98 BIRDS OF SWOPE PARK 



The last Whippoorwill note was heard at 4:20, and a 

 Great-horned Owl uttered a note at 4:31. 



The sun rose at 5 :53, sun time, which for Kansas City, is 

 18 minutes slower than Standard time. 



Both of the above records were made after the mating 

 season, when the birds are less inclined to sing. Practically 

 all of them would now have young in the nest, at which time 

 the birds are most likely to sing only at the time of their first 

 morning activities. Most of them soon quiet down, however, 

 and for the rest of the day they sing only occasionally. 



Just previous to mating, the birds may be heard singing 

 at all hours, though even then they are more musical in morn- 

 ing and early forenoon. During this early part of the season, 

 there would not be the striking contrast in bird songs between 

 the regions about home and the unfrequented woodland, that 

 there is later in the season, for in the migrating season, the 

 birds that nest about our homes are common also in the woods 

 and many of those that nest in the woods might also be found 

 about our homes. 



BIRDS DEFINITELY REPORTED FOR SWOPE PARK. 



In the list that foHows I shall include only those birds for 

 which positive data is obtainable. In most cases the birds included 

 in the list have been personally observed in the Park. In cases in 

 which the bird has not been observed by myself, but is reported by 

 other observers, credit is given the one furnishing the information. 



