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Title
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Thedford Bird Records, Thomas County, Nebraska, May 27-June 10, 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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[5 ] May 30 Clearing. Chill north wind, not strong, rest of the day. We enjoyed our first fairly extended trip. At Clear Lake western meadowlark Clear Lake. circular and small, is one of black tern the most alkaline of the lakes in this Cherry killdeer county group. This is remarkable since only wn vesper sparrow a mile to the west, lies Hackberry Lake, with turkey vulture fresher water than any other. dove Had my first, and therefore most impressive, Forster's tern opportunity to sense the depth of investive yellow-headed blackbird expressed by Forster's terns in welcoming field sparrow visiters; never a syllable except downright barn sparrow profanity. They are lovely and graceful birds - red-winged blackbird but, such language! blue-winged teal Found n/4 of the killdeer, deserted for some pied-billed grebe rason beyond knowledge. Dr. Wolcott too the Sennett's nighthawk set, which proved to be unincubated. black-crowned night heron A nest of the western vesper sparrow with prairie chicken very young birds, on a vegetated sand slope pintail 50 feet above the lake level. spotted sandpiper Barn swallows are beginning to build about pectoral sandpiper deserted shacks, which are too common in this Am. bittern -20 spp. country cruel to agricultural effort; each is an emblem of human despair Found and excavated another lycosid tunnel in sand near the shore of the lake; 8 inches deep, which is near water level. At Willow Lake black tern A nest of the pied-billed grebe, with 7 eggs yellow-headed blackbird nearly hatched Sennett's nighthark Rare Forster's terns again put on a show, prairie horned lark affording me several cuss-words not before lark bunting noted. blue-winged teal red-winged blackbird Across to Trout Lake Forster's tern coot grasshopper sparrow Nest of wn meadowlark; killdeer wn meadowlark 5 half-fledged young. wn meadowlark -2 spp. Another lycosid tunnel. barn swallow 200 feet above water, 9 inches deep. pied-bill grebe -12 spp.
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Rights
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