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Title
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Sidney, Banner County, Scotts Bluff, July 30-Aug. 9, 1911
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Date
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July 30-Aug. 9, 1911
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Sandhills Narratives
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Identifier
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27166
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Transcription
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42 • Western chipping sparrow. Common in canyons.; Western lark sparrow. Common in valley and canyons.; Western vesper sparrow. Common in valley.; Western goldfinch. Occasional in canyons.; Crimson-fronted finch. Bull Canyon; old and young; fully a dozen specimens. New species for Nebraska bird-list.; Brewer blackbird. Pumpkin Seed Creek; Long Spring.; Western meadowlark. Common in valley.; Redwing. Pumpkin Seed Creek.; Cowbird. Young being fed by rock wrens, 3d Canyon; mature female seen in vicinity.; Magpie. Common in canyons; several old nests.; Desert horned lark. Abundant. Old nests common in valley.; Trail flycatcher. Common in canyons. Full-grown young.; Western wood pewee. Bull Canyon.; Say phoebe. Common, making life miserable for Krider hawks. Nests found about ledges in canyons and in outbuildings of the valley.; Arkansas flycatcher. Common. Full-grown young.; Kingbird. Fairly common, associating with Arkansas flycatcher.; Broad-tailed hummer. One seen, 3d Canyon.; Red-shafted flicker. Common in canyons.; White-throated rock swift. Common about cliffs, 3d Canyon, Bull Canyon, Hogback Mountains. Full-grown young. Old nesting sites examined.; Western nighthawk. Common in valley.; Kingfisher. One seen at irrigating pond on Pumpkin Seed Creek.; Burrowing owl. Several about prairie-dog town near Harrisburg .
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Rights
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