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The New York State College of Forestry 
tise but that it will serve as an aid for campers, visitors and tourists, 
for boy and girl scouts, for nature lovers of any and every degree, 
in acquiring a greater knowledge of the bird life in the Park, as a 
part of the great out-of-doors given for man’s recreation, pleasure 
and inspiration. 
Bear Mountain Station as a Bird Resort. The grounds around 
the railroad station and boat landing at Bear Mountain have been 
described in general as a favorite place for many of the birds of the 
locality, and there these birds can be studied to advantage. These 
grounds lie between the river bank and the road skirting the Inn 
lawn, and Hessian Lake. The eastern portion of the grounds, or 
the right-hand side as the observer stands facing the river, there 
extends a shallow ravine up a rocky ridge, the latter forming the 
boundary of the grounds along the road toward the east. This 
ravine and low rock knoll, with the second growth trees and the 
tangled undergrowth, forms a fine covert for bird activities. Just 
within the road boundary along the grounds, there is a small zone 
of shrubby embankment, thick with brambles and hardwood sap- 
lings, forming an admirable shelter for nesting birds. For the bird 
student who has only a limited time at the Inn, I recommend the 
railroad station grounds as the best spot for close observation of 
the birds of the bush and woodland margin. These station grounds 
perhaps attract a larger proportion of nesting birds to the acre than 
any other locality of the Bear Mountain and Harriman Park 
region. Taking my observations in chronological order, I made 
satisfactory notes on the station grounds regarding the Hooded 
Warbler, singing over the premises and nesting in the ravine; 
Robin, singing, nesting and feeding young ; Brown Thrasher, sing- 
ing, nesting and feeding young; Catbird, singing, nesting and 
feeding young ; Chestnut-sided Warbler, singing, nesting and feed- 
ing young; Yellow-throated Yireo, singing up and down the ravine 
and rock knoll; Wood Pewee, active in the open areas of the 
grounds, calling from its lookouts and hawking about the margins 
for flying insects; Black and White Warbler, singing and feeding 
young; Wood Thrush, singing and evidently nesting; Red-eyed 
Yireo, singing and nesting; Redstart, singing and feeding young; 
