54 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 
today. Zero weather in Canada with a high over Saskatchewan and a 
low near the Gulf produced a through wind. Everybody got his limit 
of ducks by ten o'clock. November 13, a farmer killed a mature Bald 
Eagle—8-foot wing expanse. November 15, mounted a beautiful Pin- 
tail-Mallard hybrid. November 17, Gelden-eyes, Scoters and Butterballs 
are here. November 18, another Pileated Woodpecker brought in by a 
hunter who thought it a Woodcock. It is normally called Cock-of-the- 
Woods. November 27, garter snakes out. Flickers and Sapsuckers using 
my suet. 
December 12, a Long-eared Owl was killed and brought in for identi- 
fication. Water cress still green and crisp. Banded a Winter White- 
throat. December 14, killed a hybrid Cottontail Rabbit. No tularemia 
in wild rabbits reported this year. December 25, saw Red-headed Wood- 
peckers, Meadowlarks, and Pine Siskins today. December 26, found a 
live red bat behind a south shutter. It had survived the zero weather. 
December 27, a female Quail trapped and banded by Russel Davis of 
Clayton was half again the normal weight. ‘The increase in acreage in 
soybeans has been a life-saver for Quail, as this seed supplies the legumes 
they require. 
The Illinois Audubon Society will have a booth at the annual 
Flower Show to be held by the Garden Clubs of Illinois at the Navy Pier, 
Chicago, March 31 to April 8, and there will be purchasable there all the 
various material which the Audubon Society handles. ‘There will be 
not only the pictures and other literature for information, but the bird 
food which will attract the resident birds to your garden. 
Events of 1932 Bird Banding 
Wo. I. Lyon 
‘'wo immature Whistling Swans arrived on a pond along the shore 
of Lake Michigan about November 15, 1931, and remained there through- 
out the winter, until March 15, 1932. About November 1 two adult 
Whistling Swans arrived on the same pond, but were frightened away. 
The next day one came back and has remained until the present date, 
December 31, 1932. ; 
‘Two colonies of Double-crested Cormorants were located in the North 
Channel, Canadian side of Lake Huron, and thirty-three young Cor- 
morants were banded. On September 26, 1932, one was found dead 
Atlarboroa Ne xe 
Ninety-three Great Blue Herons were banded last Summer. Also, 
we located a large colony of Black-crowned Night Herons and, though 
