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By ELTON FAWKS 
FALL & EARLY WINTER 1970 
No records used here appear in the Christmas Bird Census as printed in 
the March 1971 issue of the BULLETIN. In fact, only those birds which 
are unusual as to specie—and early or late dates—are used. Also, thanks 
to the many who send in records that don’t show in F. N.; they are filed 
and saved for possible later use. 
— E. Fawks 
SEPTEMBER 1970 
Stilt Sandpiper — Sept. 6, 25 and 28; Carbondale; one to three. Vernon 
Kleen: 
Wilson’s Phalarope — Sept. 6 and 7, Carbondale. Hayward and Kleen. 
Prothonotary Warbler — Banded as late as Sept. 20 at Carbondale. Kleen- 
Cerulean Warbler — Banded as late as Sept. 16 at Carbondale. Kleen. 
OCTOBER 1970 
Red-throated Loon — One Oct. 24 and 27 at Mark Twain Refuge, Brussels. 
Sarah Vasse: 
Double-crested Cormorant — 70 at Brussels during October. Not unusual 
and no apparent decline in those that migrant here. Vasse. 
Hudsonian Godwit — Oct. 17 at Carbondale. Kleen. 
Franklin’s Gull — numerous throughout October; up to 100 in a flock; 
Brussels. Vasse. 
Bonaparte’s Gull — 2 at Brussels, Oct. 16. Vasse. 
Wilson’s Warbler — One at Carbondale, Oct. 24. Kleen. 
Sprague’s Pipit — Oct. 27 at Northwestern Landfill. Larry Balch. 
NOVEMBER 1970 
Western Grebe — One at Carterville, Nov. 23. Glenn Cooper and Bob Rice- 
Bonaparte’s Gull — 15 at Crab Orchard, Nov. 12. Kleen. 
Franklin’s Gull — One at Union County Refuge, Nov. 7. David Hayward, 
Cooper and Kleen: 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo — One, Nov. 3, Jersey County. Vasse. 
Chukar — One from late November until the big snow of January 2 at 
Moline. In yard of a home and quite tame. Milton Helander. 
