28 THE, AU D:UtBiOWN 7B Ube tele 
Winnebago County, ROCKFORD. (All points within a 15-mile diameter 
circle centered at Owen Center and Latham Roads; cropland and pastures 
40%, creeks and river borders 20%, deciduous woods 20%, marshes and 
sloughs 15%, conifer plantations 5%). Jan. 1: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., partly cloudy; 
temp. 33 to 42 degrees; wind W-SW, 10 m.p.h.; most standing water frozen; 
no snow cover. 17 observers in 7 parties. Total party-hours, 59 (31 on foot, 
28 by car); total party-miles, 433 (40 on foot, 393 by car). Lee Johnson 
(co-compiler), 8016 S. Main St., Rockford, Ill. 61102; William Shepherd 
(co-compiler), 1832 Remington Road, Rockford, Ill. 61108—NORTH CEN- 
TRAL ILLINOIS ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Ht i ft fi 
Wisconsin, LAKE GENEVA. (No description of area.) Jan. 2; 7 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m.; clear; 3” of snow. 16 observers; Clarence Palmquist (compiler), 834 
Windsor Road, Glenview, Ill. 60025. 
A rat a 
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT 
Richland County, BIRD HAVEN SANCTUARY, OLNEY. (All points within 
a 15-mile diameter circle centered 2 miles northeast of Olney; deciduous 
forest 10%, cropland 90%). Nearly all of the former Sanctuary has been 
inundated by the dam. Dec. 27; 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; no data on weather or 
ground conditions. 21 observers in 5 parties—Canada Goose 42; Mallard 2; 
Ring-necked Duck 1; Red-tailed Hawk 35; Marsh Hawk 9; Sparrow Hawk 
30; Bobwhite 51; Ring-necked Pheasant 5; Killdeer 5; Mourning Dove 441; 
Great Horned Owl 2; Barred Owl 1; Yellow-shafted Flicker 45; Pileated 
Woodpecker 1; Red-bellied Woodpecker 66; Red-headed Woodpecker 36; 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1; Hairy Wcodpecker 15; Downy Woodpecker 85; 
Horned Lark 17; Blue Jay 262; Common Crow 159; Black-capped Chickadee 
63; Tufted Titmouse 83; White-breasted Nuthatch 12; Brown Creeper 3; 
Winter Wren 1; Carolina Wren 28; Mockingbird 65; Robin 17; Eastern 
Bluebird 31; Golden-crowned Kinglet 1; Loggerhead Shrike 4; Starling 
3,275; House Sparrow 1,903; Eastern Meadowlark 296; Red-winged Black- 
bird 85; Common Grackle 574; Brown-headed Cowbird 27; Cardina) 357; 
Purple Finch 4; American Goldfinch 46; Rufous-sided Towhee 14; Slate- 
colored Junco 404; Tree Sparrow 267; Field Sparrow 40; White-crowned 
Sparrow 70; White-throated Sparrow 17; Fox Sparrow 2; Swamp Sparrow 
5; Song Sparrow 83. TOTALS—51 species; 9,088 individuals—Wayne M. 
Taylor (compiler), R.R. 2, Olney, Ill. 62450. (Editor’s Note: The above 
census report arrived too late to be included in the tabulation.) 
A a ri a 
According to foresters for the Illinois Department of Conservation, in 
primeval times the Illinois country was about one-half prairie and 
one-half forest. Close to 16 million acres of timber grew in southern 
Illinois and in the river bottoms of central and northern Illinois. 
Civilization felled most of the forest, but even today Illinois has 
about four million acres of woods, and there are two to three 
million acres of idle ground that should be in timber production. 
