SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Digital Commons @ ESF Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletins The Roosevelt Wild Life Station 1929 Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin Charles E. Johnson SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.esf.edu/rwlsbulletin Part of the Animal Sciences Commons, Biodiversity Commons, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Natural Resources and Conservation Commons Recommended Citation Johnson, Charles E., "Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin" (1929). Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletins. 17. https://digitalcommons.esf.edu/rwlsbulletin/17 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The Roosevelt Wild Life Station at Digital Commons @ ESF. It has been accepted for inclusion in Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletins by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ ESF. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. VOL. II BULLETIN OF The New York State College of Forestry AT Syracuse University FRANKLIN MOON, Dean Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3 OF THE Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station THE SUMMER BIRDS OF THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS . CONTENTS OF RECENT ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE BULLETINS (To obtain these publications see announcement on back of title page.) Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. i, No. 3. March, 1923. 1. The Summer Birds of the Allegany State Park. Aretas A. Saunders. 2. The Ruffed Grouse, with Special Reference to its Drumming Edmund J. Sawyer. 3. Current Station Notes The Director and Editor Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. i, No. 4. March, 1923. 1. Relation of Summer Birds to the Western Adirondack Forest Perley M. Silloway. 2. Notes on the Relation of Birds to Adirondack Forest Vegetation Dr. Charles C. Adams. 3. The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N. Y . Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and H. D. MinoL (Reprinted: original date of publication, 1877.) 4. Current Station Notes The Director and Editor. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. i. October, 1923. 1. The Control of Blood-sucking Leeches, with an Account of the Leeches of Palisades Interstate Park Dr. J. Percy Moore. 2. Preliminary Report on the Parasitic Worms of Oneida Lake, New York Dr. Henry S. Pratt. 3. Acanthocephala from the Fishes of Oneida Lake, New York Dr. Harley J. Van Cleave. 4. Current Station Notes The Director and Editor. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 2. February, 1924. I. Ecology of the Plankton Algae in the Palisades Interstate Park, Including the Relation of Control Methods to Fish Culture Dr. Gilbert M. Smith. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 3. March, 1924. 1. The Status of Fish Culture in Our Inland Public Waters, and the Role of Investigation in the Maintenance of Fish Resources Dr. William C. Kendall. 2. Current Station Notes The Director and Editor. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 4. February, 1925. 1. The Relation of Wild Life to the Public in National and State Parks Dr. Charles C. Adams. 2. The Big Game Animals of Yellowstone National Park. .Edmund Heller. 3. The Food of Trout in Yellowstone National Park Dr. Richard A. Muttkowski. 4. Current Station Notes The Director and Editor. VOL. II SEPTEMBER, 1929 No. 2a BULLETIN OF The New York State College of Forestry AT Syracuse University FRANKLIN MOON, Dcau Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3 OF THE Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station Entered as second-class matter October I 8, 1 92 7, at the Post Office at Syracuse, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912 : ANNOUNCEMENT The serial publications of the Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station consist of the following 1. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin. 2. Roosevelt Wild Life Annals. The Bulletin is intended to include papers of general and popular interest on the various phases of forest wild life, and the Annals those of a more technical nature or having a less widespread interest. These publications are edited in cooperation w^ith the College Committee on Publications. The editions of these publications are limited and do not permit of general free distribution. Exchanges are invited. The sub- scription price of the Bulletin is $4.00 per volume of four numbers, or $1.00 per single number. The price of the Annals is $5.00 per volume of four numbers, or $1.25 per single number. All communi- cations concerning publications should be addressed to The Director, Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station, Syracuse, New York. CoPYRir.HT 1929 BY Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY Ex Officio Dr. Charles W. Flint, Cliancellor Syracuse University Dr. Frank P. Graves, Commissioner of Education Albany, N. Y. Hon. Alexander Macdo.vald, Conservation Comm'er.. Albany, N. Y. Hon. Herbert H. Lehman, Lieutenant-Governor Albany, N. Y. .ArPOINTED BY THE GoN'ERNOR Hon. John R. Clancy Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. Harold D. Cornwall Glenfield, N. Y. Hon. George W. Driscoll Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. Louis Marsh.\ll New York City Hon. William H. Kelley Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. Edward H. O'Hara Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. Ch.\rles A. Upson Lockport, N. Y. Hon. J. Henry W.\lters New York City Hon. Edmund H. Lewis Syracuse, N. Y. Officers of the Board Hon. Louis M.A.RSHALL President Hon. John R. Clancy Vice-President HONORARY ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE STATION American Members Mrs. CoRiNNE Roosevelt Robinson New York City Hon. Theodore Roosevelt New York City Mr. Kermit Roosevelt New York City Dr. George Bird Grinnell New York City Hon. Gifford Pinchot Milford, Pa. Mr. Chauncey J. Hamlin Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. George Shiras, 3rd Washington, D. C. Dr. Fr-\nk M. Chapman New York City Dean Henry S. Graves New Haven, Conn. European Member Viscount Grey Fallodon, England [321] ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE STATION STAFF Franklin Moon, M.l*" Dean of the College Charles E. Johnson, A.M., Ph.D Director of the Station WiLFORD A. Dence, B.S Ichthyologist and Ass't Director Miriam S. Mockforu Secretary Temporary Appointments* Perley M. Silloway, M.S Field Ornithologist Arettas a. Saunders, Ph.B Field Ornithologist Robert T. Hatt, A.M Field Naturalist Myron T. Townsend, A.B., Ph.D Field Naturalist M. W. Smith, A.B., M.A Field Naturalist Justus F. Muller, Ph.D Field Naturalist Dayton Stoner, Ph.D Field Ornithologist Charles J. Spiker, A.B., M.A Field Naturalist Collaborators* Richard A. Muttkowski, Ph.D Field Naturalist Gilbert M. Smith, Ph.D Field Naturalist * Including only those who ]ia\ e made field investigations and whose reports are now in preparation. GENERAL CONTENTS PAGE 1. The Summer Birds of the Northern Adirondack Mountains. Aretas A. Saunders. 327 2. The Slimmer Birds of the Adirondacks in Frankhn County, N. Y Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and H. D. Minot. 502 (Reprinted: orif^inal date of pubhcation, 1877.) ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES Plate I. COMMON BIRDS ABOUT NORTH ELBA. , , Swa,llow female) 1 2 Tree (male and ; 3 , Song Sparrow; 4, Cliff Swallow; 5, 6, Maryland Yellow- throat (male and female); 7, Barn Swallow; 8, Savannah Sparrow; 9, Vesper Sparrow Facing 372 Plate 2. COMMON BIRDS AT THE TIMBER LINE OF MT. MARCY. I, Acadian Chickadee; 2, 3, Myrtle Warbler (male and female); 4, Bicknell's Thiush; 5, 6, Black-poll Warbler (male and female) ; 7, 8, Slate-colored Junco FIGURES (All figures are from photographs by the author, 1925 and 1926.) Fig. 93. Panorama of the mountains as seen from the Wood Farm, North Elba, N. Y., looking south. Jifly 30, 1925 Facing 327 Fig. 94. The Wood Farm; view north from Sheep Pasture Hill. July 3, 1925 331 Fig. 95. Hay Meadow on the Wood Farm. Vesper and Savannah sparrows live among the daisies and grass. Mt. Pitchoff in the distance. July 3, 1925 331 Fig. 96. The tamaracks in South Meadow, fringed with alder and willow. August 3, 1925 332 Fig. 97. View in the tamaracks along the brook above the Wood Farm. A balsam tree and a fringe of alders in foreground. July 7, 1925 . 332 Fig. 98. The road to Heart Lake as it leaves the Wood Farm. Sheep Pasture Hill in middle distance. August 17, 1925 335 Fig. 99. View on Sheep Pasture Hill. Abandoned pasture with clumps of young spruce. July 26, 1925 335 Fig. 100. The road from Wood Farm to Heart Lake. White birch and aspen. Augusts, 1925 336 Fig. loi. Aspen thicket along road shown in Fig. 100. July 6, 1925 336 Fig. 102. West Branch of the Ausable River where it crosses the Heart Lake road. July 24, 1925 343 Fig. 103. View of the stream in South Meadow. Mt. Mclntyre in the distance. July 3, 1925 343 Fig. 104. Pond above a beaver dam. South Meadow. Great Blue Heron, Bittern, Solitary Sandpiper and Black Duck seen here. August 4. 1925 344 [323] 324 Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin PAGE Fig. 105. Heart Lake and Mt. Joe. August 17, 1925 344 Fig. 106. Mature forest of virgin spruce on the Indian Pass Trail. July 8, 1925 351 Fig. 107. The stream border on the Rocky Falls Trail. Arbor vitae, maple, and other trees. July 8, 1925 351 Fig. 108. Rocky Falls near Indian Pass Trail. July 15, 1925 352 Fig. 109. A group of mature white pines near the Rocky Falls Trail. July 15. 1925 352 Fig. 1 10. Stream flowing through mature forest, near the Rocky Falls Trail. July 8, 1925 357 Fig. III. View of Indian Pass and Wall-face Mountain from the trail. July 8, 1925 357 Fig. 112. Alpine forest from the Mclntyre Trail. Mt. Joe and comer of Heart Lake in the distance; Whiteface Mouiitain on horizon.