400 Bird - Lore 



Blue, Louisiana, Little Blue, and Black-crowned Night Herons, as well as 

 Snowy and large Egrets assembled to rear their young. 



Arthur T. Wayne, Mt. Pleasant, S. C, protected Egret rookeries on Fair- 

 lawn Plantation and Penny Dam Reservoir. The colonies were reported to 

 contain about 45 pairs of large Egrets and several hundred Little Blue, Louisi- 

 ana, and Black-crowned Night Herons. In 1922, 125 pairs of White Ibises 

 also nested here. 



Ludwig A. Beckman, McClellanville, S. C, guarded Santee River Rookery 

 colony, estimated to contain occupied nests as follows: Great Blue Heron, 

 150; Little Blue Heron, 240; Black-crowned Night Heron, 175; Large Egret, 

 460; and Snowy Egret, 100. 



R. F. Grimball, Charleston, S. C, protected Buzzard Island on James 

 Island, S. C, guarding breeding colonies as follows: 500 Snowy Egrets, 250 

 Black-crowned Night Herons; and 700 Louisiana Herons. 



M. N. Gist, Mcintosh, Fla., guarded Bird Island, Red Bird Island, Elder 

 Island, and Sawgrass Island in Orange Lake, and estimated them to contain 

 breeding pairs as follows: American Egret, 62; Snowy Egret, 18; Ward's 

 Heron, 90; Little Blue Heron, 200; Louisiana Heron, 150; Green Heron, 400; 

 Black-crowned Night Herons, 35; Water Turkeys, 70; Least Bittern, 450; 

 Florida Gallinule, 1,200; Purple Gallinule, 1,000; Boat-tailed Grackle, 2,400; 

 Red-winged Blackbird, 4,000; Florida Duck, 16; Wood Duck, 25; White 

 Ibis, 1,700; and King Rail, 4. 



S. Elliott Bouknight, Micanopy, Fla., guarded in Black Gum Swamp, a 

 small colony of perhaps 200 birds containing Water Turkeys, Egrets, Snowy 

 Egrets, and other Herons. 



J. M. Jackson, Port Orange, Fla., protected Spruce Creek and Island Pond 

 rookeries, estimated to contain 1,200 Snowy Egrets and about 600 large 

 Egrets. Several hundred of the common Herons also bred here. 



L. Ashburner, Roseland, Fla., guarded various islands in the San Sebastian 

 River, estimated to contain 1,000 to 1,500 White Ibises and about 200 Snowy 

 Egrets, 75 Water Turkeys, and about 1,600 common Herons of three species. 



W. L. Odum, Thomasville, Ga., protected May's Pond rookery in Jefferson 

 County, Fla. This vast colony was estimated to contain 8,000 large Egrets, 

 as well as thousands of Wood Ibises, Water Turkeys, and Ward's Herons. 



R. T. Berryhill, Jr., Milltown, Ga., guarded Banks Pond rookery, Jefferson 

 County, Fla. This was estimated to contain 3,000 American Egrets, thousands 

 of Ward's Herons, Ibises, and other water-birds, as well as several hundred 

 Wood Ducks. 



Albert Matulich, Pilot Town, La., guarded vast Brown Pelican colonies 

 off Pass a Lutre and estimates 17,000 Pelicans bred there this year, besides 

 Caspian and Forster's Terns. There are twelve islands in this group. 



R. H. Stirling, Wakefield, La., protected Ray's Lake and Thompson's 

 Creek, 25 pair of Snowy Egrets, also Ward's, Louisiana, and Green Herons. 



