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Title
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Salt Basin Habitat Notes
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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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1902 Transcript Omaha area June 22 Found a nest of catbird among weeds which fill in the area occupied by numerous young volunteer cottonwoods at the lower end of the vacant lots next door. It is placed upon a bunch of last year's stalks, thus being supported solely by dead weeds; but they are firm enough that I believe the structure will last the necessary time. There are no eggs, and I did not see a catbird about. One pair of catbirds has persistently occupied the wooded lot for several weeks. About a month ago I found the nest which apparently had been robbed; it was placed in the upper part of a wild black currant bush, 3 feet from the ground. - Two weeks ago I was watching a nest 75 feet from the placement of the first nest, visiting it about every day; it was 8 feet from the ground among grapevines supported by a tall shrub, and finally held 3 eggs. These disappeared, and there were indications of marauding boys: the weeds trampled, the vined twisted and pulled, the empty nest tilted to one side. - The third nest, found today, is 100 feet from the site of the last one described. June 24 The catbird's nest contains 1 egg. I did not see either bird. June 26 Three eggs in the catbird's nest. I approached very carefully this evening and from a distance saw a bird on the nest; it slipped off and disappeared. It is quite contrary to the ordinary state of affairs about a catbird's nest that three visits, two of them after
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Rights
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Salt Basin Habitat Notes