36 BIRDS OF SWOPE PARK 



bers, as also are crows that fly here to pick up scraps of food. 

 These, however, were not included in the list of nesting birds. 

 It is interesting to compare the list for this section with 

 that of the preceding, both as to species and as to the birds 

 that are most numerous. 



THE LIST SECTION NUMBER 6 



Brown Thrasher 19 Tufted Titmouse 3 



Blue Jay . . . . = 7 Downy Woodpecker 2 



Towhee 6 Bluebird 2 



Mourning Dove 5 Flicker 2 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5 Meadowlark 2 



Catbird 5 American Goldfinch 2 



Chickadee 5 Hairy Woodpecker 1 



Robin 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 



Red-headed Woodpecker 4 Kingbird 1 



Crested Flycatcher 4 Bronze Crackle 1 



Baltimore Oriole 4 Phoebe 1 



Cardinal 4 Blue-winged Warbler 1 



Wood Thrush 4 Shrike 1 1 



Cowbird 3 Chipping Sparrow 1 



Purple Martin ] 



Total Species, 30; Male Birds 105 



SECTION NUMBER 7 



The territory included in the region numbered seven, is 

 mostly open grassland, with a few scattered trees. One wooded 

 valley of about two acres extent lies north of the residence of 

 the foreman of the Park. A limestone ledge crops out along 

 the east slope near the railroad tracks. This slope is partly 

 overgrown with vines and bushes and a few trees, in places 

 becoming a dense thicket. Unfortunately for the birds, it is 

 hardly extensive enough to harbor any very great number of 

 nesting birds. Nevertheless, in this bit of a wilderness there 



