104 BIRDS OF SWOPE PARK 



Barn Owl, Aliico pratiiicola (Bonaparte) r. So quiet is 

 this night hunter that it is possibly more common than we 

 think. Walter Cunningham reports one as a summer bird for 

 the Park, finding it in Section Number 10. 



Barred Owl, Strix varia varia Barton r. No doubt this 

 bird breeds in the Park, but my records are all for spring and 

 winter. It is not uncommon to hear their demoniacal "song," 

 during the warm evenings of early spring. 



Screech Owl, Otus asio asio (Linn) r. Screech Owls are 

 rather common all about the Park as is indicated by their 

 calls during spring time. O-ne regularly spends its winter 

 days in a bird box in my yard. 



Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus virginianus (Gmelin) 

 r. A few of these big fellows keep company with the Barred 

 Owls in the deeper woods of the Park. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus americanus 

 (Linn) sr. Yellow-billed Cuckoos are quite common in all 

 portions of the Park, though not very noticeable because of 

 their quiet ways. 



Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wil- 

 son) tr. This bird is quite uncommon in this region. It has 

 been reported near the Park and no doubt occurs in the Park 

 during migration; perhaps more common than we think be- 

 cause of the difficulty of distinguishing it from the Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo. 



Belted Kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon (Linn) sr. During sum- 

 mer a few Kingfishers plunge for fish along the Blue River 

 and occasionally one may find their burrow in the bank. I 

 have two records of the bird as a winter resident of the Park. 



