Lynds Jones

Lynds Jones (5 January 1865 – 11 February 1951) was an American naturalist, professor and a pioneer in the field of animal ecology.

He introduced academic courses in ornithology and ecology at Oberlin College where he taught for many years.

On 19 May 1900, Jones became the first solo bird-watcher to identify 100 species in a single day, a feat which he also accomplished in Lorain County, with a total of exactly 100.

These "big days" culminated in Jones and two other bird-watchers finding 144 species in Erie County, Ohio, on 13 May 1907, a record which stood until 1929.

[4] Lynds married Clara Mabelle Tallmon, daughter of an older neighbour in Iowa who taught him collection and taxidermy, in 1892.