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a picnic table. The tree was not more than 30 feet from the main road of 
the park. One of the adults usually sat out in the open about 100 feet 
from the nest acting as a decoy, while the mate would fly overhead catch- 
ing dragonflies to feed the young bird. On July 22 Paul Bauer and I obtained 
16x photos of the adults and young bird on the nest, both at a distance 
of 25 feet. (In reading the life history of the Mississippi kite in “Bent’’, this 
is quite a contrast in nesting habits. We wonder if this apparent adaptation 
to man is at least partially the reason for this species’ recent success.) 
My wife, Mitzi, and I watched least terns breeding on a sandbar in the 
Mississippi River at North St. Louis just south of the Chain of Rocks Bridge. 
According to our Geophysical Survey maps, the sandbar is partially in 
Missouri and partially in Illinois. Because of high water, our first terns 
were not seen until May 27 (four birds). By June 10 there were 12 birds 
present and most were paired off and courting. There was much head 
bowing and passing of small minnows back and forth. By June 17 we saw 
three birds on eggs, while their mates dive-bombed killdeer, little blue 
herons and common egrets to drive them from the nest area. By July 1, one 
brood had hatched and the other two by July 4. Since we could not phys- 
ically visit the bar, we could not see all the nest sites. On July 7 we noticed 
a new nest, which we presumed to be a second effort. On July 15 we saw 
two more new nest sites only a few feet from old nests. On July 30 Paul 
Bauer and I visited the sandbar by boat. There were still two active nests 
(not visible from shore). We found five birds of the year, which were 
developed enough to fly well. Photos of adults on eggs were made. One 
dead adult bird was found but was too decomposed to determine cause of 
death. 
A singing Swainson’s warbler was found on July 8 one mile east of 
Roots (Randolph County). This is approximately 45 miles northwest of the 
nesting sites Dr. George has been studying south of Carbondale. The bird 
had stopped singing by July 21, but still came to a tape recorder. Although 
