32 ILLINOIS AUDUBON BULLETIN 
SWANS and DUCKS. The only Whistling Swans reported were found at Savanna 
(thtee), 15 Nov. (B. & H. Shaw) and EI Paso (four), 4 Dec. (D. Birkenholz). An Oldsquaw at 
Springfield, 27 Nov. was joined by another there the next day (D. Bohlen). There was a 
good influx of Harlequin Ducks; the first was found at Waukegan, 11 Oct. (C. Clark, et al.); 
another (or the same one?) was present at Evanston, 25-26 Oct. (C. Clark, et al.) and may 
have been one of the two there 2 Nov. (C. Clark); the species was last seen there 28 Nov. (D. 
Bohlen). White-winged Scoters were reported as “regular” along the Lake Michigan 
coastline; one bird was found in Springfield, 28 Oct. (D. Bohlen). Inland records of the 
Surf Scoter came from Lake Chautauqua, 8-22 Nov. (D. Bohlen, R. Sandburg) and 
Springfield, 16 Oct. (D. Bohlen). Two Black Scoters were found at Springfield, 27 Nov. (D. 
Bohlen). Up to 50 Red-breasted Mergansers were observed at Decatur at one time (R. 
Sandburg); there were 175 at Rend Lake, 23 Nov. (B. Peterjohn). 
VULTURES, KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES, OSPREYS and FALCONS. No spectacular, 
or even large, hawk flights were observed this fall; since we know that there are concen- 
trated flight passegeways through Illinois, more observers should attempt to find and 
annually document our hawk migrations. The following Table does show some of the 
results obtained this season. 
ILLINOTS HAWK MIGRATION TABLE 
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9- 7| Mason Co. Forest 7 h | R. Knisley 
9-20] Clinton 6 5) I) ASO, 1 R. Palmer 
Mason Co. Forest 2 1 IL 100 1 iE D. Bohlen, R. Knisley 
9-21| Winnebago Co. 1 {100 750 ghee ae L. Johnson Me 
9-23") Palos 2000 P. Dring 
Mason Co. Forest 4 30 R. Knisley 
9-24) Springfield 175 1 D. Bohlen 
L0=10)| elie Beach Sts Pk 48 | 3 925| aren, L. Balch , e 
1l- 8! Jerseyville a By 4 yi dod | 10 | H. Wuestenfeld, et al. 
As many as eight Turkey Vultures were found in Effingham Co., 23 Nov. (B. Peterjohn); 
two were seen in Peoria, 17 Oct. (V. Humphreys). Four Mississippi Kites were still present 
at the Union County Refuge, 30 Aug. (B. Peterjohn). The minor influx of Goshawks 
produced individuals in Winnebago Co., 18 Oct. (L. Johnson); Goose Lake Prairie, 2 Nov. 
(D. Birkenholz); and Vermilion Co., 6 Dec. (M. Campbell). One Ferruginous Hawk was 
documented near Lake Chautauqua, 20 Nov. (*R. Sandburg). An adult Golden Eagle had 
arrived in Pine Hills (Union Co.) by 1 Nov. (B. Peterjohn) and an immature was present at 
Union County Refuge, 16 Nov. (B. Peterjohn). A regular number of Bald Eagles migrated 
into the state; no one reported anything spectacular. At least 31 Ospreys were sighted as 
they migrated through the state between 6 Sept. and 8 Oct. (m.ob). At least nine Peregrine 
Falcons were reported; one in Calhoun Co., 11 Sept. (H. Wuestenfeld); four in the 
Chicago area in September and October (fide L. Balch); and singles at Lake Chautauqua, 
19 Sept. (R. Sandburg); Vermilion Co., 18 and 28 Sept. (photo, J. Smith); and Mason 
County Forest, 11 Nov. (R. Knisley). Six Merlins were reported from the Chicago 
lakefront; four of them on 10 Oct. (fide L. Balch); singles were found in Pine Hills (Union 
Co.), 20 Sept. (B. Peterjohn); Springfield, 26 Sept. (D. Bohlen) and Mark Twain Refuge 
(Calhoun Co.), 27 Sept. (H. Wuestenfeld). 
