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EAGLE PROTECTOR — Kenneth 
Hanson of Leland, Ill., a conserva- 
tion inspector in the Division of 
Law Enforcement, Illinois Depart- 
ment of Conservation, holds the 
plaque presented him last fall by 
the National Wildlife Federation 
for his work in apprehending a 
person who had killed an American 
bald eagle. 
Hanson also collected $500 re- 
ward money from NWF — but he 
asked the money be retained by 
the Federation for furthering its 
program of bald eagle protection. 
Conservation Director Barkhau- 
sen said that Hanson is "a classic 
example of the type of dedication 
in the ranks of department em- 
ployees.” 
wandered into Central Illinois. At this time I feel the second possibility 
is most likely; however, more work is needed to determine the status of 
these late summer crossbills and their origin. 
Literature Cited: 
American Ornithologists’s Union, 1957, Check-List of North American Birds, 
Fifth edition, AOU, Baltimore. 
Ford, E. R. 1956, Birds of the Chicago Region, Chicago Academy of Science, 
Special Publication No. 12, p. 86. 
Kleen, V. M. and Lee Bush, 1972, Middlewestern Prairie Region; American 
Birds 26 (3):613. 
Princen, L. H. 1971, Unusual Bird Sightings in Central Illinois During 1970, 
Proceeding of the Peoria Academy of Science, IV:19. 
Smith, H. R. and P. W. Parmalee, 1955, A Distributional Check List of the 
Birds of Illinois, p.55. 
—H. David Bohlen 
Illinois State Museum 
Springfield 
