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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 24] ness for weeks. But however awful a thing may be, she can not stay away from it; her curiosity outweighs her fear. . . . Far be it from this modest scribe to state whether this characteristic was given any weight in reaching a conclusion as to the sex of this funny bird. All of the birds (except the sparrows) enjoy the bath, but none so much as the wood thrush. Many times a day he hops into the pan and revels in a very wet bath. His favorite time for bathing, however, is during the evening. He generally takes a final souse at ten or eleven o'clock, when the only light is that which shines from the adjoining room. He is quite a night bird, and moves about and sings after the others are at rest. The Jap is very methodical about her bath, having a practically invariable way of attending to the matter. First she alights upon the handle of the rectangular pan -always the south handle; then hops, always to the left, alighting upon the edge of the pan; then into the water, where she flutters her wings just once; then hopes to the south handle, shakes herself vigorously, scratches her head first with the right and then with the left foot, and completes the performance by turning around, ready for another dip. This she repeats five or occasionally six times, with rarely a variation in the minutest detail. Occasionally, however, she indulges in a second-hand bath by perching upon the edge of the pan while another bird is splashing the water about.
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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The Omaha Bird Room