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Christmas Census 1939 
BLUE ISLAND, Cook County, Ill. In vicinity of Blue Island, Oak Hill banding 
station and fields west of Blue Island, December 22 to January 1. Birds 
listed below show largest number of individuals seen in one day. Ground 
bare, Temp. December 22 twenty-eight degrees and going down to two 
degrees on January 1: 1 shoveller, 9 bob-whites, 1 pheasant, 5 herring 
gulls, 3 screech owls, 1 hairy woodpecker, 3 downy woodpeckers, 10 blue 
jays, 1 crow, 5 tufted titmice, 2 white-breasted nuthatches, 1 brown creeper, 
1 robin, 2 golden-crowned kinglets, 300 starlings, 75 English sparrows, 
5 eardinals, 3 goldfinches, 50 juncos, 4 tree sparrows, 1 fox sparrow. Total 
21 species, 416 individuals. Karl E. Bartel and Alfred H. Reuss, Jr. 
Joliet, Will County, Ill. Pilcher Park Arboretum, December 25, 12:15 
P.M. to 3:30 P.M. Clear, northwest wind, Temp. thirty degrees. Seven 
miles by auto, four miles on foot: 1 red-shouldered hawk, 1 sparrow hawk, 
10 bob-whites, 1 yellow-bellied sapsucker, 1 downy woodpecker, 11 crows, 
4 chickadees, 2 golden-crowned kinglets, 3 starlings, 3 tree sparrows. Total 
11 species, 37 individuals. This yellow-bellied sapsucker seems to be the 
only wintering bird since January 19, 1929. Karl E. Bartel and Alfred H. 
Reuss, Jr. 
Orland Park, Cook County, Ill. Orland Wildlife Preserve, December 25, 
9:00 A.M. to 12:00 M. Clear, Temp. eighteen degrees, ground bare, west 
wind. Six miles on foot: 11 mallards, 1 black duck, 1 pintail, 1 red-shouldered 
hawk, 1 sparrow hawk, 1 herring gull, 60 crows, 6 starlings, 2 English 
sparrows, 1 cardinal, 70 tree sparrows, 2 swamp sparrows, 1 song sparrow. 
Total 13 species, 158 individuals. Karl E. Bartel and Alfred H. Reuss, Jr. 
Lisle, DuPage County, Ill. Morton Arboretum, December 24, 9:30 A.M. 
to 4:00 P.M. Northwest wind. Clear. Twenty-five degrees. Six miles on 
foot: 1 Cooper’s hawk, 1 red-tailed hawk, 15 pheasants, 4 downy wood- 
peckers, 19 crows, 3 chickadees, 2 tufted titmice, 15 golden-crowned kinglets, 
4 starlings, 3 English sparrows, 6 cardinals, 22 purple finches, 15 northern 
pine siskins, 4 goldfinches, 150 juncos, 13 tree sparrows, 1 fox sparrow. 
Total 17 species, 278 individuals. Chicago Ornithological Society, Karl E. 
Bartel, Field Chairman. 
Lisle, DuPage County, Ill.. Morton Arboretum, January 1, 12:00 M. to 
4:15 P.M. Northwest wind, clear, cold, nine degrees. Nine miles by auto, 
four miles on foot: 1 red-shouldered hawk, 1 sparrow hawk, 10 pheasants, 
1 screech owl, 1 long-eared owl, 1 hairy woodpecker, 2 downy woodpeckers, 
14 crows, 5 chickadees, 1 tufted titmouse, 1 golden-crowned kinglet, 4 star- 
lings, 8 English sparrows, 2 cardinals, 44 purple finches, 28 juncos, 3 tree 
sparrows, 1 fox sparrow. Total 18 species, 122 individuals. Mrs. Amy G. 
Baldwin and Karl E. Bartel. 
Holland, Ottawa County, Mich. Birds were seen at Iylwild (my home), 
in Holland, Ottawa Beach (Lake Michigan), and Lake Macatawa (a natural 
harbor). List shows largest number seen in one day. December 22 to 31. 
Temperature ranging from fourteen degrees to thirty-eight degrees, with 
ten inches of snow on the last few days: 5 canvas-back ducks, 500 golden- 
eyes, 15 old-squaws, 50 readhead ducks, 500 American mergansers, 1 
