22 ILLINOIS AUDUBON {BU UL bei 
Overcast. Wind S, 0 to 9 mph. Temp. 32 to 40 deg. F. Twenty-two observers 
in 8 parties. Total party-hours 95 (59 on foot, 36 by car); total party-miles 
339 (60 on foot, 279 by car). Documentation for the Virginia Rail, Pine 
Warbler and LeConte’s Sparrow was sent to National Audubon. Also of 
interest-—-Horned Grebe, 1 immature Golden Eagle, 22 Bald Eagles (5 adult, 
17 immature), Common Snipe, 14 Winter Wrens, 132 Carolina Wrens, Gray 
Catbird, Brown Thrasher, 48 Rufous-sided Towhees.—Mike Homoya (com- 
piler), 502 Virginia Ave., Carterville, Il. 62918—SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 
AUDUBON SOCIETY. 
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Wisconsin, LAKE GENEVA. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle 
centered at Williams Bay, Walworth County, Wisconsin, including area all 
around Lake Geneva and surrounding country-side into Illinois.) Dec. 21; 
4 AM to 4:30 PM. Overcast and snow in AM; cloudy in PM. Four observers. 
Of special interest—350 Common Goldeneyes, 270 Common Mergansers, 9 
Gray Partridges, Rusty Blackbird, 8 Snow Buntings.—Clarence Palmquist 
(compiler), 834 Windsor Road, Glenview, Ill. 60025. 
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SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT 
Crane Lake, SANGAMON. (Report submitted too late for inclusion in 
Christmas Count Table. Fifteen-mile diameter circle centered at Snicarte 
Intersection (same as in 1972). Deciduous woods and lake shore 45%; 
fields 25%; upland mixed forest 18%; coniferous woods 8%; urban 4%. 
Dec. 14: 5:30 AM to 5:30 PM; partly cloudy all day. Temp. 30 to 40 deg. F.; 
wind W, 0 to 15 mph.; no snow cover; water partly open; wild food crop 
fair. Eighteen observers in 6 parties. Total party-hours 58 (37 on foot, 21 
by car); total party-miles 367 (58 on foot, 309 by car). Species—Great Blue 
Heron 14; Canada Goose 2,147; Snow Goose 1,071; Blue color morph 2,497; 
Mallard 13,009; Black Duck 137; Pintail 3; Am. Wigeon 5; Wood Duck 11; 
Canvasback 4; Lesser Scaup 5; Common Goldeneye 3; Ruddy Duck 1; 
Common Merganser 58; Sharp-shinned Hawk 1; Cooper’s Hawk 2; Accipiter 
sp. 1; Red-tailed Hawk 28; Rough-legged Hawk 4; Golden Eagle 1 (adult); 
Bald Eagle 10 (5 adult, 5 immature);*Marsh Hawk 2; Am. Kestrel 8; Bob- 
white 77; Ring-necked Pheasant 19; Am. Coot 13; Common Snipe 4; White- 
winged gull sp. 1; Herring Gull 254; Ring-billed Gull 251; Rock Dove 85; 
Mourning Dove 6; Screech Owl 9; Great Horned Owl 15; Barred Owl 2; 
Long-eared Owl 2; Belted Kingfisher 3; Common Flicker 75; Pileated 
Woodpecker 10; Red-bellied Woodpecker 57; Red-headed Woodpecker 18; 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2; Hairy Woodpecker 17; Downy Woodpecker 77; 
Horned Lark 79; Blue Jay 126; Common Crow 569; Black-capped Chicka- 
dee 164; Tufted Titmouse 39; White-breasted Nuthatch 67: Red-breasted | 
Nuthatch 7; Brown Creeper 14; Winter Wren 5; Carolina Wren 26; Mock- 
ingbird 16; Am. Robin 4; Eastern Bluebird 9; Golden-Crowned Kinglet 56; 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8; Cedar Waxwing 4; Starling 820; Yellow-rumped 
Warbler 27; House Sparrow 1,469; European Tree Sparrow 149; Red-winged 
Blackbird 597; Rusty Blackbird 1; Common Grackle 35; Brown-headed 
Cowbird 16; Cardinal 295; Purple Finch 7; Am. Goldfinch 282; Dark-eyed 
Junco 315; Tree Sparrow 283; Field Sparrow 1: White-crowned Sparrow 49; 
White-throated Sparrow 3; Swamp Sparrow 8; Song Sparrow 66; Lapland 
Longspur 12. Total: 76 species; 25,627 individuals. The counts for Mourning 
Dove and Swamp Sparrow were notably low this year.—Robert Randall, | 
1260 W. College, Jacksonville, Il. 62650. 
