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by ELTON FAWKS_ 
APRIL-MAY-JUNE, 1973 
Horned Grebe — April 12, 3 at Wonder Lake. Barbara Gay. 
Cattle Egret — May 25 and 26 at Urbana. Harry Barnhart: confirmed by 
Bob Greenberg. 
‘Black Rail — May 28 on the Jim Funk farm near Quincy. Joanna Anesi. 
Bonaparte’s Gull — 2, April 2, and 12, April 12 at Wonder Lake. McHenry 
County Chapter, Illinois Audubon Society; reported by Gay. 
-Swainson’s Thrush and Veery — Abundant (100s) May 15 at Allerton Park. 
Inez McLure and Dorothy Black. (CCAS Newsletter No. 9.) 
Red Crossbill — 5, June 20; Quincy. Anesi. 
JULY, 1973 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron — July 21 at Skokie Lagoons, J. Sanders. 
Swainson’s Hawk — July 22, Kane County. J. Sanders, Charles Clark, D. 
Friedman, S. Mlodinow and W. Krowie. 
Gray Partridge — July 14 at Huntley. Sanders, Friedman. 
“Piping Plover — 4 on July 8 (2 young, 2 adults) and 2 on July 29 at 
Waukegan. Clark, Sanders, J. Greenberg, Pat Ware, Amy Baldwin. 
Cliff Swallow — 10 or more in July and August near bridge across Pisqua- 
san Creek on Morgan Road near Belvidere. Elaine Burstatte. 
Red-breasted Nuthatch — July 7, Belvidere, Burstatte. 
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher — July 12 at Siloam Springs State Park. Anesi. 
AUGUST 1973 
Cattle Egret — August 25, 9 at Plainfield. E. and F. Hall. 
Wood Duck — August 31 on Kishwaukee River; 10 covorting on the water. 
Acorns were dropping from overhanging branches. Burstatte. 
Black-bellied Plover — August 15, one at Bartonville. Virginia Humphreys, 
Zelma Williams and Marie Willy. 
Laughing Gull — August 4, 1 immature at Waukegan. J. Greenberg, Mlodi- 
now, Sanders and Rosenband. 
Franklin’s Gull — August 4, 6 near the Laughing Gull. 
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