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Cook, DuPage, Kane Counties, BARRINGTON. (All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle centered at SW corner Sec. 36, Barrington Township, in- 
cluding Deer Grove, Spring Lake, Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, Trout 
Park, Mallard Lake, west half of Busse Forest; plowland 30%, grassland 
20%, oak-hickory forest 5%, marsh 4%, water 1%, plantings and thickets 
5%, urban 15%, suburban residential 20%.) Dec. 27: 5 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Clear; 
temp. 17 to 35 deg. F.; wind SW, 10 m.p.h.; 8 to 10 inches crusted snow, 
streams open, lakes and ponds mostly frozen. Thirty-four observers; 
32 in 12 parties, 2 at feeders, Total party-hours, 100 (61 on foot, 39 by car); 
total party-miles, 521 (70 on foot, 451 by car). Unusual and noteworthy 
observations included one Richardson’s Canada Goose among the usual 
larger geese; Goshawks; the high number of Kingfishers; Brown Thrasher; 
the first Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Rufous-sided Towhee for this count; 
and the Vesper Sparrow—Charles A. Westcott (compiler), Route 3, Stover 
Road, Barrington, Ill. 60110—KANE COUNTY CHAPTER IAS; NATURAL 
HISTORY SOCIETY OF BARRINGTON, and guests. 
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DeKalb County, DE KALB. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle 
centered at junction of Sections 9, 10, 15, and 16, Township 41N, Range 4E, 
including Rotary-McQueen Boy Scout Camp, Kishwaukee Audubon Society 
Wildlife Sanctuary, Russell Forest Preserve, and the towns of Kirkland, 
Kingston, Genoa, Sycamore, DeKalb; fields and pastures 80%, deciduous 
woods 15%, towns 5%.) Dec. 17: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cloudy, temp. from 
minus 11 to plus 15 deg F.; wind W, 0 to 20 m.p.h.; 8-inch icy, crusty snow 
cover, little open water. Twenty-three observers in 5 parties. Total party- 
hours, 46 (6 on foot, 40 by car); total party-miles, 374 (27 on foot, 327 by car) 
—Ronald Schultz (compiler), 1400 W. Lincoln Highway, Apt. J-12, DeKalb, 
Illinois 60115—KISHWAUKEE AUDUBON SOCIETY. 
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DuPage County, MORTON ARBORETUM, LISLE. (No area description 
given.) Dec. 17. Thirty-one observers. One Krider’s Red-tailed Hawk was 
included with the regular Red-tailed Hawk tally—Margaret C. Lehmann 
(compiler), 7020 S. Jeffery Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60649—CHICAGO ORNI- 
THOLOGICAL SOCIETY members and friends. 
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Fulton and Mason Counties, DUCK ISLAND—COPPERAS CREEK— 
CHAUTAUQUA. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle centered at 
Woodyard Slough, including Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge; Big, 
Rice, Spring, and Quiver Lakes; Quiver Creek; Illinois River; Mason State 
Forest, and Duck Island. Field and pastures 35%, water and marshes 25%, 
river bottoms and deciduous woods 27%, coniferous forest 12%, roads 1%.) 
Dec. 21; 4 am. to 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy; 31 to 36 deg. F.; wind W 2 to 10 
m.p.h. Lakes mostly frozen, river open, ditches and creeks mostly open; 
scattered snow cover. Nine observers in 6 to 7 parties. Total party-hours, 
98 (35 on foot, 23 by car); total party miles, 335 (35 on foot, 300 by car). 
Two Goshawks were seen at approximately the same time at locations 
several miles apart—tIra and Jeffrey Sanders (co-compilers), 3126 W. Jarlath 
St., Chicago, II]. 60645. 
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Jersey and Calhoun Counties, PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK. (All 
points with a 15-mile circle centered at Meppen, including parts of Mark 
Twain National Wildlife Refuge; upland woods and fields 50%, bottomlands 
40%, lakes and rivers 10%.) Dec. 23: 5 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Overcast and fog; 
