8 Birds of Buzzard's Roost 



ery of Woollen's Garden of Birds and Botany, now better 

 known as Buzzard's Roost. 



It contains forty-four acres, twenty-nine of which is a 

 primitive forest and fifteen in cultivation. It is a law of the 

 place that no living thing is to be harmed there except as a 

 last resort to prevent it from doing harm. The wild creatures 

 there seem to understand this and many of them have lost 

 their wildness and become fearless, gentle and friendly, and 

 come to the cabins, cottage and barn for food and nesting 

 places. The fox and gray squirrels have increased very rap- 

 idly and are gentle and saucy. The woodchucks have their 

 homes along the hillsides, and it is interesting to see them 

 scudding for these. The rabbits wander down from the for- 

 est and the muskrats from the bank of Fall Creek into the 

 cultivated portions. Occasionally these do damage to the 

 small trees and tender plants, but this is compensated by the 

 fact that their presence add numbers to the fauna of the place. 

 In addition to these, red foxes, raccoons, opossums, skunks, 

 minks, weasles, chipmunks and flying squirrels are found there. 

 To these may be added water and land tortoises, frogs and 

 snakes. All of the resident birds are found there and it is a 

 favorite resting place for the migrants in the spring and au- 

 tumn. Because of the fact that the land has never been pas- 

 tured, the flora of the place is abundant, including almost every 

 tree, shrub and vine indigenous to this section of the country. 

 The fifteen acres has been planted in fruit, special attention 

 having been given to the planting of that which will provide 

 food for the birds. Other trees, shrubs, vines and plants are 

 being collected and planted with a view of making of the place 

 a real garden of birds and botany, and for all time to come it 

 is to be a place for nature study. 



