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BIRDS OF SWOPE PARK 

 SECTION NUMBER 17 



Several different trips were made in the canvass of Sec- 

 tion 17. One of these trips included a whole night spent on 

 the ridge bordering the golf links. I wanted to get some esti- 

 mate of the number of Whippoorwills in this section of the 

 Park, and also to listen to the Owls, and to any other night 

 sounds. 



The Whippoorwills sang intermittently all through the 



Fig. 14 Young Whippoorwills in Hazel Dell 



