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Title
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The Omaha Bird Room
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Date
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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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[Page 14] The bird population at the present time consists of the following species: 2 Baltimore orioles, males 2 rose-breasted grosbeaks, males 2 English sparrows, males 1 cardinal grosbeak, female 1 wood thrush, male 1 catbird, female 1 chickadee, male (?) 1 Japanese robin (the bird-store name), female The elder of the orioles, which we have named Olus, was taken from a nest of three young on July 5, 1899; 3½ years old. -The younger oriole, Goldie, was picked up in dangerous proximity to a cat and brought to us by a friend; now 1½ years old. The bird when found was barely old enough to make short flights. The home nest could not be located, as the parent birds were not seen. The rose-breasted grosbeaks are brothers, taken from the nest early in July, 1900; now 2½ years old. They early and fairly earned their named: Dogan and Duffer. From the sixth week after their taking, we have been unable to distinguish one from the other except by careful scrutiny; no greater similarity would seem possible in tow birds as regards appearance, actions, habits, likes, dislikes, and vocal offerings. They are very sociable and follow each other about the whole time, in entire harmony except during the mating season, when each blames the other for not being a lady, and then they fight like pirates.
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Rights
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The Omaha Bird Room