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Kane County, FOX RIVER VALLEY. (All points within a 15-mile diameter 
circle centered at Bristol, Ill. Mostly open farmland, with approximately 
30% ‘wooded areas along the Fox River and several small creeks.) Dec. 21; 
8 AM to 4:30 PM. Nineteen observers in 10 parties. Of special interest were 
the 28 Lapland Longspurs and 215 Snow Buntings. Seen during count 
period but not on count day—Winter Wren.—Maryann Gossmann (compiler) 
Rt. 1, Box 71, Plainfield, Ill. 60544—-FOX VALLEY CHAPTER IAS. 
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Kane County, MAPLE PARK—MOOSEHEART. (All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle centered 2 miles east of LaFox, including Kane County 
Forest Preserves, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, Mooseheart, part of South 
Elgin, and the Fox River. Fields and pastures 45%, river bottoms and 
woods 33%, urban, roads and city parks 12%, waters, marshes and gravel 
pits 8%, farmyards and thickets 2%.) Dec. 21: 3 AM to 6 PM. Overcast in 
AM, with intermittent light snow and rain; mostly cloudy in PM. Temp. 
34 to 26 deg. F. Wind NNW, 3 to i0 mph. Snow cover 2 to 4 in. Waters 
open. Wild food crop poor. Thirty-nine observers (15 in 11 parties, 24 at . 
feeders). Total party hours 123 (74 on foot, 25 by car), plus 24 at feeders; 
total party-miles 550 (75 on foot, 475 by car). Documentation received for 
a female Blue-winged Teal (which was identified by the blue wing patches 
in flight), dark phase Swainson’s Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Rose- 
breasted Grosbeak, 15 Field Sparrows (in groups of 6, 4 and 5 in low 
bushes), and 2 Smith’s Longspurs (pecking on the ground at the edge of a 
field. Seen during count period, not on count day—Pintail, Shoveler, Cow- 
bird._Jeffrey Sanders (compiler), 3126 Jarlath, Chicago, Ill. 60645. 
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Lake County, WAUKEGAN. (All point within a 15-mile diameter circle - 
centered at State Routes 120 and 131. Open fields and farmland 60%, lake | 
front 20%, suburban 10%, woods 7%, industrial 3%.) Jan. 1: 5 AM to 5 PM. 
Mostly clear. Temp. 19 to 29 deg. F. Wind W, 8 to 22 mph. Scattered snow 
cover. Waters mostly open. Wild food crop fair to poor. Seventeen observers 
in 8 parties. Total party-hours 68 (37 on foot, 31 by car); total party-miles 
379 (34 on foot, 345 by car). Documentation received for a Common Gallinule 
(swimming with coots—left wing appeared to be injured). (On the lake, 57 
Oldsquaws and 25 White-winged Scoters were of special interest, as were 
6 Evening Grosbeaks on land. One unidentified scoter with dark wings was 
also seen on the lake.—Jeffrey Sanders (compiler), 3126 Jarlath, Chicago, 
Ill. 60645—CHICAGO ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY members and friends. 
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LaSalle County, STARVED ROCK STATE PARK. (All points within a 15- 
mile diameter circle centered at Wildcat Canyon in Starved Rock State 
Park, including Buffalo Rock State Park, Matthiessen State Park, LaSalle, 
Oglesby, Utica, parts of Ottawa and Peru. Deciduous woods 30%, pastures 
and fields 55%, rivers and streams 10%, towns 5%.) Dec. 14: 7 AM to 4:30 
PM. Overcast all day. Temp. 33 to 39 deg. F. Wind E, 1 to 10 mph. No snow 
cover. Water open. Wild food crop excellent. Sixteen observers in 7 parties. 
Total party-hours 5434 (27 on foot, 2734 by car); total party-miles 363 (40 
on foot, 323 by car). Documentation received for 8 Bonaparte’s Gulls, seen 
with Herring Gulls on frozen backwater of the Ilinois River.—John McKee 
(compiler), 605 9th Ave., Ottawa, Ill. 61350—STARVED ROCK AUDUBON 
SOCIETY. 
