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day—Aura Duke (compiler), 35 Braeburn, Park Forest, Ill. 60466—THORN 
CREEK AUDUBON SOCIETY. 
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Will and Grundy Counties, MORRIS—WILMINGTON. (All points within a 
15-mile diameter circle centered at Carbon Hill; SW along Illinois and 
Michigan Canal; Illinois River to Morris; then on NE side of Illinois River 
to Kankakee River; then to Wilmington, covering many back roads SW of 
Wilmington. Farm woodlots 15%, river edge 60%, plowed fields 20%, 
cattail marsh 5%.) Dec. 23: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Overcast; temp. 30 to 35 
deg F.; wind E, 5 to 10 m.p.h.; ground covered with crusted snow; large 
rivers open; ditches frozen. Nine observers in 3 parties most of the time. 
Total party-hours, 24 (9 on foot, 15 by car); total party-miles, 208 (10 on foot, 
198 by car). Of special interest were 2 Goshawks, 1 Killdeer, 1 Common 
Snipe, 7 Long-eared Owls, and 1 Myrtle Warbler—Karl E. Bartel (compiler), 
2528 Collins, Blue Island, Ill. 60406. 
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‘GANNET’S ROOKERY’ 
by Eva Hackett 
Courtesy of Nature 
Camera Club of Chicago. 
Williamson County, CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(All points within a 15-mile diameter circle centered at Refuge Headquar- 
ters, including part of Devil’s Kitchen Lake; fields 20%, lake shore 30%, 
swamp woodland 15%, upland 15%, lakes 15%, pine woods 5%.) Dec. 30; 
6 a.m. to 5 p.m.; overcast, raining from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; temp. 51 to 57 deg. 
F.; wind, southerly 10 to 20 knots, with gusts to 30 knots; lakes open; no 
snow on ground. Twenty-five observers in 8 parties. Total party hours, 58 
(33 on foot, 25 by car); total party-miles, 447 (42 on foot, 405 by car). 
House Wren seen by David Hayward; Pine Grosbeaks seen by Glenn Cooper, 
et al.; LeConte’s Sparrow seen by H. David Bohlen; Verper Sparrow seen 
by Vernon Kleen. Golden Eagle and Wild Turkey seen during count period, 
but not on count day—Lee Bush (compiler), Cambria, Ill. 62915—SOUTH- 
ERN ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY. 
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Wisconsin, LAKE GENEVA. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle 
centered at Williams Bay, Walworth County, Wisconsin, including area all 
around Lake Geneva and surrounding countryside.) Dec. 30; 7 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. Stormy, temp. 36 to 41 deg. F.; wind S, 5 to 15 m.p.h. Snow melting, 
west end of lake open. Eight observers in 5 parties; six feeders observed. 
Total party-hours, 40 (22 on foot, 18 by car); total party-miles, 254 (24 on 
foot, 230 by car). Of special interest were 1 Greater Scaup Duck and 18 
Red Crossbills—Clarence Palmquist (compiler), 834 Windsor Rd., Glenview, 
Ill. 60025. 
