January 30, 2015

  2002 Vol. 11 Number 2

 

Articles

42 State’s First Confirmed Nesting White -throated Sparrow
– Christine Williamson

43 Unusual Breeding Season Status of the White -throated Sparrow in Illinois
with Comments on Other Unusual Summer and Breeding Records for the Eastern U.S.
– Steven D. Bailey

State’s Two Northernmost Records for Wood Stork
52 First -Year Wood Stork in DuPage County
– Nancy Bent and Sandy Woltman
54 First -Year Wood Stork in Kane County
With Comments on High Numbers from Regional Reports for Summer /Fall 2001
– Robert A. Montgomery

56 New Hawk Watch Begins at Illinois Beach State Park
– Vic Berardi

57 The Making of a Hawk Watcher
– Vic Berardi

59 Two Instances of Non -traditional Nesting Sites for Least Terns in Illinois
With Notes on Historic and Nearby Breeding Season Occurrence
– Steven D. Bailey

62 Green -tailed Towhee in Forest Park: State’s Ninth Record
– Robert Morgan

63 Eighth Report of the IORC
– Douglas F. Stotz and David B. Johnson

Departments

68 Field Notes: The 2001 Fall Season
– Robert T. Chapel

  2002 Vol. 11 Number 1

 

Articles

2 The Un- Natural History of Barn Swallows in an Old Dairy Barn
– Lauren E. Brown

8 Illinois’s “First” Reported Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Nest
– Steven D. Bailey

12 Seventh Illinois Arctic Tern Record and Attempted Breeding with Common Tern in Lake County,
With a Summary of Regional Records and Notes on Identification
– David B. Johnson

17 Nesting Ring -billed Gulls on a Rooftop in Des Plaines, Illinois,
With Comments on Similar Occurrences in the Eastern United States and England
– Alan Anderson

22 IOS Research Grant Announced

Departments

Essays

23 Unusual Nest Site Selections: Opportunists or Just Desperate?
– Mary Hennen
24 Tree Swallow Behavior at Lyman Woods
– Richard Hospers
25 Making Amends to a Carolina Wren
– Audrey Wiseman

26 Field Notes: The 2001 Breeding Season
– Vernon M. Kleen