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in the December 1989 issue of the BULLETIN (No. 120:20) which was also 
incorrect. Therefore, this note is intended to correct the original record and 
to report an additional observation of the species in Illinois. All references 
to the original announcements are invalid. 
The first Black-headed Grosbeak for Illinois was identified by Mr. and 
Mrs. Roy Oliver of Pecatonica, Winnebago Co., Ill., in 1965. The bird first 
appeared at their feeder on Jan. 12, 1965, and was photographed there by 
Jim Sullivan (of Pecatonica) on Jan. 
17. It then apparently disappeared, 
after a severe storm, a couple of days 
later. 
This important record became 
known a few years later when Mrs. 
Oliver mentioned it to William M. 
Shepherd (of Rockford, Ill.) Mr. 
Shepherd first saw the slide of the 
grosbeak in February 1969, and im- 
mediately had several duplicates 
made of it—which he forwarded to 
several authorities throughout the 
state. After much correspondence and 
searching of the literature, Shepherd 
was assured that this observation was 
the first known Illinois record of the 
Black-headed Grosbeak (however, 
this species has been reported annu- 
ally at winter feeders from states east 
and south of Illinois). 
What appears to be the second Illinois record, was reported this past 
winter from the southern part of the state. An immature male, with par- 
tially streaked head, was present at the David Baumgartner residence in 
Carbondale, Jackson Co., from mid-February to March 23, 1972. During 
this period, it visited the feeder (about 30 feet from the house) regularly 
at least three times daily until March 14, and then irregularly during the 
remaining days. 
In late February, Baumgartner tentatively identified the visitor as a 
male Black-headed Grosbeak and mentioned it to Glenn Cooper of Carter- 
ville who then told me about it. On March 1, Cooper and I visited the 
Baumgartner home; we saw and photographed the bird (as printed). 
During the following two weeks, several other people had the opportunity 
to see the bird. 
The accompanying photograph was taken March 1 with a Canon FX 
35mm camera with a 300mm telephoto lens. I used high speed Ektachrome 
at f 5.6 and 1/30 second in the rain. 
I want to especially thank William M. Shepherd for the considerable 
time and energy spent verifying the first state record, Mrs. Roy Oliver and 
Jim Sullivan for providing information necessary to substantiate that 
record, and Mr. and Mrs. David Baumgartner for allowing the “bird-watch- 
ers” to intrude on their early-morning privacy to observe and photograph 
the second known record of the Black-headed Grosbeak in Illinois. 
—Vernon M. Kleen 
