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A TYPICAL" SCENE IN THE COOK COUNTY FORESTIPRESERYE 



bers had increased to thirteen. These soon became comparatively tame 

 and when by November 1 the total of mallards and other varieties of fowl 

 had reached at least 500, the original arrivals furnished a nucleus of tame 

 birds that remained rather easy of approach. 



Mr. Kennicott intends to plant suitable portions of the lake with wild 

 rice and other duck foods. Live decoys will be maintained to attract 

 visitors. A more secluded area in this same preserve is to have a small 

 ]ake to which the public will not have access during the breeding season 

 of the water birds. 



This preserve has quite a few pheasants at large and one covey of 

 quails has become well established. The forester is saving all hollow 

 trees and adapting them wherever necessary to the needs of birds that build 

 their nests in such situations. It is Mr. Kennicott's plan to assign a por- 

 tion of the wooded area to each of the nearby schools, rural and village, 

 and allow the children to supply and set in place bird nesting boxes and 

 shelters of approved types. 



The Forest Preserve District looms up large on the map. Nearly 

 all of the picturesque portions of the north branch of the Chicago river 

 and of the DesPlaines river within Cook County have already been 

 acquired or are under consideration. In the Mount Forest area there is 

 a depression within the folds of the morainic upland which will shortly 

 become a lake of the same character as the one in Forest Preserve No. 1. 

 The dam is under construction and when completed will raise the water 

 level over twenty feet and give the lake an area of more than sixty acres. 

 These protected lakes and river courses in Cook County will doubtless 

 become the nesting home of countless numbers of birds representing many 

 species whose appearance in all this area is now only a brief incident of 

 their migration flight. 



