46 THE SAU OU BOIN Ease Bai 
Christmas Census of 1936 
Blue Island, Cook County, Ill. (Vicinity of Blue Island and Orland 
Park, Ill., Oak Hill, Mount Greenwood and Palos Park banding stations.) 
December 20 to 25, ground bare, temperature 30° to 40°. Birds listed show 
largest number observed in one day. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1; Red-shouldered 
Hawk 1; Marsh Hawk 1; Sparrow Hawk 1; Herring Gull 6; Screech Owl 1; 
Red-headed Woodpecker 3; Hairy Woodpecker 8; White-breasted Nuthatch 
26; Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1; Starling 25; Cardinal 21; Purple Finch 4; Go!d- 
finch 2; Slate-colored Junco 50; Tree Sparrow 100; Total, 21 species. At 
Palos banding station two robins remained until the 13th of December. At 
the Oak Hill banding station two Bronzed Grackles and a banded Carolina 
Wren stayed around up into the second week of December.—Alfred H. Reuss 
Jr. and Karl E. Bartel. 
Park Ridge, Cook County, Ill. (Along the Desplaines River between 
Lawrence Avenue and Oakton Street and over adjacent country.) Birds 
recorded on hikes taken on the 24th, 26th and 31st of December. American 
Goldeneye 4; American Merganser 30 (in flight); Sparrow Hawk 2; Pheasant 
4; Herring Gull 26; Flicker 1; Hairy Woodpecker 6; Downy Woodpecker 3; 
Horned Lark 3; Blue Jay 5; Crow 19; Black-capped Chickadee 30; Tufted 
Titmouse 10; White-breasted Nuthatch 3; Brown Creeper 7; Carolina Wren 
1; Golden-crowned Kinglet 11; Starling 110; English Sparrow 50; Cardinal 
20; Purple Finch 3; Goldfinch 10; Slate-colored Junco 24; Tree Sparrow 150; 
Lapland Longspur 1 (heard); Total, 25 species. The Carolina Wren, our 
first record here in winter, has been in town for some time and has been 
observed upon more than one cccasion.—Frank Wadsworth, Aulden Coble, 
Donald Duncan. 
Lisle, DuPage County, Ill. Timber Trails Woods, Indian Head Woods, 
Morton Arboretum. December 31. 8 A. M. to 1 P. M. Sunny; Temp. 30°, 
southwest wind. Red-tailed Hawk 1; Marsh Hawk 1; Screech Owl 1; Flicker 
1; Red-headed Woodpecker 3; Hairy Woodpecker 2; Downy Woodpecker 3; 
Horned Lark 1; Blue Jay 2; Eastern Crow 25; Black-capped Chickadee 53; 
White-breasted Nuthatch 2; Brown Creeper 1; Eastern Golden-crowned 
Kinglet 1; Starling 50; English Sparrow 100; Cardinal 1; Slate-colored 
Junco 25; Eastern Tree Sparrow 50; Total, 19 species. The presence of 
several Red-headed Woodpeckers on Timber Trails Golf Course is doubtless 
due to the size and abundance of acorns. Chickadees, Juncos and Tree 
Sparrows abound in Morton’s Arboretum.—Esther A. Craigmile. 
Lisle, DuPage County, Ill. (Morton Arboretum) Jan. 1; 10 A. M. to 4 
P. M.; partly cloudy with moderate northeast wind; temperature 32° ob- 
server alone. Red-tailed Hawk 1; Ring-necked Pheasant 3; Belted King- 
fisher 1; Red-headed Woodpecker 1; Hairy Woodpecker 2; Downy Wood- 
pecker 4; Prairie Horned Lark 5; Blue Jay 2; Eastern Crow 12; Black-capped 
Chickadee 8; Tufted Titmouse 6; White-breasted Nuthatch 5; Brown Creeper 
3; Golden-crowned Kinglet 2; Cardinal 4; Purple Finch 3; Northern Pine 
Siskin, flock of 20; Eastern Goldfinch 4; Slate-colored Junco 20; Tree Spar- 
row 15; Song Sparrow 1; Lapland Longspur, flock of 4. Total, 22 species. 
Also Carolina Wren on December 13. The absence of Juncos and Tree Spar- 
rows in numbers is noteworthy, this no doubt being due to the mildness of 
recent weather. 
_The day’s most exciting moment did not come with some ornithological 
rarity, but was provided by a red fox—my first encounter with this species. 
The region surrounding the arboretum is largely woodland spotted with 
small hilly pastures and fields around which the woods are more or less 
open. This I find in keeping with Mr. Gregory’s statements as to habitat of 
this species in his Mammals of the Chicago Region. I had occasion to cross 
one of these small fields—deviating from the usual course of my walk 
through the arboretum to follow the Red-tailed Hawk which for some reason 
or other expressed itself today more vociferously than ever before. Its call 
seems like a prolonged hoarse cry of a Blue Jay. Perhaps a half hour later, 
after lingering about looking for the hawk, I retraced my footsteps through 
