Omaha Bird Records, Feb.-May, 1903
Item
14
wonders never cease. I have seen men leading dogs and dogs leading men; but never
before have I seen a man leading a cat. Here he came, with the vast yearn of the mentally
incompetent to find something, anything, interesting in this bare life. The birds
set up a plaintive whistle, and I hastened to the cat-leader to set forth in cool
politeness, hiding a boil of wrath, the ethics of the case as I saw them, and to urge
him to cat-lead in another direction. He was entirely agreeable and friendly, and
I flatter myself that I appeared so.
Heard the eastern meadowlark in the fields to the south.
| Noon. — Elizabeth, Miss Weaver, | ||||||
| eastern meadow lar, | Trostler and I, started | |||||
| prairie horned lark | 6 | for Albright. It began to | ||||
| robin | 10 | sprinkle before we got there, | ||||
| tree sparrow | 10 | and I questioned the advisability | ||||
| towhee | 10 | of going farther until | ||||
| field sparrow | 10 | the weather gave promise of | ||||
| crow | 10 | improvement; but Elizabeth is | ||||
| chickadee | 10 | harder to head off than a | ||||
| cardinal | 10 | prairie fire, and we kept on. | ||||
| downy woodpecker | 10 | Half way down the long path to | ||||
| chipping sparrow | 10 | the bottomlands the rain began, | ||||
| red-tailed hawk | 10 | and it was the real thing. | ||||
| osprey | 10 | It seemed best to remain quietly | ||||
| great blue heron | 10 | under the umbrella for a | ||||
| flicker | 10 | time, but as that was poor | ||||
| broad-winged hawk | 10 | protection for two girls we finally | ||||
| turkey vulture | 10 | went on, and a hundred yards | ||||
| phoebe | 10 | farther along found a cave which | ||||
| bluebird | 10 | was a real protection. Perversity | ||||
| chimney swift | 10 | dictated that as soon as | ||||
| cowbird | 10 | we were snugly stowed in this | ||||
| red-winged blackbird | 10 | the rain should stop, which it | ||||
| ducks sp. | 10 | did, and we went on. The rest |
- Title
- Omaha Bird Records, Feb.-May, 1903
- Date
- Feb.-May, 1903
- Creator
- Frank Shoemaker
- Description
- Frank Shoemaker - Omaha, Lincoln, and Nebraska Narratives
- Identifier
- 321301
- Transcription
- 14 wonders never cease. I have seen men leading dogs and dogs leading men; but never before have I seen a man leading a cat. Here he came, with the vast yearn of the mentally incompetent to find something, anything, interesting in this bare life. The birds set up a plaintive whistle, and I hastened to the cat-leader to set forth in cool politeness, hiding a boil of wrath, the ethics of the case as I saw them, and to urge him to cat-lead in another direction. He was entirely agreeable and friendly, and I flatter myself that I appeared so. Heard the eastern meadowlark in the fields to the south. Noon. - Elizabeth, Miss Weaver, eastern meadow lar, Trostler and I, started prairie horned lark 6 for Albright. It began to robin 10 sprinkle before we got there, tree sparrow 10 and I questioned the advisability towhee 10 of going farther until field sparrow 10 the weather gave promise of crow 10 improvement; but Elizabeth is chickadee 10 harder to head off than a cardinal 10 prairie fire, and we kept on. downy woodpecker 10 Half way down the long path to chipping sparrow 10 the bottomlands the rain began, red-tailed hawk 10 and it was the real thing. osprey 10 It seemed best to remain quietly great blue heron 10 under the umbrella for a flicker 10 time, but as that was poor broad-winged hawk 10 protection for two girls we finally turkey vulture 10 went on, and a hundred yards phoebe 10 farther along found a cave which bluebird 10 was a real protection. Perversity chimney swift 10 dictated that as soon as cowbird 10 we were snugly stowed in this red-winged blackbird 10 the rain should stop, which it ducks sp. 10 did, and we went on. The rest
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- Site pages
- Frank H. Shoemaker, "Omaha Bird Records"
