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FIELD NOTES 
Barrington Bird Club 
‘Three immature Goshawks were observed near Barrington last win- 
ter. [hey were seen eating newly-killed pheasants, and one was seen 
carrying off a young turkey from a farm. It was probably one of these 
Goshawks which we saw pick up a large cat from the far side of our 
field on January 6th. ‘The bird rose heavily until about ten feet above 
the ground when the cat was dropped. “The cat walked away as if not 
much injured. On January 10th one of these hawks was caught in a trap 
on a neighboring farm and was shot as it was attempting to fly away 
with the trap. It was brought to me and was measured and carefully 
compared with the descriptions. “This was the first time we had had 
an opportunity to identify the immature Goshawk. 
Starlings were seen occasionally during the winter of 1931-1932. On 
February 25th three sat quietly for a long time in the tree where a pair 
built a nest the year before. On April 15th a pair began work at the 
same nest-box. On the twenty-fifth the box was taken down. We found 
five pale blue eggs in it. We found no other nests. No Starlings have 
been seen on our farm this winter. One of our members has an old 
hackberry tree in which Flickers nest every year. Last spring a squirrel 
first drove out the Flickers, then Starlings routed the squirrel. After one 
Starling was shot the other straightway brought a new mate and con- 
tinued building. Five birds were shot before the Starlings were finally 
discouraged, when the Flickers returned and raised a family. 
On May 4th I saw from our own place two Cranes flying at a 
distance which made it impossible to distinguish anything but the dark 
tips of the wings. Climbing spirally against a clear blue sky, long 
necks and legs extended, keeping close to each other, and in perfect 
parallel, they were a thrilling sight. 
During the first week of May a Kingfisher was seen making frequent 
trips over our farm carrying fish home to the nest hole, a distance of at 
least a mile from the nearest pond. 
On May 21st a dozen members of the club made an excursion to 
Riverside to look for warblers with Mrs. Baroody, an experience we hope 
to repeat. That same morning my husband and I saw the first Black-billed 
Cuckoos we have ever seen about Barrington, in the more than twenty 
years we have lived here. ‘They sat quietly in a thorn tree, in full view 
for a long time. We did not see them again. 
All observers agreed that birds were unusually abundant during the 
summer. My husband saw five male Baltimore Orioles gathered about one 
female, in our woods, in the first week of May, a truly gorgeous sight. 
