Evening star., 1919-05-03
ROOSEVELT'S LIST
OF DISTRICT BIRDS
A Correspondent Reports
Those Discovered by the
Former President.

| The last spring that President
| Roosevelt was in the White House
bird lovers of Washington, particular
iy those of the Audubon Society, were
! inv.ted one evening to see. in the
! nas. room. the first moving pictures
>f bird life exhibited in this country.
Richard Kearton. a delightful En-
glishman who had taken the wonder
full pictures. was the speaker. Mr..
kearton came with a letter to Am
bassador Bryce. who introduced him
to the President.
When the entertainment was over
and l had an opportunity to speak
with Mr.. Roosevelt l mentioned that
a list of birds seen by him in the
| White House grounds would be of
general interest and that I should
greatly like to have such a list for
publication in the next edition of
Birds of Washington. He genially an
swered: Il will do better than that
for you. I will make you a list of all
the birds l remember to have seen in
and about the city. But you had bet
ter remind me: l am likely to forget"
Then, with twinkle. Send it to Mrs.
Roosevelt: if addressed to me it might
get into the waste basket
1t illustrates his characteristic
promptness and generosity that with
in twenty-four hours after sending
the reminder | received the following
list of ninetyfour species written out
in his own hand.
Roosevelt's Bird List.
President Roosevelt's list of birds
seen in the White House grounds and
about Washington during his admin
istration:
t'Denotes a species seen on White House q;
grounds.)
Night heron. Five spent winter Of 1907 in
swampy country about one-half mile west of
Washington Monument.
Mourning dove.
Quail.
Sharp Skinned hawk.
Red shouldercd hawk.
sparrow hawk. A pair spent the last two
winters on and sround the White House
grounds feeding on the sparrows-largely.
thank heaven. the English spsrrows.
sScreech owl. Steady resident White
House grounds.
'Saw-whet owl. A pair spent several weeks
10y the south portico Of the White House in
June. 1905.
Kingfsher.
'Yellow-b;lled cuckoo.
Hairy woodpecker.
"Downy woodpecker.
sSapsucker
sRed headed wOodperker. Nests tone pair)
on White House grounds.
Flicker. Nests several pars' on White
House grounds.
Whip-poor- will.
Nighthawk.
sChimnpy swallow
'Hummingbird.
Crest crested aycatcher
Phoebe.
Wood pewer.
Horned lark.
sCr0w.
Fish crow,
Orchard oriole. One pair nested in White
House grounds.
Boiolink.
Red winged blackbrd.
Baltimore Oriole.
Meadowiark.
grounds Very abundan, in early spring.
sPurpIe fnch.
'Thistle bird tgoldnDchl.
Vesper sparrow.
.whitethroat. sings: thi. year sang now and
then all through the winter.
sTree sparrow.
.Chipple Chipping sparrow. Nests.
Bush sparrow theld sparrow.
'Snow bird tJuncol.
Song sparrow. Nests.
SssFcx sparrow.
Cardinal.
Towhee.
'Indigo bird. Nests.
Tanager. ~
Purple martin.
Barn swallow. r..r-
Tree swallow.
Bank swallow.
sCedar bird.
Logger head shrike.
"Red-eyed vireo. Nests.
sWarbIing virec. Nests.
BLACK and white warbler. Nests.
sBlue yellow backed warbler.
'Cape May warbler.
Summer yelowbird. Nests.
sBlack- throa ted blue warbler.
sBlack- throated green warbler.
Myrtle warbler.
Magnolia warbler.
Chestnut sided warbler.
bay breasted warbler.
.Blackpoll warbler.
'Blackburnian warbler.
Prairie warbler.
Oyen-bird
Water-thrush.
Kentucky warbler.
'YeliowfhrOat.
Chat.
blue winged warbler.
canadian warbler.
sRedstart. Nests White House grounds.
Pipit.
Mockingbird.
Thrasher
House wren.
Carolina wren.
Marsh wren
"Creeper.
sWhite breasted nuthatch.
"Chickadee.
Golden crowned kinglet.
sRuby crowned kingiet.
Gnatcatcher.
Wood thrush. Nests White House
grounds.
sRobin. Nests White House grounds.
Doubtless this list is incomplete; l have seen
others that I have forgotten.D
March q, 1908. Theodore Roosevelt