Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve 



BIRDS 



The Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve abounds in 

 native bird life. One visitor in 1920 noted 49 different species 

 during a single week. The tuneful notes of the song birds, together 



FrG. 4. — Wild turkeys — once plentiful in Oklahoma. After years of watchful care there 

 is a sizeable flock in the Wichita National Forest 



with the marvelously beautiful colorings which these and many 

 other varieties present to the eye of the visitor, lend added enchant- 

 ment. Among the species most common are the cardinal, summer 



Fig. 5. — Wild ducks at Lost Lake, Wichita National Forest 



tanager, rock wren, canyon wren (rare elsewhere in the region), tit- 

 mouse, nuthatch, chickadee, bluebird, and several varieties of wood- 

 pecker, crow, hawk, and owl. 



