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everyone was looking for the Prairie Horned Lark and her little nest. 
‘The groundkeepers were instructed not to mow over it and soon an 
“island” of longer grass appeared in the otherwise closely cut fairway. 
After the babies were hatched interest increased. Men who never 
allowed anything or anybody to rush a golf shot would hurry past the 
nest and call to each other to “get away from there so the mother will come 
back to her babies.”’ he night after they were hatched there was a regu- 
lar cloudburst. Next morning water stood in pools all over the course. 
Everyone was so concerned about the Lark family, but investigation proved 
that the brave little mother had perfectly sheltered her brood. Soon the 
nest was abandoned but the mother and her “‘children” lingered about the 
course all summer, not-at all afraid of the players. 
When inveterate golfers will jeopardize their beloved game for a 
mere bird’s nest they just can’t be all selfish. 
pee ELIGCINS, 
The Fall Season in Lake County 
By James Mooney 
In spite of the unusually mild weather which prevailed in our area 
during the Fall of 1932, birds did not seem to be very much in evidence. 
Undoubtedly due to the open Fall and Winter the birds have had accessi- 
bility to food in woods and fields which they relished above the food of my 
feeding stations. It may be also that I have not the indefatigable patience 
to sit and wait for hours in the wooded sections for some winter bird to 
appear. Being more of a wandering bird-student I observe what birds I 
can while just wandering here and there through the marshes and fields 
near Deerfield. 
There is practically no day during this season that I do not get a 
chance for a little trip into some nearby wood lot or field to observe what 
birds I can. On one such trip, on October 22, I made a find that was 
extremely rare in Lake County as well as northern Illinois, a Turkey 
Vulture. A single bird was seen each day for nearly a week soaring over 
the open fields west of Deerfield. Then another appeared on October 30 
and was last seen on November 9. Never before had I seen one of. these 
southern birds in this vicinity. 
Of the other rarer birds found in western Lake County during the 
past Fall were two eagles. Not seeing the birds personally I can’t say 
which species they were but probably they were immature Bald Eagles. 
A Whistling Swan at Waukegan is another infrequent visitor in our dis- 
trict. 
The first Snow Bunting of the season was observed at Beach on No- 
vember 19. On November 11 [I found a Red-backed Sandpiper probing 
along the shore of Lake Michigan near Zion City. 
