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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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[9] June 2 - continued At Valentine - bird list continued yellowthroat Bell's vireo chipping sparrow kingbird orchard oriole brown thrasher catbird cuckoo sp. red-winged blackbird kingfisher black-headed grosbeak rough-winged sparrow spotted sandpiper red-eyed vireo goldfinch killdeer bobwhite wn lark sparrow -33 spp. A nest of eastern kingbird building. - A nest of brown thrasher with 4 eggs. - A nest of black-headed grosbeak, 4 eggs, 30 feet up in elm over creek; nest made of dead fines, weedstems and rootlets, much like that of rose-breasted grosbeak. - A nest of yellow warbler. At Frederick's Peak: rock wren blue grosbeak Sennett's nighthawk Bartramian sandpiper Baltimore oriole barn swallow wn warbling vireo bronzed grackle -8 spp. Found a nest of the morning dove, with 2 incubated eggs. June 3 At Valentine: western lark sparrow long-tailed chickadee wn field sparrow yellow-shafted flicker black-and-whtie creeper -5 spp. On the drive south: desert horned lark; nest by road, lined with grasses; 3 eggs. western lark sparrow; nest under rose bush, made of grasses, weedstems, red-headed woodpecker (lined with rootlets and horsehair wn lark sparrow; a nest with 3 eggs bank swallows: a colony turkey vulture rock wren Say's phoebe Cliff swallow colony near Gordon indigo bunting red-tailed hawk, carrying a snake Bartramian sandpiper blue grosbeak (near Simeon) wn vesper sparrow -13 spp.
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Rights
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