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INSTITUTI— CO 2 2Division of BirdsThe Kentucky Warbler(Published by the Kentucky Ornithological Society) K-/3Vol. XXXVII FEBRUARY, 1961 No. 173Washington County, near Springfield. There were many meadowlarksin the wide meadows here, and among them was one bird singing thedistinctive Western Meadowlark song, which I had heard so often theprevious week. Having had no occasion to return to the area, I have noidea how long this bird remained.
This appears to be the fifth Kentuckylocality where the Western Meadowlark has been reported, previouspublished observations coming from Madisonville (Hancock, Ky. War-bler, 30:47-48, 1954), the Louisville area (Monroe, Jr., Ibid., 35:), Bowling Green (Wilson, Ibid., 33:58, 1957), and Henderson (Rhoads,Ibid., 34:40, 1958, and 35:52, 1959). —JOSEPH CROFT, Louisville.^ T vAN AUGUST NEST OF THE EASTERN MEADOWLARKOn July 31, 1960, while visiting the Pound Farm to photograph anest of the American Goldfinch (Spirals tristis) which we found earlier,my husband and I accidentally flushed an Eastern Meadowlark (Stur-nella magna); we searched the spot and found a nest containing threewell-incubated eggs. A return visit on August 7 revealed three youngnaked birds possibly two days old; they were wobbly and could scarcelyhold up their heads. We photographed both the eggs and the young.
Inthe same field, on the day we discovered the nest with eggs, we alsofound and banded a young meadowlark out of the nest, but unable tofly except for short hops. Apparently the species has a long breedingseason, as my earliest record is for a nest with one fresh egg on May 4,1946, in Seneca Park. Roger Barbour (1951, Ky.
27) lists a nest with five eggs on April 27, as the earliest nestingrecord for Rowan County. Harvey Lovell (1951, Ky.
61) reports a nest with two eggs on April 22, found in Berea,by Gailey. I feel certain that many nests are often destroyed whenfields are cut in mid-May, thereby causing delayed nesting.
However,this may not have been the case with the nest on the Pound Farm, asthe field had not been cut during the entire season, and the grass wasunusually high. STAMM, Louisville.❖ ❖ ❖BOOK REVIEWSCollins, Henry Hill, Jr. THE BIRD WATCHER’S GUIDE. NewYork: Golden Press, 1961. $3.95.Here in compact and well-illustrated sequence is a guide for theamateur bird watcher and even for the most experienced ornithologists.Equipment needed, merits of the various types of binoculars, mountedtelescopes, note books, bird guides, and the needed library are allcarefully considered. Identification is stressed and aided by coloredpictures and line drawings.
Efforts are made to know the bird as apersonality, with its song, its seasonal abundance, its habitat, and itsplace in the whole scheme of wild nature. Outdoor trips, ranging fromthe most casual to the seasonal counts, the “Big Days,” are planned.A particularly valuable portion of the book is devoted to methods ofattracting birds, with specific directions about construction of birdhouses, bird baths, and feeders.
The bibliography is quite large, andthere are added the best-known local and regional bird-study groups, asort of “Who’s Who” in amateur orinthology. — GORDON WILSON,Bowling Green.Pft.3tsr/3 Ohision of BirosThe Kentucky Warbler(Published by the Kentucky Ornithological Society)Vol. XXXVIINOVEMBER, 1961No. 4Nest of a Traill’s Flycatcher, at Louisville, July 22, 1961.From Kodachrome by Frederick W.
Stamm(See Photograph on Page 80)IN THIS ISSUENEWS AND VIEWS 62TRAILL’S FLYCATCHER IN KENTUCKY, Joseph Croft 63SOME SUMMER NOTES FROM THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINSAnne L. Stamm 70 1THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL FALL MEETING 74FIELD NOTES:Barn Swallows Use Nest Six Consecutive Years, Charles S. Guthrie8062THE KENTUCKY WARBLERYol.
37THE KENTUCKY ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY(Founded in 1923 by B. Otley Pindar, and Gordon Wilson)PresidentW. Rhoads, HendersonVice-PresidentA. Mayfield, WinchesterCorresponding Secretary and Treasurer F. Stamm, 2118 Lakeside Drive, Louisville 5Recording SecretaryHelen G. Browning, LouisvilleCouncillors:Virginia Smith, Henderson 1959-61Conley Webster, Lexington 1959-61Mrs.
Kidwell Grannis, Flemingsburg 1960-62Donald Summerfield, Valley Station 1960-62Retiring President James W. Hancock, MadisonvilleLibrarian Evelyn Schneider, LouisvilleCuratorBurt L. Monroe, Sr., Ridge Road, AnchorageTHE KENTUCKY WARBLEROrgan of the Kentucky Ornithological Society. Published quar-terly in February, May, August, and November.
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Lovell, Notes on OrnithologistsNEWS AND VIEWSMrs. Garrett, long a member of K. S., died this summer.In addition to her interest in birds, she was an authority on flowers,especially daffodils, and served as judge in flower shows all over Amer-ica. In her later years she transformed the campus of Western StateCollege with her knowledge of trees, shrubs, and flowers.Our newest group, the Murray Chapter (Murray Bird Club) is busyat work conducting field trips, meetings, etc., and making real progressin building up a splendid membership of active individuals. Hancock is secretary, Clell Peterson is president, with Dr. HunterHancock acting as advisory counselor.1961THE KENTUCKY WARBLER63TRAILL’S FLYCATCHER IN KENTUCKYBy Joseph Croft, LouisvilleTraill’s (Alder) Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) has had a curiousposition in the ornithological history of Kentucky.
Discovered as a sum-mer bird in the extreme southwestern part of the state in 1886 by L. OtleyPindar, the species soon thereafter virtually disappears from the recordsof Kentucky birds.
Not until the summer of 1937, when this flycatcherwas observed in a swamp near Louisville by Burt L. Monroe and RobertM.
Mengel, are there further reports of its probable breeding in the state,and records in the migration season are very meager. The purpose of thispaper is to summarize the known distribution of this bird in Kentuckyand neighboring areas, and to bring the Kentucky record up to date witha report of observations made in the Louisville area during the years1956 to 1961, together with an account of what appears to be the firstdefinitely identified nest reported for the state.Previous Kentucky RecordsPindar’s discovery of Traill’s Flycatcher in Fulton County was firstreported in The Agassiz Companion in 1886. Considering the difficulty ofaccess to this journal and the interest of Pindar’s observations, his noteis here quoted in full:The bird whose name heads this article Traill’s Flycatcher, is a summerresident here — arrives on the 16th of May, and departs for a warmer regionon the 10th of October. This flycatcher is common here, but is easily overlooked.At least it seemg (sic) to be, for I have never heard but two or three peoplespeak of it and most people have never seen it. It generally sits on the top of abroken iron-weed, or on the extreme end of a slender limb from which it makesits sallies after its insect prey.
I have seen it snatch insects from the water. It isa successful dodger, and I have often seen boys shoot at it with slingshots, orthrow stones at it, and I never saw one killed yet with those weapons. It alwaysflies up or down, or to one side just as the stone gets to it, and immediatelyreturns.The nest of this bird is a pretty structure, though Davis, in his Key, says itis more slovenly built than that of the Acadian. I have never found its nest,but I have a set of three eggs which were collected on the ninth of May, 1886,in Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich., by Mr. Incubation fresh.
The nestwas a very compact edifice in the fork of an oak tree thirty feet high. The eggsexhibit the following markings:No.
1 is rather round, cream coler (sic), with reddish-brown spots at largeend. 2 is similar but the spots are more numerous. 3 is like No. 2 incolor but is a longer egg.It may be noted here that, while Traill’s Flycatcher is known toshow considerable variation in the placing of its nest, a fork 30 feet highin an oak is a rather unusual place for its nest. May 9 is likewise an un-usually early date for a full clutch of eggs for this species. Of a total of71 egg dates summarized in Bent (1942:213) for the eastern part of thecountry, from Illinois, Maine, and New York, the earliest date is a May 15record from Maine.
The description of the eggs, however, fits perfectlythis species, and it seems clear from a note appearing in 1888 in TheHawkeye Ornithologist and Oologist that Purdy had had considerableexperience with the species.Pindar’s next mention of this species appears in a note published in1888 in The Hawkeye Ornithologist and Oologist. Here he lists Traill’sFlycatcher as “A common summer resident” and goes on to say, “I foundan empty nest which I take to be of this species at this place Hickmanlast year.” In Pindar’s next publication in this journal he says, “An errorcrept into my last paper. I have set down the kingbird as ‘not so64THE KENTUCKY WARBLERVol.
37common as the next species,’ viz., Traill’s flycatcher. The kingbird ismuch more common. The Traill’s was much rarer in 1887 than 1886, why,I know not. I hope for an increase of this species in 1888.” In two laterpapers on the birds of Fulton County (1889, 1925) he lists this speciesas common in migration and rare in summer.
In a subsequent paper onthe spring and summer birds of Harrison County (1926) he regards thespecies as a rare migrant.Apparently the next major reference to Traill’s Flycatcher in Ken-tucky comes in 1948, when Monroe and Mengel published a note record-ing the presence of this species near Louisville during the summers of1937 and 1938, and the discovery of four young out of the nest on July 30,1938. No nest was found in either year, however, and “The birds did notreturn in the spring of 1939, nor have they been found here since then.”In the Monroes’ recent list of the birds of the Louisville region (1961:34),the status of Traill’s Flycatcher is given as “Migrant and summer resi-dent: rare in migration, very rare in summer; known breeding in Caper-ton’s Swamp, Indian Hills, 1937-1938, and probable breeding there 1956-1958.” The latter observations will be discussed later in this paper. Itmight be noted here that the earliest spring date of May 12 given in thisrecent list is surpassed by Monroe’s and Mengel’s initial discovery of thisflycatcher on May 4, 1937, as reported in their 1948 publication.Other Kentucky references to this species are few.
Gordon Wilson’scompilation (1942) of the breeding birds of 15 localities scattered throughthe state lists the species for Louisville only, where it is listed as rare onthe basis of the records cited above. There appear to be only two otherpublished indications of its presence in summer. In Rhoads and Benson’spaper on the birds of Audubon State Park, the Alder Flycatcher is in-cluded in the list of nesting species (1956:30), but no details are given. OnJune 1, 1958, Herndon (1958a) recorded a Traill’s singing in JacksonCounty, probably on breeding territory.The only additional published Kentucky records of Traill’s Fly-catcher appear to be several included in the Warbler’s annual “Big SpringLists.” Since 1945, when these lists were first published, the species hasbeen reported from Murray (1945, 1947), Providence (1945, 1951), Hen-derson (1955-1959, 1961), Bowling Green (1957; Wilson, 1957), and Mam-moth Cave (1959). These records range from April 26 (1945, Providence)to May 11 (1957, Bowling Green).Extension of Eastern RangeIn the latest edition of the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-List of North American Birds (1957), the southern limits of the easternbreeding range of Traill’s Flycatcher are defined as southern Illinois,southern Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, southeastern Pennsyl-vania, and thence northeastward to Massachusetts. Observations re-ported in Audubon Field Notes for recent years make it clear that thisflycatcher is extending its range considerably beyond those limits.First, however, it should be noted that in the past there have beenseveral marginal records of this species in summer. In the summer of1946, Stevenson (1947) found the species in southwestern Virginia, nearAbingdon.
This area is about 50 miles from the nearest part of the Ken-tucky line. It may also be noted that, in extreme southwestern Ohio,Kemsies and Randle (1953) say of Traill’s:1961THE KENTUCKY WARBLER65A fairly common nesting species around bodies of water, with an ever-in-creasing tendency to extend its nesting range a considerable distance from waterinto fields and along dry roadsides.Ten years ago this species was considered a rare migrant in this area. Thefirst suspcted breeding record was a July 4, 1931 record of the species byMaslowski. The increase of this bird in our area during the last ten years hasbeen nothing short of phenomenal.Reports in Audubon Field Notes indicate that the recent expansion ofTraill’s breeding range has accompanied the increasing abundance of thespecies in many parts of the previously occupied breeding area. For ex-ample, Brooks (1955:378) reports one observer’s conclusion that Traill’s“is now the most abundant of the flycatchers in northern Ohio.” In thesame article Brooks says that the species in 1955 was reported “locallyabundant in Jefferson Co., W. Va., at elevations of about 500 feet,” where-as formerly it had been thought “restricted to a few high mountain bogsin West Virginia.” The breeding season of 1956 brought further indica-tions of a range extension in the Appalachian region (Breiding, 1956:384).The most unusual record of this species reported for the 1956 breed-ing season, however, was the discovery of four pairs of Traill’s near NorthWilkesboro, North Carolina (Smith and Stevenson, 1958).
One male wascollected on June 13, and on July 1 the young of one pair were heardcalling. The following year Smith found four pairs in the same generalarea; again, indications of young were observed, but no nest was found(Chamberlain, 1957:398). In 1958 Smith again found two pairs of Traill’sat North Wilkesboro, but no nest was discovered (Chamberlain, 1958:404).The summer of 1958 also found Traill’s Flycatcher breeding for thefirst time in two other southeastern states. After the first spring specimenfor Georgia had been collected at Atlanta on May 4 by Phillip Kahl andWilliam W. Griffin, at least three Traill’s “were heard singing on terri-tory.” On June 1, Griffin “discovered a nest under construction; 3 eggswere laid.” (Chamberlain, 1958:404). Then, on June 22, Herndon and H.P. Langridge established the first breeding records for Tennessee with thediscovery of three nests in a swampy area near Elizabethton (Herndon,1958b).
Young were fledged from all three nests by July 21.The breeding season of 1959 found this flycatcher again occupyingits newly acquired breeding grounds in Tennessee and Georgia. Twonests were found near Elizabethton (Herndon, 1959), and two others atAtlanta (Chamberlain, 1959:425). At North Wilkesboro, North Carolina,two pairs were again reported nesting (Chamberlain, loc. Mean-while, to the northeast, the discovery of a nest with two eggs, laterabandoned, established Traill’s as a nesting bird in the District of Co-lumbia (Scott and Potter, 1959:423).In 1960, for the fifth consecutive year, Smith found the species nearNorth Wilkesboro, where two pairs were again observed (Chamberlain,1960:443). For the third consecutive year Traill’s nested near Elizabethton,where a total of eight nests were found.
Three of these nests were at anew location, and another singing bird was observed at a third location(Herndon, 1960). There was no report from Atlanta.These records clearly show that for the past several years Traill’sFlycatcher has been extending its breeding range at an explosive rate.The evidence indicates that this species is now becoming established asa breeding bird in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, andGeorgia, all areas south of the breeding range as outlined in the Check-List.66THE KENTUCKY WARBLERVol. 37Observations at Louisville, 1956-1961On the morning of May 13, 1956, Eric Mills, Haven Wiley, and I werelooking for migrants in the Caperton’s Swamp area. As we worked alongthe edge of one of the ponds, we were surprised to hear the explosivefitz-bew song of Traill’s Flycatcher coming from the vicinity of a willowthicket. At the time we naturally considered this bird a transient visitor.When I visited the area a month later, however, on June 17, a Traill’swas singing from the topmost branches of a 30-foot dead tree in thesame area. This tree stood alongside a private drive and at the edge of adense bushy thicket, between one of the ponds and a small marshy area.A non-singing bird, presumably a female, was also present. During thenext three weeks I frequently visited the swamp, in hopes of discoveringa nest.
Although the male flycatcher made frequent flights from its sing-ing perch down into the thicket, very often disappearing into the samespot, several intensive searches of the entire thicket failed to disclose anest. About the first of July, this bird, which had formerly been so con-spicuous as it sang from its exposed perch, became very quiet and diffi-cult to observe, and the last time I saw it was on July 4.Traill’s Flycatcher appeared in the area again the following year.On May 18, 1957, I observed five of these flycatchers singing in the wil-lows. One of these birds sang the same fitz-bew song of the previousyear’s bird, while the other four had a somewhat different and longersong, though of the same “sneezy” quality. Unfortunately, I am unable togive any detailed notes on these variant songs. In late June a Traill’s wasoccupying the same singing perch as had been used the year before, and apresumed female was again present. On one occasion one of the birds wasobserved carrying grasses, but no nest could be found.In 1958 I did not visit the Caperton’s Swamp area from early Mayuntil mid-June.
On June 12 a singing Traill’s was located at the samespot for the third consecutive year. I was unable to find this bird in thearea after late June, however. The only subsequent observation that yearwas on July 12, when a Traill’s was heard to sing briefly from a brushyarea along the Middle Fork of Beargrass Creek, about a quarter of amile from the regular territory.The summer of 1959 passed without any observations of Traill’s Fly-catcher. In 1960 again I was unable to locate the species around Caper-ton’s Swamp. On July 31 of that year, however, Haven Wiley and I ob-served two Empidonax flycatchers in one of the willow thickets at theFalls of the Ohio.
Although the birds were not heard to sing, the dateand habitat leave little doubt that they were Traill’s. They were seenagain on August 13.The summer of 1961 brought Traill’s Flycatcher to the Louisvillearea in force, and the breeding of the species was finally established bythe finding of an occupied nest.
On the evening of June 4, shortly afterreturning from school for the summer, I was searching through themarshy area lying between Indian Hills Trail and the Louisville CountryClub Road. This area is only a few hundred yards from where Traill’sFlycatcher occurred in the summers of 1956 to 1958. While I was exam-ining a strange-looking bird which turned out to be a Java Sparrow(Munia oryzivora), obviously an escaped cage bird, my ear was caughtby the unmistakable fitz-bew of Traill’s Flycatcher.
A few minutes’search showed that at least two birds, possibly three, were present.This area was kept under observation, and a careful but fruitless1961THE KENTUCKY WARBLER67search for the nest was made on several dates. Finally, on July 13, as Ientered the marshy area, one of the flycatchers gave an excited call fromthe far side of a clump of willows. I selected a nearby group of smallmaple saplings as the most suitable place for the bird’s nest, and uponlooking into the foliage found a compact and beautifully constructednest containing three eggs. The nest was built in a fork about three feetfrom the ground, in a sapling about eight feet tall, and was well shieldedfrom above by the foliage. The eggs were of a creamy buff color with ascattering of darker spots around the large end.On July 19, Mr.
Frederick Stamm and I visited the nest,which now contained one newly-hatched young bird and the remainingtwo eggs. The male flycatcher sang several times from a willowabout 10 yards from the nest. On July 22 we returned and found threeyoung in the nest. The young were an orange color with some grayishdown; their eyes were still closed.
One of the adult birds was observedcarrying food. No song was heard on this visit. Stamm took a num-ber of slides of the nest and young and of the nesting habitat. On July28 the Stamms visited the nest to take additional photographs.
On thisdate the feathers of the young had still not shot from the sheaths, butthe eyes were open. Stamm banded two of the nestlings, which gavesoft, twittering, scarcely audible notes as she held them in her hand.The following afternoon Mrs. Stamm and I stopped at the nest and sawthat all three young were still there. The nesting site was not visitedagain until August 23, when the nest was empty and no young flycatcherscould be found in the area, although one adult was seen flitting amongthe willows.The nesting area was a large marshy field, much of which is plantedin corn in dry seasons. This year, however, there was standing water insome part of the field throughout the summer, and no cultivation wasattempted. Part of the area was grown up in cattails and willows, with afew maple saplings. There was a rank growth of such weeds as burdock,pigweed, Spanish needles, smartweed, and sorrel.
The immediate vicinityof the nest was grown up with such vegetation, including a scatteredgrowth of cattails. About 20 feet away and on the other side of a smalldrainage ditch was a willow thicket. One particularly tall willow in thisthicket was frequently used as a lookout perch by the flycatcher. Theground about the nest was soggy throughout the nesting season and attimes was under an inch or two of water.
Other birds nesting nearbywere Yellowthroats (Geothlypis trichas), Redwinged Blackbirds (Agela-ius phoeniceus), Indigo Buntings (Passerina cyanea), and Song Sparrows(Melospiza melodia). Two Redwing nests were found in the nearby wil-lows.Mrs. Stamm has kindly prepared the following description of thenest: “The nest is compact and neatly decorated on the exterior withgreyish silver-like fiber strands (perhaps milkweed) that circle the nestparticularly on the upper part, and are also used to fasten it to the largerstem of the fork. It is a beautifully made nest and seems rather largefor so small a bird. Its outside depth is two and seven-eighths inches; in-side depth, one to one and one-quarter inches; outside diameter, threeinches; inside diameter, two and one-quarter inches. It is composedentirely of fine grasses and the greyish fibers mentioned above; it isthickly walled. The lining is composed of very fine hair-like, dried,dark grasses.
The outside is neatly finished save for the back, which68THE KENTUCKY WARBLERVol. 37shows some ragged effects of the grey fibers that are loosely arranged.”This summer I visited the Traill’s territory of previous years onlyonce, in early June, and did not see the flycatcher there. However, Mrs.H. Noland tells me that she found Traill’s singing at that locationduring the summer.While the Caperton’s Swamp area was being kept under observation,another Traill’s Flycatcher was discovered 20 miles away, in the farsouthwestern corner of Jefferson County. There, near Pendleton Roadand Brier Creek, and within 100 yards of the Bullitt County line, aTraill’s was found singing from a telephone wire on June 30.
This loca-tion was a low-lying corner of a pasture and was grown up in willows.Since at the time I was unable to spend more than a few minutes in thearea, on July 4 I returned to search for a nest, but met with no success,Again on July 16 over an hour was spent combing this small area, butthe only nests found were a Cardinal’s (Richmondena cardinalis) andan Indigo Bunting’s; nor was the flycatcher itself seen.Further indications of the breeding of Traill’s Flycatcher in theLouisville area were found in mid- July in Clark County, Indiana, nearthe Falls of the Ohio. Although these observations are Indiana ratherthan Kentucky records, they were made quite literally within a stone’sthrow of the Kentucky line, and within a few hundred yards of the spotwhere Wiley and I had observed the birds in 1960. On July 16 Mrs.Stamm found a pair of Traill’s in a dense growth of giant ragweed mixedwith a few willows and Osage orange shrubs.
Although the nest was notfound, one of the birds was seen carrying food, and the behavior of thepair indicated a nest nearby. On July 20 the Stamms saw three adultTraill’s in the same area. Two days later the three of us visited the area,but a search for the nest was again unsuccessful. However, one youngTraill’s was observed out of the nest on that date.There were several features common to all the Louisville areas whereTraill’s Flycatcher was observed. All were among the lowest sections ofthe region, the elevation of all being between 400 and 450 feet. All weredamp locations near bodies of water.
All had a dense growth of vegeta-tion, with willow usually predominant. It would not be surprising if aclose watch on such areas in other parts of the state revealed that thespecies is now becoming more widely established as a breeding bird.Probably its inconspicuousness when not singing, the impossibility ofmaking a positive identification of a silent Empidonax, its late nesting,and the hot, damp, mosquito-infested character of its usual haunts arereasons why it has not been more often reported.AcknowledgmentsSpecial thanks are due to Mrs. Frederick Stamm, who looked up anumber of references, prepared the description of the nest, gave me theuse of her notes, and prodded me into finishing this paper.
Gratitudeis also owed Mr. Stamm for his patience in taking photographs in amosquito-infested swamp during one of the summer’s hot spells. Ford, of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, sup-plied a transcription of Pindar’s 1886 note in The Agassiz Companion, inaddition to sending several other references.
And my sister Mary Etheltook on the full-time job of digging up and forwarding the notes andother material left behind by her short-sighted brother on the way backto school.1961THE KENTUCKY WARBLER69Literature CitedAmerican Ornithologists’ Union1957 Check-list of North American birds. Baltimore, Md.Bent, Arthur Cleveland1942 Life histories of North American flycatchers, larks, swallows,and their allies. 179.“Big Spring Lists”1945 Ky. Warbler, 21: Ky. Warbler, 23: Ky. Warbler, 27: Ky. Warbler, 31: Ky.
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Potter1959 Middle Atlantic Coast Region. Field Notes, 13:422-424.Smith, Wendell P., and Henry M. Stevenson1958 Traill’s Flycatcher breeding in North Carolina. Auk, 75:95.70THE KENTUCKY WARBLERVol. 37Stevenson, Henry M.1947 Summering of the Alder Flycatcher in southwestern Virginia.Auk, 64:320-321.Wilson, Gordon1942 Breeding birds of Kentucky — a composite list. Burden of proof 3rd edition crosman.
Warbler,18: Two new migrants at Bowling Green. Warbler, 33:58.❖ ii ;«THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL FALL MEETINGNov. 3-5, 1961The Kentucky Ornithological Society held its 38th Annual FallMeeting on Nov. 3-5, 1961, at Mammoth Cave National Park. Registrationbegan on Friday afternoon.At the Friday evening program, an address of welcome was given bya representative of the Mammoth Cave Park Administration.
P.Rhoads, K.O.S. President, introduced Dan M. Russell, of the KentuckyDepartment of Fish and Wildlife Resources, who spoke on “The PresentStatus and Management of the Mourning Dove.” He discussed the im-portance of the dove as a game species, its increase in population since1953, the banding of nestlings and band recovery rate, and some of thestudies still in progress.Mrs. Anne Stamm read a paper by Joe Croft entitled “The Traill’sFlycatcher in Kentucky,” in which the state records of this species werebrought up to date, including a report of observations made in the Louis-ville area during 1956-61. His account of what appeared to be the firstdefinitely identified nest reported for the state was illustrated by colorslides taken by F.
Stamm of the adult bird, the nest and young, andthe habitat area.On Saturday morning groups led by Dr. Wilson, Leonard Brecher, A.L.
Powell, and Mrs. Russell Starr drove to the Great Onyx and CrystalCave areas, opened to the K.O.S. By courtesy of the park managementfor field trips.The business session was called to order by Mr. Rhoads at 3:30 p.m.It was moved, seconded, and passed that the minutes of the 1960 FallMeeting stand approved as published in the Kentucky Warbler. The1961THE KENTUCKY WARBLER75minutes of the executive board Meeting of April 8, 1961, were read byMiss Schneider, secretary pro tem.
Rhoads explained the necessarychange in the date of the fall meeting. These minutes were approved asread.Mr. Rhoads reported that after reading the “Wilderness Bill” as men-tioned in the board minutes, he wrote to Senator Williams endorsing thebill, and read his letter and the reply he had received.He reported that the executive board had agreed at its meeting onFriday evening to continue K.O.S.
Membership in Nature Conservancy.The board had also agreed that the numerous invitations to join otherconservation groups would be referred to the members for personalcontributions or memberships if they so chose.Since there was no further old business, Mr. Rhoads called for com-mittee reports. Brecher, chairman of the endowment committee,reported three new life members, bringing the total to 25. He explainedthe advantages of this type of membership and mentioned that fundsfrom life memberships are invested and that the interest received helpssupport the Kentucky Warbler. Stamm gave a comprehensive treas-urer’s report covering the past 13 months rather than the usual twelve-month period.
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(Report attached.) The motion to receive this report, withdeepest thanks to Mr. Stamm for his efficient services over a span ofseveral years, was unanimously approved.The report of the nominating committee was given by A. Powell,chairman, the other members being Dr. Russell Starr and Miss MabelSlack.
The following slate was proposed:President — A. Mayfield, WinchesterVice President — Dr. Russell Starr, GlasgowCorr.
Gillenwater, GlasgowRecording Sec. Schneider, LouisvilleCouncillors — Howard P. Jones, Stamping GroundDr. Lancaster, Bowling Green(Mrs.
Kidwell Grannis, Flemingsburg, and Donald Summerfield,Valley Station, continue to serve another year as councillors.)The motion to accept the slate by acclamation was unanimously approved.Mr. Powell discussed the movement to open the national parks tohunting, and felt that the K.O.S. Should go on record as opposing thismovement. The motion was made, seconded, and passed unanimouslythat the corresponding secretary write to the Secretary of the Interior,Stewart L. Udall, expressing for the K.O.S. Vigorous protest againstopening the national parks to hunting.Mrs. Stamm brought up the fact that two years ago the executiveboard had moved that the K.O.S.
Urge the Kentucky Department of Fishand Wildlife Resources to work for the adoption of the model Hawkand Owl Law. Since the law was not subsequently amended to protectall hawks and owls, Mrs. Stamm moved that the K.O.S. Reiterate itsstand and again advocate the adoption of a model law.
She mentionedthat in some states all hawks and owls are protected because manypeople do not know the protected from the non-protected species. Mr.Powell seconded the motion, with the suggestion that the K.O.S. Actionbe submitted to Minor Clark, commissioner, Department of Fish andWildlife Resources. The motion passed unanimously.76THE KENTUCKY WARBLERVol. Brecher called attention to the Society’s sleeve insignia adoptedseveral years ago. Other members spoke of the advantages of displayingthis insignia. Brecher suggested consideration of a K.O.S.
Carsticker.After Dr. Wilson mentioned the possibility of our being excludedfrom the Chaney as well as from the McElroy farm for the usual springstudy, Miss Slack suggested that because it is difficult for some mem-bers to be away for two week-ends in one month, the spring meetingmight be held in connection with the Wilson Ornithological Society meet-ing at Purdue University, April 6-8. It was agreed that, as has beencustomary, the time and place of the spring K.O.S.
Meeting be deter-mined by the executive board.Mr. Brecher moved a rising vote of thanks to the retiring officers,especially to F. Stamm for his untiring work of four years as treas-urer, corresponding secretary, and for the mailing of the Warbler.Mr. Rhoads entertained a motion to thank the Mammoth Cave man-agement and the Mammoth Cave Hotel for their concern and efficiencyin making our meetings and field trips pleasant and our stay comfort-able.The business session then adjourned. Hs.
H. H. H.The annual dinner was held at 6:45 p.m. In the hotel dining room,Mr. Rhoads presiding. After the introduction of those at the speaker’stable, Dr.
Wilson outlined the field trips planned for Sunday morning.Mr. Albert Ganier presented to the K.O.S. A framed Rex Brasher printwhich had hung in Walnut Log Lodge at Reelfoot Lake since the meetingof the K.O.S. There in the fall of 1934.
It is signed in the lower marginby all the members then attending. Ganier had obtained the printrecently when the old lodge was torn down and now placed it in the careof Mabel Slack, who had been elected secretary at the 1934 meeting.Mr. Rhoads then introduced the speaker of the evening, Mr. BernieSkipworth, a district supervisor of the Kentucky Department of Fishand Wildlife Resources.
After explaining the organization and the workof the department and its various divisions, he showed a sound color mo-tion picture, “The Story of the Mourning Dove,” which gave an excellentlife history of this species, including the courtship behavior, the hazardsof rivalry, weather, and enemies; nest building, incubation, feeding andgrowth of young, banding of nestlings. This phase was followed by asequence on the management and hunting of doves.
After a discussionperiod, the meeting adjourned.The field trip on Sunday morning led by Dr. Wilson across GreenRiver gave everyone the opportunity of seeing the Evening Grosbeakas one of the highlights of the week-end. Several members who stayeduntil Monday had the good fortune to see the Virginia Rail, discoveredby Oscar McKinley Bryens within easy walking distance from the hotel.A total of 54 species was recorded.Respectfully submitted,Evelyn J.