FIELD NOTES 
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by ELTON FAWKS 
SEPTEMBER 1973 
Western Grebe—Sept. 9, St. Louis, by many people; Sept. 29 by Sarah Vasse. 
“Great Egret—103 at Chautauqua N.W. Refuge, Sept. 16. Joanna Anesi. 
, Little Blue Heron—Immature at Chautauqua. Anesi. 
Osprey—Sept. 30 at Cherry Valley. Elaine Burstatte. 
Black-bellied Plover—Sept. 3 & 16 at Chautauqua. Anesi. 
Pine Warbler—Sept. 3 at Peoria. Virginia Humphreys. 
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OCTOBER 1973 
White Pelican—Oct. 27 & 28 at Cordova. Tri-City Bird Club; Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Shaw. 
Mute Swan—Oct. 28, barrow pit near Annawan. Seen by many; photo. 
Shaws. 
Whistling Swan—Oct. 27, three near Savanna. Shaws. 
*Double-crested Cormorants—18 on Oct. 27; Mr. and Mrs. J. Frink. Fifty on 
Oct. 28; Wickstrom. 
Bobwhite—Young hatched between Oct. 8 and 13. Champaign Audubon 
Newsletter No. 3. 
Sandhill Crane—Lake Bluff; sighted Oct. 13, 14, 21, 26, 29; flocks of 13. to 30. 
Arnold Bock. 
Snow Bunting—Oct. 27, Savanna. Shaws. 
NOVEMBER 1973 
Common Loon—Nov. 7, one at Lock & Dam 13. Shaws, Margaret Lehmann 
and others. 
Western Grebe—Nov. 5 at Lake Decatur. Turner Nearing and many others. 
Red-shouldered Hawk—Nov. 5 at Pisquasaw. Burstatte. 
Black-bellied Plover—Nov. 12, one at Thomson. Shaws. 
Dunlin—15 on Nov. 2, Thomson. Shaws. 
Bonaparte’s Gull—Up to 150 in early Nov. Vasse et al (The Bluebird, Vol. 41, 
No. 1, Feb. 1974.) 
Snow Bunting—Nov. 17 - 17 at Savanna; Shaws. Also Nov. 23 at Chautauqua, 
and 3 Nov. 25; Humphreys et al. 
DECEMBER 1973 
Virginia Rail—Dec. 10. One flushed by a dog, Spencer Park. Burstatte. 
; American Bittern—Dec. 25, Champaign. Richard Cooper, CCAS. 
Whistling Swan—Lock 17. Peter & Henry Runge. 
