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ganser, 25; American merganser, 12; red-breasted merganser, 6; goshawk, 
1; sharp-shinned hawk, 1; Cooper’s hawk, 1; broad-winged hawk, 1; rough- 
legged hawk, 1; bald eagle, 3; marsh hawk, 2; osprey, 1; sparrow hawk, 8; 
sandhill crane, 15; semipalmated plover, 6; killdeer, 3; Wilson’s snipe, 14; 
spotted sandpiper, 3; solitary sandpiper, 5; greater yellow-legs, 2; lesser 
yellow-legs, 14; pectoral sandpiper, 2; least sandpiper, 4; dowitcher, 2; 
stilt sandpiper, 4; semipalmated sandpiper, 25; herring gull, 1; Caspian 
tern, 5; mourning dove, 1; yellow-billed cuckoo, 1; great horned owl (heard), 
1; barred owl, 1; nighthawk, considerable numbers; chimney swift, 3; 
kingfisher, common; flicker, 4; hairy woodpecker, 2; downy woodpecker, 1; 
pileated woodpecker, 2; kingbird, 15; phoebe, 3; yellow-bellied flycatcher, 1; 
Acadian flycatcher, 1; alder flycatcher, 1; wood pewee, 2; olive-sided fly- 
catcher, 1; tree swallow, 1; barn swallow, 30; purple martin, 2; blue jay, 1; 
crow, 15; chickadee, 2; tufted titmouse, 1; white-breasted nuthatch, 1; 
red-breasted nuthatch, 1; winter wren, 4; prairie marsh wren, 1; short- 
billed marsh wren, 3; catbird, 1; brown thrasher, 1; robin, 4; wood thrush, 
1; bluebird, 5; golden-crowned kinglet, 1; ruby-crowned kinglet, 1; cedar 
waxwing, common; starling, numbers; red-eyed vireo, 1; black and white 
warbler, 2; Tennessee warbler, 1; Nashville warbler, 1; yellow warbler, 3; 
magnolia warbler, 1; Cape May warbler, 1; black-throated blue warbler, 1; 
myrtle warbler, 4; black-throated green warbler, 1; Blackburnian warbler, 
1; chestnut-sided warbler, 1; black-poll warbler, 1; pine warbler, 2; palm 
warbler, 1; oven-bird, 1; Connecticut warbler, 2; northern yellow-throat, 
common; Wilson’s warbler, 2; Canada warbler, 1; redstart, 2; English 
sparrow, at Germfask, none seen on the refuge; bobolink, 1 with young; 
redwing, common; rusty blackbird, 2; bronzed grackle, common; cowbird, 1; 
rose-breasted grosbeak, 1; indigo bunting, 1; purple finch, 1; pine siskin, 2; 
goldfinch, many; red-eyed towhee, 1; Savannah sparrow, quite common; 
vesper sparrow, 1; junco, 12; chipping sparrow, 2; clay-colored sparrow, 4; 
field sparrow, 1; white-throated sparrow, 1; swamp sparrow, common; 
song sparrow, common. 
Three birds seen by only Dr. Lewy or Mr. Bartel and not positively 
identified by both are not included in the above, but are mentioned here 
so that they may be looked for: Kirtland’s warbler, Baird’s sparrow, and 
golden-crowned sparrow. Mr. Bartel says that, while some ornithologists 
may doubt the Kirtland’s warbler, every bird book that he consults only 
convinces him the more that he saw one. Also, while on a side trip to 
Grand Marais, some ten miles north of the refuge, Dr. Lewy saw the 
northern raven and picked up a dead saw-whet owl. 
COMMENT AND OBSERVATIONS 
The following comments and observations have been supplied by both 
observers and are given without attempting to assign any particular one 
to either. 
Great blue herons abounded in all the pools, and the finding of the 
American egret was quite an event. It was the first one ever observed there 
and was seen every day throughout the stay. Dr. Christofferson, of Blaney 
Park, made a visit to see it and add it to his life-list. Canada geese were 
