74 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 
Notes From Evanston 
Cardinals nested as usual in this neighborhood, Evanston, Illinois, 
though not in our own yard. Young from at least two families were brought 
to the feeding shelf to learn to eat sunflower seed. 
Our old tenant, the Crested Flycatcher, nested elsewhere this sum- 
mer, although he was seen on and in the Von Berlepsche box for several 
days at the end of June. Perhaps the presence of a Starling accounts for 
his sudden departure. 
Chickadees nested in June in our next door neighbor’s yard, in a knot 
hole in a young tree. We saw only two of the young. ’ 
Wood Thrushes have always nested near us until last year when we 
missed them especially on account of their lovely song. So we were de- 
lighted to find them nesting again in our other neighbor’s big oak, well 
up in the tree. Young were being fed the 13th of June. On the 20th one 
young Thrush was off the nest and soon another came. We saw them 
being fed numbers of times. July lst discovered the same pair working 
on a new nest in our own wild tangle very near the house. The young 
came in due time, cared for by devoted parents. But they met a tragic 
end. In a few days the young were gone with only feathers in the nest 
and below it to tell the tale. We are quite sure that the Screech Owl that 
we had heard at night was responsible for the murder. It could not have 
been a cat from the position of the nest. 
A Fox Sparrow was entertained on the feeding shelf from Decemter 8 
to 12. He ate suet, sunflower seed and crumbs; the morning of the 13th 
was bitter cold, 15 above zero, and the Fox Sparrow did not appear. We 
hope he has gone to a warmer clime. BERTHA PATTEE. 
Photograph by A. M. Bailey 
"CARDINALS NESTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD" 
