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Comments: Most observers reported the coldest December on record. Jan- 
uary and February were mild with ice leaving the river. This dispersed 
the eagles greatly. The day before the count it dropped to 5 above and 
Saturday morning, the 17th, it dropped to 15 below. Sunday was warm 
with much fog. This was the temperature at Moline, Ill. and this type of 
weather seems to be true for the complete river. Much floating and shore 
ice formed until the brief cold snap. This, with the new snow, brought the 
eagles back to the prime fishing areas on the river. The few spots that 
were checked on both days showed more eagles Sunday. 
The reverse was true in Kentucky where bays and inlets were frozen 
due to the cold weather. One adult Golden Eagle was found in the state; 
a week later, three were found. In Missouri, a hundred miles of the Missouri 
River area were covered by Columbia Audubon Society, and only one eagle 
an adult, was found (between Glasgow and Herman). In Kansas, two adult 
eagles were counted near the Missouri River between St. Joseph and 
Atchison, but none from that point to Lexington, Mo. 
Finally, I would like to have your comments on the following: A couple 
of suggestions have been made, one that we move the 1974 count up one 
week so as not to interfere with the three day Washington’s Birthday 
holiday period, and, two, that we limit the count to a single day — Sunday. 
(In most years, the count with a choice of either Saturday or Sunday did 
not work too much of a hardship in terms of assembling the data, but this 
year it made quite a difference.) 
—Elton Fawks 
510 Island Ave., East Moline 61244 
‘VEERY WITH YOUNG ONES’ 
by Ralph A. Reinhold 
Scarborough, Canada 
