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Chicago, Cook county; the Lake Front, including Jackson Park’s south 
harbors, Northerly Island, Chicago harbor, Navy Pier, Lincoln Park 
lagoons, and Belmont and Montrose harbors; Dec. 30; 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 
p.m.; ground bare, lagoons and harbors mostly frozen over, pieces of ice 
in the lake; foggy in the morning, clearing up later, cloudy; S., SE, SW, 
and N winds; temperature about 30°. 13% miles, 12% by car, 1 by foot 
(short walks at certain areas); all observers in one party. Mallard, 56 
est.; Black Duck, 3; American Golden-eye, 100 est.; Bufflehead, 3; Old- 
Squaw, 9; Lesser Scaup, 1; American Merganser, 200 est.; Ducks, species 
?, number ? (too far-out); Sparrow Hawk, 1; Herring Gull, 1, 100 est.; 
Ring-billed Gull, 40; Mixed Herring and Ring-billed Gulls, 175 est.; Bona- 
parte’s Gull, 8; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Starling, 100 est.; English Spar- 
row, 25 est.; Cardinal, 7. Total: 15 species, 2,028 (est.) individuals. — 
Amy G. Baldwin, Ralph M. Hiseman, (compiler) Bill Moir, and Bob Nuner. 
Lake Bluff, Lake county. Waterfront on Lake Michigan, west on State 
Route 176 to St. Mary of the Lake Seminary grounds, Mundelein, and 
adjacent woods south. Then north on Route U.S. 45 two miles to old 
nursery west of highway, north to State Route 120 and east to Waukegan 
harbor and adjacent fields; Dec. 27; 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; clear; temper- 
ature 15 to 25 degrees; wind NW-N, 15-20 mph; ground frozen with 
patches of light snow, open water in Lake Michigan and Waukegan harbor; 
seven observers together, using two cars; total hours, 7 (8 by car, 4 on 
foot); total miles, 30 (26 by car, 4 on foot). American Golden-eye, 20; 
Old-Squaw, 1; American Merganser, 50; Red-tailed Hawk, 1; Red- 
shouldered Hawk, 1; American Rough-legged Hawk, 1; hawk, (buteo sp.) 
1; Ring-necked Pheasant, 4; Herring Gull, 520; Bonaparte’s Gull, 15; 
Long-eared Owl, 12; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Blue Jay, 3; American Crow, 
6; Black-capped Chickadee, 4; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; American 
Robin, 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 4; Starling, 41; English Sparrow, 102; 
Rusty Blackbird, 30; Cardinal, 2; Slate-colored Junco, 44; Tree Sparrow, 
69; Song Sparrow, 1. Total: 24 species, 935 individuals. — Bill Bassel, 
Dr. R, D. Coghill, Harold Lenz, Mr. & Mrs. Russell L. Mannette, Mr. & 
Mrs. Alfred J. Zimmermann. 
Waukegan, Lake county. (Waukegan harbor south to Tower road in 
Winnetka.) Lake front and harbors, 22%, road observations, 78%. Most 
observations were made from the car. Cloudy with rain stopping in the 
afternoon. Winds strong from the east. Temperature 35° F., rising to 40° F. 
after the rain. All of the harbors open, lake very rough. Heavy fog in 
the late afternoon, visibility 20 feet. Dec. 20, 1952; 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 
Greater Scaup Duck, 4; American Golden-eye, 4; Old-Squaw, 1; White- 
winged Scoter, 1; American Scoter, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 1; Glaucous Gull, 
2; Herring Gull, 200; Ring-billed Gull, 3; Bonaparte’s Gull, 3; American 
Crow, 5; Starling, 110; House Sparrow, 25; Rusty Blackbird, 2; Slate- 
colored Junco, 7. Total species: 15; 370 individuals. — Mrs. Amy Baldwin, 
Mr. H. T. Dean, and Gene Lukasik, Jr. 
Lisle, DuPage county, Morton Arboretum: December 27, 8:30 a.m. to 
3:00 p.m. (reported for comparison with the official C. O. S. census, 
which took place in the same area on the next day). Clear, sunshiny day, 
