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THE WILSON BULLETIN— September, 1922 
THE BIRDS OF GREENWOOD LAKE AND VICINITY 
(NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK) 
LOUIS S. KOHLER, PATERSON, N. J. 
Greenwood Lake, one of the most popular and most visited 
summer and winter resorts of the vacationist, fisherman and 
naturalist of New York City and the surrounding suburbs, be- 
ing distant about two hours’ journey from the metropolis, is, 
without doubt, the finest body of water in nothern New Jersey 
and southern New York. This lake is about six hundred and 
twenty feet above sea level, and is approximately seven miles 
long and varies in width from three-quarters to one mile. About 
half of the lake is located in the State of Jersey and the other 
half in the State of New York. 
The country bordering this magnificent body of water is of 
a very rugged nature and amply satisfies every desire of the 
ornithologist and oologist who may care to roam about its pre- 
cincts. To the west the Bearfort and Bellvale Hills rear them- 
selves to a commanding heighth of about seven hundred feet 
and to the east the Sterling Hills extend nearly the whole length 
of the lake. To the north, about two miles away, Mount Peter, 
the highest elevation in the vicinity, is perhaps the most visited 
spot of the whole section, and at the northeast Bear Rock, whose 
elevation is about 1200 feet, is likewise a favorite climb of nearly 
every able-bodied visitor of this section. 
At the southern end of the lake, Belcher Creek and the 
marshy section on either bank affords every opportunity to Ihe 
student to observe many of the Anseres, Herodiones, Pygopodes, 
as well as the Limicolae which visit this inland lake. 
About a mile up along the eastern bank the dam and over- 
flow of the lake empties its surplus water into the Wanaque 
Creek, whose valley is, indeed, the Mecca of every bird student 
as far south as the Hewitt Station. To the west of the lake, 
about two miles above the southern end, a small body of water, 
known as Surprise lake, is nestled in the Bearforts some four 
hundred feet above the surface of the main lake and this also 
is an excellent spot for the bird student. 
Following the eastern bank from the dam, the principal 
points of interest to Ihe ornithologist are: The shallows just 
above the Ice House, Storms’ Island, Hickory Point and Fini- 
gan’s Cove, Echo Rock, Chapel Island and the long cove at the 
extreme northern end of the lake, to the east of the Village of 
