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Sangamon County, SPRINGFIELD. (All points within a 15-mile diameter 
circle centered at city square, including Lake Springfield, Clear Lake, St. 
John’s Sanitarium, and Camp Butler; Oak. Ridge, Rose Lawn, and Oak 
Hill Cemeteries; Oak Crest Country Club; Washington and Carpenters’ 
Parks; Winch’s Lane, Chatham Flats, Sangamon River. Water 5%, river 
bottom 15%, river bluffs 5%, pasture 20%, cropland 40%, city parks 
15%.) Dec. 16; 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Partly cloudy in a.m.; mostly cloudy 
in p.m. Temp. 12 to 24 deg. F; wind NNW, 5 to 18 m.p.h. Snow cover 1 to 
2 inches. Water partly open. Twelve observers in 6 parties. Total party- 
hours, 47 (34 on foot, 13 by car); total party-miles, 216 (29 on foot, 187 by 
car). Seen during count week but not on count day: Eared Grebe, Yellow- 
rumped (Myrtle) Warbler.—Robert Mulvey (compiler), 56 W. Hazel Dell, 
Springfield, Ill. 62707—SPRINGFIELD AUDUBON SOCIETY. 
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St. Clair County, CASEYVILLE. (All points within a 15-mile diameter 
circle centered at Caseyville.) Dec. 30; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Temp. 18 to 25 deg. 
F.; wind 5 to 10 m.p.h. Cloudy in a.m.; snow in p.m. Total party miles, 
219 (20 on foot, 199 by car). Thirteen observers. There are an estimated 
1,299,000 blackbirds within this area, at State Route 111 and I-55 and 70; 
about 20% are Starlings, 35% Common Grackles, 44% Red-wing Blackbirds, 
and 1% Cowbirds and Rusty Blackbirds. This blackbird count was taken 
on Jan. 2, 1974, between 4 and 5 p.m.—Lucas Wrischnik (compiler), 2 
Briarcliffe Dr., Collinsville, Ill. 62234-—-SOUTHWEST CHAPTER IAS. 
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Union County, WARE—LA RUE—PINE HILLS. (All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle centered 1142 miles NNW of Ware along Il. State Route 3, 
including Union County State Wildlife Refuge, Union County State Forest, 
and the LaRue Ecological Area of Pine Hills.) Dec. 30; 5:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
Overcast in am. and p.m. Wind NNE, 0 to 10 m.p.h. Water partly open. 
Temp. not given. Nineteen observers in 6 parties. Total party-hours, 57 
(29 on foot, 28 by car); total party-miles, 227 (30 on foot; 197 by car). There 
were 3 immature Golden Eagles as well as 31 Bald Eagles (14 adult, 17 
immature).—Vernon Kleen (compiler), Ill. Department of Conservation, 605 
State Office Building, Springfield, Ill. 62706—SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 
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Will County, JOLIET. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle centered 
at Larkin Avenue interchange of Interstate 80.) Dec. 15: 4:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. Light snow fell all day, accumulating to 1 inch. Temp. 26 to 29 deg. F. 
Wind NE, 2 to 10 m.p.h. Water partly open. Thirty-one observers in 12 
parties. Total party hours, 78 (57 on foot, 21 by car) ; total party-miles, 246 
(55 on foot, 191 by car). The Black-crowned Night Heron, American Bittern, 
American Woodcock, and a large variety of ducks were still in the area, 
probably due to open water still present—Bonnie and Jerry Olson (co- 
compilers), 1091 Kinmouth Drive, Joliet, Ill. 60433.—WILL COUNTY 
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Will and Cook Counties, PARK FOREST SOUTH. (All points within a 
15-mile diameter circle centered on Governor’s State University in Park 
Forest South, including Sauk Lake, Pine Lake, Plum Grove, Raccoon 
Grove, Schubert and Thorn Creek Woods. Cultivated fields 40% 
woodland 31%, uncultivated fields 17%, residential 10%, parks 1%, streams 
