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

Item

identifier/filename
371-00004
title
Field notes, Myron Swenk, 1911, June-Sept.
description
Typescript field notes, pages 4, Myron Swenk bird observations on trip to Halsey and Thomas Counties in Nebraska, along entries from Lincoln, Nebraska
Transcription
41. Mallard - A flock of 8 seen on a sandbar on the Loup June 10. 42. Black Tern - Several birds supposed to be this species seen from the Halsey depot June 10 flying up the Loup. In addition to these birds actually seen I am informed by the men at the reserve that the Cardinal is present along the Loup in small numbers and winters there! Also that the yellow headed Blackbird is common during migrations, and that the Crow is occasionally seen At Dunning June 7 and in the neighborhood of that pace, Bluewinged Teals were flushed by the train from the ponds and sloughs, and a pair of Whiterumped Sandpipers from a pond. A large dark slow flying bird was seen which might have been a Great Blue Heron but which looked suspiciously like a raven. V plano Plover were seen several times. In the course of conversation Mr. John Hollars who is working on the reserve and who lives near Alliance says that Ravens are not uncommon in the winter about Alliance and that early in May he shot one from a group of four. He was famliar with the Raven in Army service in Arizona. He mentioned particularly the
date
1911
source/RG#/MS#
MS 0371
isPartOf/Collection
Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU), Records
creator/photographer
Swenk, Myron Harmon, 1883-1941
rights
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publisher
Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
language
English
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