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others, they too found one, probably my bird’s mate. The pair flew from 
tree to tree but kept in our sight for some time, and we got excellent 
looks at the yellow head patch on the male. 
We also took a boat ride on Lake Itasca, which has three long fingers. 
We soon lost count of the great blue herons, black terns, and swallows of 
various kinds we saw. Above us, four ospreys circled. After the boat ride 
we stayed out until dark, and missed supper entirely. In the evening, we 
had colored bird movies, and fell into bed exhausted. 
The next day we had to get an early start but we took a last look 
around, and saw many of the warblers and others again. We were speeding 
home south of the park at 75 miles an hour when I caught sight of a hawk. 
John stopped and backed up and we found two red-tailed hawks sitting on 
fence posts, right along the road. We had not fully regained speed when 
we had to stop again to watch a goshawk fly over us. 
Our mileage for the entire jaunt was 1,492 miles, and we saw a total 
of 79 varieties of birds in the three days. We do not recommend it for a 
three-day trip, but for us it was that or nothing. We think it would take 
at least a week to explore that gorgeous country. Then it would be possible 
to search more thoroughly for some birds we missed seeing, including the 
Canada jay, ruffed grouse, olive sided fiycatcher, Hudsonian chickadee, and 
pileated woodpecker. All are there, but we lacked the time to find them. 
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Birding Bughouse Square 
By IsopeL S. MILLAR and ALICE E. HECK 
NOW THAT SPRING is presumably just around the next windy corner, it may 
be of interest to the Chicago members of the Society to know that populous 
Washington Square, better known by its alias, Bughouse Square, at 900 N. 
Clark st., affords a convenient and delightful opportunity to see many of 
our North American birds as they pass through our city in migration. 
A small group of us who work in the vicinity of this small park became 
interested in its possibilities for a migration census. The park was visited 
daily by one or more of our members during most of the 1948 season and 
produced gratifying results. That it was a pleasurable lunch hour pastime 
goes without saying, and to add that as the migration reached its peak it 
became a positive distraction from good work habits would be only a nod 
in the direction of the truth. 
The first robins of tne season arrived March 28, when we also saw a 
lone brown creeper. On April 2 a herring gull was observed flying’ over 
the park and the next day there was a white-breasted nuthatch hard at 
work. On April 4 two fox sparrows, a song sparrow, four yellow-bellied 
sapsuckers, and a downy woodpecker were observed quite at home in the 
heart of the city. A grackle held undisputed sway among the unwashed 
house sparrows, starlings, and rock doves on the 8th. He was succeeded 
by a flicker and a robin April 12, and by the 15th more ete fox pay 
rows, and grackles were there. 
