REESAM DUB O NGS UGEE TIEN 57 
The only Turkey Buzzard of the year was recorded September 10. 
Two large flocks of Geese went over on October 30 and 31. There 
were at least 1,000 in each flock. 
Bob-white evidently enjoyed a good year. My shooting journal indi- 
cates a 35 per cent increase over 1931 and a 65 per cent increase over 
1930. An Athens sportsman, who bagged 137, said there were more left 
in the coverts than he had ever known before. 
Two Ospreys were shot along the Sangamon this fall. One of them, 
according to report, from a flock of five. 
An adult Bald Eagle was seen December 26. It was following the 
river valley north. 
‘The severe December weather makes the bird life of this Christmas 
contrast sharply with that of last year. Starlings are notably scarce. A 
few Doves and Red-headed Woodpeckers linger in favorite places. 
Mount Carroll 
The Misses Cramer report from portions of Jo Daviess and Carroll 
Counties. | 
During the week following Christmas we made several short trips 
and one long one in the northern part of Carroll and the southeastern part 
of Jo Daviess Counties, but saw only the usual birds in their usual habitats. 
Every thicket had its quota of Chickadees and White-breasted Nuthatches. 
The fields were cheerful with Tree Sparrows, Juncos, and a few Horned 
Larks. In the woods we found the Downy and the Red-bellied Wood- 
peckers. The latter have been with us for about five years both winter 
and summer. There were some very noisy Blue Jays and many Crows. 
Two pairs of Red-tailed Hawks on two different wooded hillsides were 
soating about and screaming cheerfully above their old nesting sites. We 
saw a smaller, more slender, darker hawk watching a flock of Juncos, but 
we couldn’t identify it. We saw and heard less of the Cardinals along 
the streams than usual. 
About our buildings there are several pairs of Starlings but they 
are very shy and you have to look sharp to see them. On our feeding shelf 
we have many Chickadees, White-breasted Nuthatches and Downy Wood- 
peckers. “The Juncos come to the window, but feed on the ground under 
the shelf. 
Last spring at one time we counted the following nests in our house- 
yard: three Robins, three Starlings, one Mourning Dove, two Orioles, one 
Blue Jay, three Wrens, one Flicker, one Red-headed Woodpecker, and 
twelve English Sparrows. A pair of Bluebirds had built just outside the 
yard in a hollow fence post. Early in March of last year a flock of Bo- 
hemian Waxwings fed about our yard for several days. 
BLANCHE AND BERTHA CRAMER. 
