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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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[6 ] May 30 -“ continued In Trout Lake valley grasshopper sparrow Nests found; Forster's tern Red-winged blackbird in sequence as red-winged blackbird found -4 2 4 0 3 1 4, yellow-headed blackbird yellow-headed blackbird - 4 4 blue-winged teal Virginia rail -9 fresh, 7 incubated wn meadowlark gadwall - 9. Sennett's nighthawk black tern - 1. marsh hawk Am. bittern - 4. long-billed marsh wren Forster's tern and pied-billed grebe also black tern nesting, but not examined. yellowthroat A nest of the American bittern with 4 eggs black tern was just above water level, lined with fine Virginia rail grasses Am. bittern Nest of gaswall also was lined with grass. swamp sparrow The nests of Virginia rail were lined with gadwall coarser grasses. pied-billed grebe We flushed a flock of 13 prairie chickens mallard and were able to note carefully here, as at Clear ring-billed gull Lake earlier in the day, that the species is defi- prairie chicken -20 spp. nitely the prairie chicken; not the sharp-tailed grouse, which also occurs in this area. On the way back to Stilwell's Ranch on Hackberry Lake Bartramian sandpiper dove kingbird wn vesper n/5 -4 spp. May 31 Clear; air cold; north wind. Hackberry Lake in the morning, using a boat. No list of birds made. A visit to a nesting colony of Forster's terns near the north shore, afforded the following data, number of eggs recorded in sequence as found: 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 pipped 3 1 3 on old house of muskrat. Nests of rushes, placed 4 to 6 inches above water; cup [sic] 1 inch deep, 5 inches across. Black tern - 1 1; nests of similar construction and placement, shallower. Yellowheaded blackbirds' nests numerous. Saw ruddy ducks on Hackberry. Monahan's Lake in afternoon; no bird list. Found completed nest of western lark sparrow.
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Rights
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