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Christmas Census of 1941 
TiuIs PAST holiday season, with its snow and cold, disagreeable winds, was 
not favorable for bird observations. A compilation of the various reports, 
however, shows the highly satisfactory total of 101 species observed through- 
out the state. Reports from the northern section show 56 species, and the 
three reports received from Springfield, Carbondale (Crab Orchard Lake), 
and Pere Marquette State Park added to this no less than 45 more. Some 
species listed in previous years which are not included in the 1941 lists are 
the great blue heron, American bittern, prairie chicken, parasitic jaeger, 
Brewer’s blackbird, white-winged crossbill, white-throated sparrow and 
snow bunting. Following is the list and the total individuals of each species: 
Loon, 3; horned grebe, 5; double-crested cormorant, 21; Canada goose, 
85; mallard duck, 12,882; red-legged black duck, 2; black duck, 582; gadwall, 
527; baldpate, 8; pintail duck, 561; green-winged teal, 357; redhead, 2; 
ring-necked duck, 8; canvas-back, 5; lesser scaup, 208; American golden-eye, 
337; bufflehead, 9; old-squaw, 51; white-winged scoter, 2; ruddy duck, 3; 
hooded merganser, 6; American merganser, 455; red-breasted merganser, 21; 
sharp-shinned hawk, 1; Cooper’s hawk, 2; red-tailed hawk, 20; red- 
shouldered hawk, 18; rough-legged hawk, 7; bald eagle, 9; marsh hawk, 14; 
pigeon hawk, 3; sparrow hawk, 34; bob-white, 49; ring-necked pheasant, 17; 
coot, 214; glaucus gull, 1; herring gull, 560; ring-billed gull, 134; Bona- 
parte’s gull, 503; common tern, 6; mourning dove, 34; barn owl, 3; screech 
owl, 5; horned owl, 7; barred owl, 4; long-eared owl, 5; short-eared owl, 4; 
saw-whet owl, 2; kingfisher, 9; flicker, 99; pileated woodpecker, 9; red- 
bellied woodpecker, 98; red-headed woodpecker, 48; yellow-bellied saspucker, 
4; hairy woodpecker, 54; downy woodpecker, 168; horned lark, 67; blue jay, 
142; crow, 1,248; black-capped chickadee, 362; tufted titmouse, 476; white- 
breasted nuthatch, 102; red-breasted nuthatch, 14; brown creeper, 15; 
winter wren, 4; Carolina wren, 48; mockingbird, 2; brown thrasher, 1; 
robin, 88; hermit thrush, 2; bluebird, 72; golden-crowned kinglet, 13; ruby- 
crowned kinglet, 4; cedar waxwing, 214; northern shrike, 1; migrant 
shrike, 3; starling, 25,161 (est); northern yellow-throat, 1; English spar- 
row, 3,102 (est); European tree sparrow, 45; eastern meadowlark, 6; red- 
wing blackbird, 177; rusty blackbird, 106; bronzed grackle, 8; cowbird, 13; 
cardinal, 551; evening grosbeak, 1; purple finch, 12; pine siskin, 22; gold- 
finch, 170; red crossbill, 5; red-eyed towhee, 2; slate-colored junco, 1,207; 
tree sparrow, 1,227; field sparrow, 8; white-crowned sparrow, 1; fox spar- 
row, 21; swamp sparrow, 6; song sparrow, 576; Lapland longspur, 1; rock 
dove, 264. 
Following are the reports from the various locations. Where more than 
one report was received from a single location, only the largest number of 
any species was used in compiling the summary above. 
Baileytown, Porter Co., Ind. At the Friends of our Native Landscape 
cottage and four miles of lake front, December 26, 9:45 A.M. to 2:45 P.M., 
ground bare, cloudy to clear, southwest wind, temperature 38°, six miles on 
foot and three by car. Horned grebe, 5; American golden-eye, 17; white- 
winged scoter (dead), 1; red-shouldered hawk, 1; sparrow hawk, 1; bob- 
