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Thedford Bird Records, Thomas County, Nebraska, May 27-June 10, 1903

Item

Frank Shoemaker - Omaha, Lincoln, and Nebraska Narratives
Title
Thedford Bird Records, Thomas County, Nebraska, May 27-June 10, 1903
Date
Feb.-May, 1903
Creator
Frank Shoemaker
Description
Frank Shoemaker - Omaha, Lincoln, and Nebraska Narratives
Identifier
321301
Transcription
[12 ] June 8 In the morning to Dewey Lake wn meadowlark Forster's tern mallard pied-billed grebe bobolink Wilson's phalarope yellow-headed blackbird Bertramian sandpiper red-winged blackbird blue-winged teal lark bunting killdeer Arkansas kingbird -13 14 spp. -completed nest of wn vesper sparrow, no eggs. In the afternoon At Little Alkali: prairie horned lark prairie chicken Wilson's phalarope bluebill green-winged teal grasshopper sparrow barn swallow blue-winged teal Sennett's nighthawk wn meadowlark yellow-headed blackbird lark bunting red-winged blackbird widgeon sparrow hawk -15 spp. kangaroo mice seen as we disturbed pile of dead tules. At Dad's Lake red-winged blackbird Wilson's phalarope wn meadowlark mallard yellow-heded blackbird killdeer bluebill black-crowned night heron prairie horned lark blue-winged teal grasshopper sparrow In sandhills south of Dad's Lake: wn meadowlark grasshopper sparrow wn vesper sparrow prairie chicken -15 spp. salamanders - "alkali dogs" - common in shallows of alkaline water at Dad's Lake
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