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Waukegan, Lake county; Waukegan harbor, woods and fields, open 
water at Publici Service Plant; Jan. 1;. 9:15°a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; ground 
covered with snow, but lake open all along shore; cloudy; wind south at 10 
miles per hour; temperature 30°; 11 observers together. Horned grebe, 1; 
pied-billed grebe, 1; mallard, 18; black duck, 6; canvas-back, 4; lesser 
scaup duck, 85; American golden-eye, 225; bufflehead, 3; old-squaw, 24; 
hooded merganser, 4; American merganser, 45; red-breasted merganser, 
20; sparrow hawk, 2; ring-necked pheasant, 4; great black-backed gull, 1; 
herring gull, 350; ring-billed gull, 15; mourning dove, 1; crow, 11; star- 
ling, 200; English sparrow, 150; eastern meadowlark, 1; redwing black- 
bird, 2; Brewer’s blackbird, 2; cardinal, 1; slate-colored junco, 2; song 
sparrow, 1; total, 27 species, 1188 individuals. — Kar] E. Bartel, Mr. and 
Mrs. Albert Campbell, Miss Leona Draheim, O. C. Durham, Neil Henderson, 
Jack Moyer, Mrs. Stephenson, Ted Nork, J. O. Young and daughter, Bonny. 
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Blue Island, Cook county; in the vicinity of Oak Hill banding station 
and the fields to the south and west; Dec. 21 to Jan. 2 (listing largest num- 
ber seen on any one day); ground covered with snow throughout census 
period; temperature range from -7° to 40°. Cooper’s hawk, 1; sparrow 
hawk, 1; ring-necked pheasant, 3; herring gull, 225; screech owl, 2; red- 
jay, 4; crow, 6; black-capped chickadee, 2; robin, 2; starling, 2000; English 
sparrow, 50; cardinal, 4; junco, 18; song sparrow, 1; total, 17 species, 
2325 individuals. — Kar] E. Bartel 
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Channahon, Will county; Morris, Grundy county; along the towpath of 
the I. and M. Canal from Channahon to Morris on both sides of the river 
from the DuPage river to point where the Kankakee and DuPage rivers 
merge to form the Illinois river; Dec. 30;.11:380 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; snow 
on the ground with canal frozen over, but river frozen only near Chan- 
nahon; wind southeast; sun shining most of the time; temperature 22°; 
72 miles (by auto, stopping only long enough for short walks). Ducks far 
out identified by use of the Chicago Ornithological Society’s spotting scope 
of 20 and 40 power. Pied-billed grebe, 1; mallard, 9; black duck, 125; lesser 
scaup, 1; golden-eye, 285; red-breasted merganser, 6; sharp-shinned hawk, 
2; red-tailed hawk, 3; red-shouldered hawk, 1; marsh hawk, 1; sparrow 
hawk, 4; ring-necked pheasant, 12; herring gull, 10; mourning dove, 16; 
belted kingfisher, 2; flicker, 5; red-bellied woodpecker, 2; yellow-bellied 
sapsucker, 1; hairy woodpecker, 5; downy woodpecker, 11; prairie horned 
lark, 1; blue jay, 10; crow, 60; black-capped chickadee, 24; tufted titmouse, 
4; brown creeper, 4; Carolina wren, 1; robin, 50; golden-crowned kinglet, 
2; starling, 39; red-wing blackbird, 1; cowbird, 60; cardinal, 17; purple 
finch, 2; junco, 65; tree sparrow, 19; song sparrow, 138; total, 38 species, 
904 individuals (plus estimated 200 ducks too far out for identification). — 
Karl E. Bartel, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Campbell, J. O. Young, Leona Draheim, 
and Mr. and Mrs. Menzner. 
