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PARK COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT 
Lapland Longspur. Rare. 
Vesper Sparrow. 
Savanna Sparrow. 
Grasshopper Sparrow. 
White-crowne'xl Sparrow. Rare. 
White-throated Sparrow. 
Tree SpaiTow. 
Chipping Sparrow. 
Field Sparrow. 
Slate-colored Junco. 
Song Sparrow. 
Swamp Sparrow. 
Fox Sparrow. 
Towhee. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 
Indigo Bunting. 
Scarlet Tanager. 
Purple Martin. 
Cliff Swallow. 
Barn Swallow. 
Tree Swallow. 
Bank Swallow. 
Cedar Waxwing. 
Northern Shrike. 
Red-eyed Vireo. 
Warbling Vireo. 
Yellow-throated Vireo. 
Dowitcher. 
Knot. Rare. 
Purple Sandpiper. Rare. 
Pectoral Sandpiper. 
White-rumped Sandpiper. 
Least Sandpiper. 
Red-backed Sandpiper. 
Greater Yellow-legs. 
Yellow-legs. 
Solitary Sandpiper. 
Bartramian Sandpiper. 
Spotted Sandpiper. 
Black-bellied Plover. Rare. 
American Golden Plover. 
Killdeer. 
Semi-Palmated Plover. 
Tennessee Warbler. 
Black-poll Warbler. 
Blackburnian Warbler. 
Black-throated Green Warbler. 
Pine Warbler. 
Yellow Palm Warbler. 
Oven Bird. 
Water Thrush. 
Louisiana Water Thrush. Rare. 
Connecticut Warbler. 
Alourning Warbler. 
Northern Yellow-throat. 
Yellow-breasted Chat. A pair spent 
the summer in the park a few years 
ago. 
Wilson’s Warbler. 
Canadian Warbler. 
American Redstart. 
Mockingbird. Rare. A fine singer of 
this species spent the early part of 
the summer of 1897 about a mile 
east of the park. 
Catbird. 
Brown Thrasher. 
House Wren. 
Winter Wren. 
Short-billed Marsh Wren. 
Long-billed Marsh Wren. 
Short-eared Owl. Rare in summer. 
A pair of these birds were found 
breeding near the park in 1897. 
Saw-whet Owl. 
Screech Owl. 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
Black-billed Cuckoo. 
Sanderling. 
Hairy Woodpecker. 
Downy Woodpecker. 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 
Pileated Woodpecker. 
Red-headed Woodpecker. 
Golden-winged Woodpecker. 
Whippoorwill. 
Night Hawk. 
Chimney Swift. 
