The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-28

The following is the list of birds that
ROLAND Fox has seen since May 18th:
Blue jay, blue bird, robin, junce, mead
ow lark. song sparrow. English spar
row. crow. American herring gull. wild
! geese, black bird, tree sparrow, downy
woodpecker, chipping sparrow, towkee.
Kill deer, phoebe, black capped chick
adee. king fisher. flicker, hairy wood
pecker. mallard duck, hermit thrush
golden crown ingIet. little brown creep
er, yellow bellied sapsucker, ruby
crown knight. rusty black bird, red
winged. COW bird. jack snipe. field spar
row, white civim sparrow hawk, hell
diver, brown thrasher. vesper spar
row, quail fox sparrow. Savannah spar
row, winter wren, Franklin's tern.
swamp sparrow. little green heron,
Myrtle warbler cat bird, mud hen, yell
low legs. white throat sparrow. king
rail. wood pewee. purple martin. Amer
lean bittern. wood thrush, marsh hawk.
tree swallow, barn swallow, Cooper's
hawk, sharpskinned hawk, Bervicks
wren. semi palmated sandpipper. black
and white creeping warbler, gold finch,
black throated blue warbler, redheaded
woodpecker. turtle dove, palm warbler,
olive back thrush. Wilson's thrush
house wren, sora rail, Tennessee warb-
Ter. redbreasted nut hatch. chimney
swift. lenst sandpiper, Virginia rail
broad tailed hawk boblink. king bird,
Baltimore oriole, summer warbler, pine
warbler, American redstart, humming
bird, oven bird. water thrush, Mary
| yand yellow throat chestnut < sided
warbler, indigo bunting. bIackhumein
warbler. magnolia, orchard orfole, black
| tern, rose breasted grossbeak. pin tailed
! duck case may warbler, semipalmated
| plover, black pail warbler. warbling
VIRGO. scarlet tanger. Louisiana water
thrush. buy breasted warbler, blue
headed VIRGO, great crested fiycatcher,
black throated gree warbler, wilson's
warbler, least bittern, yellow billed
cuckoo. yellow breasted chat. gray
| checked thrush. least f1ycatcher. gold
| en- winged warbler. blue gray gnat-
chatcher. long billed marsh hen and
/ little blue heron.
| Hammond Is one of the best localities
| in Indiana for bird study. One hun
| dred and thirty birds have already been
seen in this region this spring and the
| test will run to about $50 before the
| close of school.
The kind. of birds found varies great
| ly. Besides the more familiar game
birds. this is especially good territory
| for the sparrows and warblers. Some
! of our most beautiful birds belong to
! the sparrow family. among them the
| godlpinch or wild canary adm the
| Indigo bird
The warbler family is present in
| large numbers. Twenty-three species
| have been seen this spring Each of
| the sixty students taking zoology has
! seen at least fifty different species of
/ birds in the field. Most of them haveee
| lists running above eighty, while sew
| eral have seen over hundred
| Sixty different kinds of birds have
| been seen on one mornings trip, while
| a list of forty Is not uncommon for a
mornings work
Glendale Schrumm's woods and the
are the localities most frequented by
birds, although Harrison Park is visit
| ed by many, especially the warblers.
| Among the rare birds seen are the
cardinal or red bird. This has never
been reported before from Lake county.
The golden winged and Tennessee
! warblers have also been found and the
very rare kirtland's warbler and yell
| low headed black bird have been re-
ported. but their presence was not con
| frmed- The scarlet tanager. Baltimore
most brilliantly colored birds of the
region. They have been seen even in
| the downtown part OF the city. The
| thrasher and catbird are the best sing
| ers