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Princeton, Bureau county; 15-mile radius, starting south Main street 
of Princeton and including Old Pike road approaching Illinois river bridge 
to Hennepin and Bryant Grove. Trips made on highways three directions 
from the village; pasture 10%, plowed field 10%, town 10%, outskirts 
10%, groves 25%, marsh 10%, farms 25%; ground covered with 36-38 
inches of crusted snow; all fresh water frozen except two small spots in 
marsh along Hennepin pike. Dec. 27; 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Clear; 8° 
below zero to 5° above by afternoon; wind W to SE, 3-5 miles per hour. 
Nineteen observers in six parties. Total party-hours, 53 (16 on foot, 37 
by auto); total party miles, 188 (10 on foot, 128 by auto). Brant, 1; 
shoveller, 1; Cooper’s hawk, 1; red-tailed hawk, 2; bob-white quail, 72; 
flicker, 1; red-bellied woodpecker, 3; hairy woodpecker, 2; downy wood- 
pecker, 12; horned lark, 31; blue jay, 23; crow, 22; black-capped chickadee, 
51; tufted titmouse, 21; white-breasted nuthatch, 17; red-breasted nut- 
hatch, 3; brown creeper, 2; robin, 1; starling, 89; house sparrow, 461; 
bronzed grackle, 6; cardinal, 41; purple finch, 4; slate-colored junco, 76; 
tree sparrow, 1; song sparrow, 4. Total 26 species, 948 individuals. 
Other observations: 2 meadowlarks seen in pasture in West Princeton; 
3 robins have been reported before and since the census; 1 northern shrike 
seen January 2. Snowy owl seen six miles N.E. of Princeton Jan. 8; 
this may be the owl that was seen at the same place around the 27th 
of December. Mrs. O. E. Runft reported a barred owl near Sheffield, 
Illinois —Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Rudiger, Mrs. Richard Skinner, Miss Donna- 
belle Fry, Mrs. Philip Schwabenland, Mrs. Cullom Anderson, Mrs. Frank 
Polson, Miss Georgia Winship, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kramer, Mrs. Bert 
Gibbs, Mr. Cairo Trimble, Miss Edith Sharp, Mr. Gordon Walstrom, Mrs. 
C. W. Geppelt, Mr. Clarence Conley, Mrs. Oren Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs. 
Alfred Dyke, all members of Princeton, Illinois Audubon Club. 
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Princeton, Bureau county. Thomas Farm and woods, 220 acres, 60% 
wooded pasture, 40% farming area. Woods consisting of oak, hickory, 
ash, walnut, basswood with undergrowth of hawthorn, hazel brush, wild 
crab and wahoo. Dec. 27-28-29. Clear, temperature varying from 8° be- 
low zero Dec. 27th, rising to 31° above by Dec. 29th; wind on first day 
W to SE changing to S (begining of a real thaw), 3-5 m.p.h.; ground 
covered with 36-38 inches crusted snow. Almost all water in three creeks 
frozen. Two observers in one party, making three daily trips by bob-sled 
and on foot. Total party hours, 16. Red-tailed hawk, 1; mourning dove, 2; 
flicker, 2; red-bellied woodpecker, 1; red-headed woodpecker, 7; downy 
woodpecker, 4; blue jay, 8; crow, 60; black-capped chickadee, 6; white- 
breasted nuthatch, 2; starling, 24; house sparrow, 100 (est.); cardinal, 
2; slate-colored junco, 12. Total 16 species, 282 individuals, (est.)—Mr. & 
Mrs. Harry Thomas, Mrs. Alfred Dyke (compiler) ; all members, Princeton, 
Illinois Audubon Club. 
After the census date, Mr. Thomas saw a sparrow hawk, goshawk, and 
a flock of prairie horned larks in which he thought were some longspurs. 
