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Field notes, Myron Swenk, 1911, June-Sept.

Item

identifier/filename
371-00001
title
Field notes, Myron Swenk, 1911, June-Sept.
description
Typescript field notes, page 1, Myron Swenk bird observations on trip to Halsey and Thomas Counties in Nebraska, along entries from Lincoln, Nebraska
Transcription
1911 -F3 July 10-12-1909 Oct 27-29 - 1910 June 7-10-1911 Trip to Halsey, Thomas County. Left Lincoln at 11:a.m. Wednesday June 7, 1911, and arrived at Halsey at 8:20 the same evening. Next morning collected in the sandhills south of the reserve buildings and in the afternoon made studies of the pine-tip moth; on Friday collected in the river valley in the morning and drove a distance up the Loup in the afternoon; on Saturday studied the pine-tip moth situation in the sandhills southwest of the reserve in the morning and collected in the afternoon. Took the evening train for Seneca and returned to Lincoln Sunday, June 11, morning at 1:15. The following birds were observed: 1. Brown Thrasher - Common about the shrubbery along the river near the reserve. 2. Catbird - A few seen along the river. 3. Long-tailed Chat - To be heard about the reserve buildings any time of day or night. Mr. Zimmer found a nest with four eggs June 9. 4. Maryland Yellowthroat - Common in the shrubbery along the river. 5. Black & White Warbler - Mr. Zimmer found this bird at one place in the shrubbery along the Loup. 6. Bell Vireo - Seen once or twice in the thin timber and brush near the river
date
1911
source/RG#/MS#
MS 0371
isPartOf/Collection
Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU), Records
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publisher
Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
language
English
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