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Title
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Omaha Bird Records, Feb.-May, 1903
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Date
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Feb.-May, 1903
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Frank Shoemaker - Omaha, Lincoln, and Nebraska Narratives
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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2 Conditions in the bird-room are good; all the birds healthy and happy, and nothing striking to record. Of course things are never just the same; I can spend fifteen minutes in the room any day and see things worthy of note. The rose-breasted grosbeaks now have the full spring plummage "“ bright rose breasts, black heads, and the white much purer and better defined than in the winter. Linus, the 13-stripped spermophile is active and healthy. He runs swiftly about the room time and time again, just for the pleasure of the activity. We frequently let him out and he runs all over the rooms, exploring every new thing. He is full of curiousity, and has an odd, faltering way of edging up to a new object of interest, apparently half afraid to advance, yet impelled by that great curiousity. He has lost some weight, but has plenty left. The chipmunk is active, but still with much of his winter reserve, remaining in his box most of the time, though he emerges almost every day. Pixie, the bat, seems to be having trouble with his eyes. The right is very weak and watery, and at times we have feared that he would lose his sight. The left is also affected, but not so seriously. He seems otherwise as well an active as ever, and eats freely. Now and then he essays a flights of a few inches, but the winter inertia is still on, and he can not support his weight in the air. March 5 Despite the fact that Scamper, the chipmunk, has seems so well, we found the little fellow dead in his nest of cotton this morning. There was nothing to indicate what was the trouble; he was peacefully curled up as though asleep. We are sorry to lose him, yet we have always felt that of all our pets he was the least contented. He was mature when
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Rights
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