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Rock Island and Whiteside Counties, PRINCETON—CAMANCHE, IOWA. 
(All points within a 15-mile diameter circle with center at Folletts.) Dec. 23; 
5:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Overcast; temp. 28 to 31 deg. F.; wind SE, 5 to 12 m.p.h.; 
ground covered by 2 inches of old snow; river 50% ice covered. Six observers 
in 2 parties. Total party-hours, 23 (4 on foot, 19 by car); total party-miles, 
314 (5 on foot, 309 by car). Seven adult Bald Eagles reported. Peter C. 
Petersen, Jr. (compiler), 235 McClellan Blvd., Davenport, Iowa 52803. 
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Sangamon County, SPRINGFIELD. (All points within a 15-mile diameter 
circle centered at city square, including Lake Springfield, Clear Lake, St. 
John’s Sanitarium, and Camp Butler; Oak Ridge, Rose Lawn, and Oak Hill 
Cemeteries; Oak Crest Country Club; Washington and Carpenters’ Park; 
Winch’s Lane, Chathom Flats, Sangamon River. Water 5%, river bottom 
15%, river bluffs 5%, pasture 20%, cropland 40%, city parks 15%.) Dec. 17; 
6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cloudy, clearing after 1:30; temp. 3 to 24 deg. F.; wind 
S, gusts to 27 m.p.h.; land and ponded water surfaces covered with light 
snow over ice. Nineteen observers in 7 parties. Total party-hours, 53 (26 on 
foot, 27 by car);.total party-miles, 267 (35 on foot, 232%by ‘Carwerieee 
European Tree Sparrows were reported—Robert C. Mulvey (compiler), 56 
West Hazel Dell, Springfield, Ill. 62707—-SPRINGFIELD AUDUBON SOCI- 
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Si. Clair County, CASEYVILLE. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle 
with center at Caseyville.) Dec. 23; 6:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; temp. 28 to 31 
deg. F.; cloudy, low overcast, and foggy; ground dry, thin ice on ponds and 
lakes. Total party-hours, 24% (8% on foot, 16 by car); total party-miles, 
175% (8% on foot, 167 by car)—Richard H. Rodrian (compiler), 605 Holly- 
wood Hts. Rd., Caseyville, Ill. 62232—SOUTHWEST CHAPTER, IAS. 
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Union County, WARE—LA RUE—PINE HILLS. (All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle centered 142 miles NNW of Ware along III. State Route 3, 
including Union County State Wildlife Refuge, Union County State Forest, 
and the LaRue Ecological Area of Pine Hills.) Dec. 31: 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 
p.m.; clear all day; temp. 30 to 43 deg F.; winds S-SW, 8 to 12 knots, with 
gusts to 20 knots in late afternoon. Fifteen observers in 5 parties. Total 
party-hours, 47 (34 on foot, 13 by car); total party-miles, 206 (31 on foot, 
175 by car). All lakes open; no snow cover. All 4 Golden Eagles were 
immature; Short-eared Owls seen by David Hayward, the following day, 
7 were found in the same field; Indigo Bunting seen in a multiflora hedge 
row by Vernon M. Kleen—Vernon M. Kleen (compiler), 500 S. Douglas Ave., 
Apt. D, Springfield, Ill. 62704—SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CHAPTER IAS. 
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Will and Cook Counties, PARK FOREST SOUTH. (All points within a 
15-mile diameter circle centered at Governors State University in Park 
Forest South, including Sauk, Deer and Pine Lakes; Plum and Raccoon 
Groves; Schubert and Thorn Creek Woods. Open fields and farmland 65%, 
woods 12%, suburban 20%, industrial 3%.) Dec. 30; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.; temp. 
45 to 53 deg. F.; wind E-SE at 8 to 15 m.p.h.; sky cloudy, with rain part of 
day; ice and snow on ground, with flooding. Total party-hours, 60 (24 on 
foot, 36 by car); total party-miles, 372 (29 on foot, 343 by car). One Short- 
eared Owl and four Lapland Longspurs seen on count; Goshawk, Great 
Horned Owl, and Carolina Wren seen during count period but not on count 
