Jehan Ur, BION (BU ite TUN 13 
King, Virginia and Sora Rails — Reported at three locations on May 2. 
Piping Plover — 1, May 8, Chautauqua. Bohlen. 
Willett — 1, May 1, Chautauqua; and 1, Meredosia Bay; also 1 at Shelby- 
ville, May 2; Bohlen. 1 at Evanston May 2; Ted Nork. 
White-rumped Sandpiper — Peaked at Chautauqua, May 23 with 60. Bohlen. 
Long-billed Dowitcher — Peaked May 13 with 34 at Lake Kincaid; only 1 
Short-billed. Bohlen. 
Stilt Sandpiper — at Sterling May 1, 2, 10, 14 and 21. Shaws. 
Marbled Godwit — May 2 at Polo. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Taylor. 
Hudsonian Godwit — May 4 at Evergreen. Staubus. 
Red Phalarope — 1 female at Sterling May 25. Shaws, Greaves, Edna and 
Howard Goodmiller, Max and Ann Hagans. 
Wilson's Phalarope — 2 at Sterling May 2; Shaws etc. 5 at Chicago, May 1, 
by Sanders and party. 2 at Polo, May 27; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Taylor. 
Sandhill Crane — 4 May 7 at Evanston. Evanston Bird Club. 
Avocet — With spring plumage, Meredosia Bay, May 1. Bohlen, Ward, 
Randall, O’Brien and Crabtree. 
Laughing Gull — 1 at Lock and Dam 17, New Boston, May 19. One collected 
May 26 at Lake Springfield. Now in State Museum No. 604789. Bohlen. 
Least Tern — 8 at Fulton May 13. Shaws. 
Pileated Woodpecker — May 29 at Danville. Dr. Geo. W. Swenson Jr., 
Charles M. Nixon, Robert E. Greenberg. (At least two pairs have 
nested in the Tri-City area past few years. Fawks.) 
Western Kingbird — 1 at Moweaqua, May 16. Bohlen. 
Fish Crow — 4, May 22, Union County. Bohlen, Ward, Randall. O’Brien and 
Crabtree. 
Black-throated Blue Warbler — 1, May 14, at Evanston. Evanston Bird Club. 
Summer Tanager — An immature May 7. Evanston Bird Club. 
Sharp-tailed Sparrow — 1 at Lake Kincaid May 13. Bohlen. 
Henslow’s Sparrow — 2 at Evanston, May 1. Balch and Clark. Also May 1, 
Chicago, Sanders and party. 
ODD BEHAVIOR OF A HUMMINGBIRD 
This report is not an unusual sighting but an observation of hummingbird 
behavior not noted previously by me. On Sunday morning, May 2 at 6:30 
a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird arrived and settled on a twig to 
Black-legged Kitti- 
wake (imm) — photo- 
graphed April 2 by J. 
R. Paul near the dam 
at Springfield Lake. 
(Reported by Bohlen; 
seen by Ward, Ran- 
dall, O’Brien, and 
Crabtree.) 
