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comparing dates with previous years, and making records for 

 future comparison and reference. The days are too short. 

 Life's cup is too full. There is so much to live for, and so 

 much to see and do. Yet some people go through life not 

 knowing that anything unusual is happening. They have no 

 learned to play the game. How much they miss! 



A trip through the Park during early May is of more 

 than interest to the bird lover. A most interesting diversion i c 

 to try to find the greatest possible number of bird species dur- 

 ing a single day, or during a single week or month make a 

 "Day Record," or a "Week Record," or a "Month Record." 

 After one has gained a degree of proficiency in recognizing the 

 birds and knows their haunts, then, by starting at daybreak 

 and exploring one region after another it is possible, in early 

 May, to find seventy-five or more species in the Park during 

 a single day. During midwinter one does well to find as 

 many as twenty species in the Park during a single day's walk. 



Certain birds seem to have favorite paths across country 

 for their migration routes. Shiloh Hollow, Hazel Dell and 

 Southeast Hollow of Swope Park are especially favorite paths 

 for a great number of land birds. This may be due to the 

 shelter of the forest, and to the food found in connection with 

 the vegetation along these valleys. However, certain species 

 are more numerous in certain hollows; for instance, Shiloh 

 Hollow is frequented by a large number of Parula and 

 Cerulean Warblers, while Buckeye Hollow is a more favorite 

 migration route for the Kentucky Warbler. 



The thicket of wild crab and red haw trees in the north- 

 west corner of the Park furnish resting and feeding places for 



