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night and they could be heard from all directions: They were 

 still singing at 5 :30 A. M. during one of my early morning 

 trips. 



Other parts of the Park are equally favorable for the 

 Owls and the Whippoorwills, and no doubt they are distributed 

 over the greater portion of the Park woods, but I did not have 

 the opportunity of making night trips to all of the sections. 

 From my home I frequently have heard them singing in the 

 northwest part of the Park, especially during the early part 

 of the summer. 



During the summer of 1917, through the help of two bird 

 students, I was directed to a mother Whippoorwill and her two 

 young in the woods just east of Hazel Dell and outside of the 

 Park. I succeeded in getting a good picture of the young. 

 The mother was so concerned over the matter that she perched 

 on a limb within fifteen feet of me and even gave me a chance 

 of getting a picture of her. 



The greater part of Section 17 is dry upland. It was over- 

 run with Indigo Buntings, Titmice, Gnatcatchers and Kentucky 

 Warblers, as the list at the end of this discussion will show. 

 These more numerous birds were distributed over the dryer 

 upland, while most of the others were found nearer the more 

 moist region of Hazel Dell. 



Besides the dry upland, the section includes the north 

 slope of Hazel Dell, and also a branch hollow extending off 

 to the northeast. These ravines are well wooded and are well 

 adapted to the wood-loving species that seek retirement. Here 

 were found many Chickadees and Red-eyed Vireos and Ken- 

 tucky Warblers and Flycatchers. 



