8 THEVA WU DU BOING (BW Tike Ton 
Blue Island, Cook county; vicinity of Oak Hill banding station and 
fields south and east; Dec. 18 to Dec. 31; (listing largest number of birds 
seen in any one day); ground covered with snow the entire time; temper- 
ature ranging from 15° below zero to 42° above. Cooper’s hawk, 1; spar- 
row hawk, 1; ring-necked pheasant, 4; herring gull, 200+; screech owl, 
2; flicker, 1; downy woodpecker, 3; prairie horned hark, 2; blue jay, 2; 
crow, 12; red-breasted nuthatch, 1; brown creeper, 1; starling, 2007+; 
house sparrow, 125+; cardinal, 6; slate-colored junco, 13; tree sparrow, 
18: song sparrow, 1. Total 19 species, 603+ individuals.—Karl E. Bartel. 
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Waukegan, Lake county; Waukegan harbor, woods and fields, open 
water at Public Service plant; Jan. 1; 9:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; ground 
covered with snow up to two feet; lake open all along the shore; cloudy; 
wind west at 10 miles per hour; temperature 15°; 19 observers together. 
Double-crested cormorant, 1; mallard, 6; black ducks, 2; lesser scaup, 125; 
American golden-eye, 70; bufflehead, 2; old-squaw, 50; American mergan- 
sers, 30; red-breasted mergansers, 20; red-shouldered hawk, 1; rough- 
legged hawk, 1; herring gulls, 250+; ring-billed gulls, 15; hairy wood- 
pecker, 1; downy woodpecker, 1; blue jay, 1; crow, 4; starling, 1001; 
house sparrow, 25; goldfinch, 7; slate-colored junco, 3; tree sparrow, 3. 
Total 22 species, 718+ individuals—Amy G. Baldwin, Karl E. Bartel, Lori 
Binford, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Campbell, Charles T. Clark, Mr. H. T. Dean, 
John Janusy, Thomas Kemper, Dr. Kovacsh, Gene Lukasik, Mr. and Mrs. 
Menzner, Theodore Nork, Alfred H. Reuss, Millicent Stebens, Mr. J. O. 
Young and daughters Bonny and Margaret. 
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Michigan City, Lake county, Indiana; 71%. mile radius centering on 
Beverley Shores and highway U.S. 12, east to Michigan City, west to 
Baileytown; lake shore 40%, deciduous woods 20%, marsh 15%, coniferous 
woods 10%, river bank 5%, tamarack bog 5%, dwellings 5%; Dec. 30, 
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; sunny; temperature 29° to 38°; four observers 
in two parties. Ten hours; two on foot, 8 by car; 48 miles; 6 on foot, 
42 by car. Black duck, 35; canvas-back, 1; lesser scaup, 20; American 
golden-eye, 361; bufflehead, 325; old-squaw, 1000; white-winged scoter, 1; 
American merganser, 850; red-breasted merganser, 8; hawk (?), 1; ring- 
necked pheasant, 1; herring gull, 121; ring-billed gull, 21; red-bellied 
woodpecker, 1; red-headed woodpecker, 4; hairy woodpecker, 4; downy 
wocdpecker, 10; blue jay, 45; crow, 4; black-capped chickadee, 25; tufted 
titmouse, 8; white-breasted nuthatch, 9; starling, 19; house sparrow 200; 
red-winged blackbird, 42; cardinal, 12; evening grosbeak, 2; pine grosbeak, 
7; goldfinch, 2; slate-colored junco, 20; tree sparrow, 22; song sparrow, 
6; snow bunting, 3. Total 33 species, 3190 individuals. (Seen in area 
but not on count day, redhead duck, hooded merganser, mallard duck, red- 
eyed towhee, flicker, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, 
She cas gull.)—Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Grow, Mr. and Mrs. Simon 
Segal. 
