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identifier/filename
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371-00005
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title
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Field notes, Myron Swenk, 1911, June-Sept.
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description
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Typescript field notes, pages 5, Myron Swenk with bird observations on trip to Halsey and Thomas Counties in Nebraska, along entries from Lincoln, Nebraska
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Transcription
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[1911] white bars of the feathers on the neck so that there is no doubt but that the bird shot was the Whitenecked Raven (Corvis cryptoleucus)! Trip to Curtis, Fronteier County. Left Lincoln at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday June 28 arriving in Holdrege at 10:20 and speding the night there, then on to Curtis the next morning where we arrived at 11:30 a.m. Accompanied by J. T. Zimmer. Thursday, a terrible day, temperature 110 degrees and hot south gale. After sundown autoed southwest along Medicine Creek. Friday morning June 30 left hotel at 8:00 a.m. and autoed south and east, reaching Stockville. Covered about 40 miles, reaching hotel at Curtis shortly before noon. The following birds seen on these trips: 1. Chickadee - 1 seen in Medicine Creek bottom, June 29. 2. Western Mockinbird - Several seen between Curtis and Stockville, June 30. 3. White-rumped Skrike - 7 woar twice seen along road, same as above. 4. Barn Swallow.- One seen on fence along Medicine Creek, June 29. ?5. Long-tailed Chat - Thought to have been heard from Lake View hotel early on morning of June 30. 6. Brewer Blackbird. Zimmer saw 3 or 4,
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date
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1911
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source/RG#/MS#
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MS 0371
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isPartOf/Collection
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Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU), Records
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creator/photographer
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Swenk, Myron Harmon, 1883-1941
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rights
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For copyright information, please contact the repository.
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publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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language
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English
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extracted text
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