A Day with Lake County Birds 63 



climbed the fence and upon arriving at the barnyard found 

 that the eaves were thickly covered with the picturesque 

 nests of these birds, and out of nearly every nest a Cliff 

 Swallow's head was visible. Such colonies have become 

 very rare in this section of northern Ohio and we urged 

 the proprietor of the farm to use every effort to protect 

 them, which he promised to do. 



When we arrived at the Marsh, we found the Herring 

 Gulls circling around over the lake or resting upon its 

 surface. A short time later we also saw a flock of Com- 

 mon Terns, which appeared around a bend in the shore 

 and wheeled past us, calling loudly as they went. In the 

 open water of the Marsh we saw a Coot. As we approached 

 nearer, it disappeared among the cat-tails. Where the 

 marsh empties into the lake we found water birds abun- 

 dant. Tliere were Killdeers, Spotted Sandpipers, Seini- 

 palmated Plovers, Kingfishers, and Green Herons, and 

 once a flock of shore birds which we could not positively 

 identified, but which were probably Pectoral Sandpipers, 

 flew overhead. Here, also, we saw a Ruby-throated Hum- 

 mingbird, which increased our total to eighty-one species, 

 and that evening, while checking over our records, we saw 

 three Nighthawks circling overhead, making the total 

 eighty-two. No doubt other Lake County observers have 

 made larger records, but this list is representative and 

 gives a good idea of the species that one may expect to 

 meet with in this vicinity. 



In comparing this list with that made rby Harry C. 

 Oberholser and associates, near Washington, D. C, it will 

 be seen that their lists contain many more species, due 

 principally to the fact that the territory which they cov- 

 ered is a more favorable one and is haunted by many spe- 

 cies never found in Lake County at all. 



Our party included C. M. Shipman, R. W. Hill, E. J. 

 Chesbro, and the writer. 



Willoughhy, Ohio. 



