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identifier/filename
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371-00122a
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title
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Letter, Myron Swenk to Lawrence Bruner, 1904, Apr. 30
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description
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Handwritten letter, 2 pages, from Myron Swenk to Lawrence Bruner, "Well, it is about time I am letting you…"
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Transcription
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MAY 3 1904 Falls City, Nebr. Apr 30 '04. Dear Prof. Bruner:- Well, it is about time I am letting you know about the birds in this region. I am much disappointed, not with the locality, for it gives evidence of a veritable ornithologist's paradise, but with the temporary conditions due to the high water. There is a lot of fine timber along the Nemaha but it cannot at present be approached to within a half mile, so I have been compelled to do most of the work up to this time in the little patches of timber along the Muddy Creek, and on the uplands. However the water is fast receding and I hope soon to get into the deep woods. I have been keeping close migration notes, and to give you some idea of what has been doing this last week in arrivals, I will give some of my first seen dates. Apr 20. Lesser Yellowlegs. Semipalmated Sandpiper Apr 22. Junco last seen; also Pine Finch. Arp 23. House Wren (W) arr. Apr 24. Catbird, Chimney Swift, Bartramian's Sandpiper arr. Apr. 25. Brown Thrasher, arr. Apr. 26. Orchard Oriole, Rosebreasted Grosbeak, Myrtle Warbler, Orange crowned Warbler, Tree Swallow arr. Apr 27. Sora, Kingbird, Grasshopper Sparrow, Northern Yellorthroat, Swamp Sparrow, Longbilled March Wren, arr. Apr. 28. Baltimore Oriole, Yellow Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Wood Thrush, Redstart, Yellowthroated Vireo, Claycolored Sparrow, White throated & White crowned Sparrows, Chipping Sparrow arr. Up to the 26th the cold wet wether kept back the middle migrants, but on that day and since they have been pouring in thick and fast. Some of them surprise me, but the whole list of Apr 28 are birds which will hardly reach Lincoln before the 2 or 3rd of May this year. It merely goes to show how little we really definitely know of these movements.
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date
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4/30/1904
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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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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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