FIELD TRIPS OF THE CLUB 



Trip of April 7 



Fifteen members and guests assembled at Point Pleasant 

 and in a procession of four cars advanced to the Pine Barrens, 

 south of Warren Grove. 



We found Corema in perfection, arbutus and Pyxidanthera 

 were just coming into bloom. Dendrium was abundant, but not 

 in bloom. A few flowers of Leucothoe were found. 



We visited a cranberry bog which was just being made and 

 had an explanation of how bogs are made and cared for. 



Orontium was beginning to show its gold. 



Vernon L. Frazee 



Trip of May 5 



Twenty members and guests met for bird study at Van 

 Cortlandt Park where the swamp provides an attractive en- 

 vironment for water birds and those preferring dense shrubbery, 

 while the hillsides to the west of the Saw Mill River Parkway 

 are more favorable for warblers and other woods' birds. 



Although it was cold, with a temperature of 50° at the time 

 of starting, and a slight wind made observations more difficult, 

 yet forty-five species were observed between 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. 

 when, as we neared Dunwoodie, a shower sent the birds and us 

 to cover. 



Several interesting records were made; a black duck sitting 

 on her nest in the swamp; a green heron; and two male black- 

 crowned night herons with their white plumes extending back- 

 ward from the black crown and showing conspicuously over the 

 dark back; while a ruby-crowned kinglet flitting about near by 

 occasionally gave us a view of the brilliant feathers on his head. 



In the woods an indigo bunting gave an unuaually favorable 

 view, and caused great excitement among those of the party 

 seeing him for the first time, while those who know him could 

 not fail but be thrilled anew by his marvelous color. 



Among the migrants on their way north were a blue-headed 

 vireo, myrtle warblers, black-throated green warblers, and a 

 Blackburnian. 



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