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their assistants) and the one in- 
stitution (Lorado Taft Field Cam- 
pus) with Iliinois permits. Thirteen 
other Illinois banders did not band 
any birds in Illinois in 1971, and, 
as previously mentioned, 17 band- 
ers failed to report. 
The volunteers banded more 
Slate-colored Juncos (1,967) in 1971 
than any other species. However, 
there were more than 400 individ- 
uals banded of each of the follow- 
ing species: Common Grackle, 1060; 
White -throated Sparrow, 1033; 
Myrtle Warbler, 625; Cardinal, 587; 
Mourning Dove, 578; Robin, 537; 
Catbird, 496; American Goldfinch, 
494; Swainson’s Thrush, 459; East- 
ern Bluebird, 447 — most from 
Bluebird trails; Swamp Sparrow, 
442; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 405; 
and House Wren, 403. 
For 17 species, only one individ- 
ual was banded. 
The Blue Jay and Robin were 
caught by the most banders: 22. 
Other species caught by 15 or more 
banders were: Cardinal, 21; Slate- 
colored Junco, 20; Common Grack- 
le, 20; American Goldfinch, 18; 
White-throated Sparrow, 18; Cat- 
bird, 18; House Wren, 17; Song 
Sparrow, 17; Brown Thrasher, 17; 
Black - capped Chickadee, 16; 
Downy Woodpecker, 15; and Oven- 
bird, 15. 
The purpose of compiling this in- 
formation is to increase and spread 
knowledge of birds in _ Illinois. 
Each bander was requested to sub- 
mit his 1971 banding totals and to 
prepare an autobiography concern- 
ing his banding history. All of this 
information will be tabulated into 
a booklet and made available to 
all banders and other researchers 
at a small cost to cover printing 
and postage. From this information 
it will be possible to learn what 
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research is being conducted and 
how bancers or other people can 
help each other. (We hope this can 
be an annual report.) 
Lee Johnson of Rcckford, Il. 
must be applauded for his great 
1971 banding campaign. As a vol- 
unteer, he banded 6,728 birds of 
102 species. All other Illinois band- 
ers (volunteers) banded less than 
2,000 birds during the year, and 
only one other bander surpassed 
the 100 species mark. 
Table 1 gives the names of the 
1971 Illinois banders and the num- 
ber of birds they banded. The fol- 
lowing individuals indicated no 
banding in Illinois in 1971: Dr. P. 
L. Ames; Dr. Richard J. Bjorklund; 
Victor Blazevic; Edward Bosak; 
Mrs. L. A. Doane; Dr. Harvey Fish- 
er; Conrad Foley, Gerrit Kloek; 
John Skach; Dr. William Southern; 
Dean Trsch; Don Varner; Dr. Al- 
bert Wolfson. 
Table 2 lists the species banded 
in Illinois in 1971 and the total 
number of each species banded. It 
also indicates the number of band- 
ers that banded each species and 
the name of the bander who had 
the highest individual total for 
each species. 
Most Illinois banders belong to 
one or more of the Bird Banding 
Associations in North America. IIli- 
nois itself falls within the area of 
the Inland Bird Banding Associa- 
tion. People do not have to be bird 
banders to be a member of the In- 
land organization or to receive its 
quarterly journal. 
Those interested in receiving in- 
formation concerning the Inland 
Bird Banding Association should 
contact Mrs. John Lueshen, Wisner, 
Nebraska 68791. 
—P.O. Box 1057, Carbondale 62901 
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