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The 1974 FALL MIGRATION was an exciting one; observers reported 
many early arrivals and late departures, minor influxes of some of the 
sporadic boreal species, and outstanding rarities including three species 
previously unreported from the state. 
The killing frost of 23 September was the earliest ever recorded in most 
of Illinois and may have seriously affected our winter bird populations be- 
cause of damaged winter food supplies. This, coupled with the heavy death 
toll caused by the severe storms late last March, may suggest a poor winter 
season. General temperatures and rainfall during the period varied consider- 
ably above and below the normal averages expected during the fall migra- 
tion months. November was somewhat warmer than usual even though 
snow appeared as early as 13 November in the north and was rather heavy 
statewide from 28-30 November. 
Notable cold fronts brought large numbers of migrants to Illinois on 12, 
13 & 16 Sept. and 3, 12 & 14 Oct. A great number of Broad-winged Hawks 
passed through Illinois during mid-September (many observers); “an abso- 
lutely huge movement of passerines, mostly juncos and sparrows, occurred 
along the entire Chicago lakefront ...on 12 Oct. Thousands of birds could 
be seen along the lake, and birds were constantly flying in off the lake.” 
(L. Balch). Television towers, the cause of death for thousands of migrating 
birds, were apparently not so destructive this fall; only a few dead birds 
were reported compared to large numbers in the past. 
Many people assisted with the accumulation of data this fall; much 
thanks is expressed to them all. The contributors to the body of the report 
have been acknowledged after their appropriate records (m.ob. = many 
observers); the major contributors to the Migration Tables were (compiler’s 
name first): District 1—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shaw, Lee Johnson, Mark Swan; 
District 2—Darlene Fiske, Elaine Burstatte, Anne Carroll, Barbara Turner; 
District 3—Larry Balch, Charles Clark, Peter Dring, Eric Jones, Walter 
Krawiec, Robert Montgomery, Mike Morrison, Gerald Rosenband, Robert 
Russell, Jeffrey Sanders, Calvin Snyder, James and Pat Ware, Chuck West- 
cott; District 4—no one; District 5—Richard Bjorklund, Eileen Crawford, 
Virginia Humphreys; District 6—Maryann Gossman, Steve Calhoun, Jane 
Steele; District 7—Aura Duke, Mike Morrison, Kit Struthers; District 8— 
Jim Funk, Joanna Anesi, David Bohlen, Robert Randall; District 9—Dale 
Birkenholz, Tom Marquardt, Richard Palmer, Marjorie Staubus; District 
10—L. Barrie Hunt, Lincoln Trail Chapter of the I.A.S.; District 11— Patrick 
Ward, Helen Wuestenfeld, Morgan Chapter of the IA.S.; District 12—H. 
