P. Russell. 4 in flight heading south. 
Nilmette, Nov. 1, 10, 1961—Robert P. Russell. 1. 
Vaukegan, Jan. 1, 1963—Chicago Ornithological Society. Christmas census. 
Naukegan, early March, 1964—Kim Eckart. 1 seen. 
Yhicago, Feb., Mar., 1964—Fred Brecklin. 
2hicago, Dec. 30, 1964—Dick Horwitz, Robert P. Russell. Christmas census. 
avanston, Dec. 30, 1965—Jeff Sanders et. al. Pair present. 
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