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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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[11 ] June 5 -“ continued Nests examined: red-winged blackbird - 4 4 1 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 0 4 ygs bds Virginia rail - 5 8 coot - 10 7 10 13 9 7 8 8 Forster's terns nesting; nests not examined with i (sic) egg blue-winged teal6; took photograph. Also found nest with young; and one pied-billed grebe - 4 5 long-billed marsh wren - 6 2 yellow-headed blackbird black-crowned night heron; not examined Am. bittern - 2 Species to be added for June 5 ruddy duck marbled godwit black-crowned night heron gadwall spoonbill -making total for Marsh Lake for this date, 24 instead of 19 Also various undetermined sandpipers were seen. June 6 At Little Alkali Lake: horned grebe several unidentified ducks We were interested in the red crustaceans, almost microscopic, found there. At Whitewater Lake: Observations made, but data missing June 7 Spent the morning at Watt's Lake; data missing. In the afternoon we examined the area north of Clear lake. We were very much interested in teh peculiar attitudes assumed by hog-nosed snakes when disturbed. - Examined many of the small land tortoises common here. - long-billed marsh wren coot black tern black-crowned night heron Forster's tern red-winged blackbird yellow-headed blackbird -7 spp.
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Rights
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