Nesting Birds of Pocono Lake 



BY J. FLETCHER STREET 



Waylaying birdwS in their nesting haunts was the conspicuous 

 feature marking the activities of members of the Delaware Valley 

 Ornithological Club during the spring of 1915. Scientific data 

 concerning the breeding haunts and habits of even some of our 

 more common species was found to be incomplete and a strong 

 determination to fill up these voids in the matter of club records 

 seemed to possess each member individually. The results not 

 only have been gratifying but have shown that there are many 

 interesting facts yet to be learned of our common birds in the 

 matter of behavior and distribution. 



To extend this period of endeavor it was determined by a few 

 of us to follow the gayly colored troop of warblers and their 

 migrating associates to the Poconos, and there inquire more in- 

 timately into their habits. Dr. William E. Hughes, William 

 L. Baily, George H. Stuart, 3rd, John D. Carter and the writer 

 comprised the party. 



To the writer as well as to the majority of the members of 

 the D. V. 0. C. the mention of the Poconos has always held a 

 peculiar charm. The breeding there of several species of birds 

 occurring about Philadelphia only as migrants is a sufficient 

 reason for rendering a first trip to the Poconos a memorable one 

 to the uninitiated. 



When we arrived at Pocono Summit on the evening of June 

 eleventh the country was shrouded in a heavy fall of rain, the 

 end of a thunder shower which had swept up the valley of 

 Broadhead's Creek in the late afternoon; but an automobile was 

 there to meet us and our destination, the summer camp of 

 Carter at Pocono Lake, was reached after an uneventful ride of 

 nine miles. 



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