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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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stopped, and most of the birds were standing still instead of moving about. I did not wish to break up the show, so I very slowly retreated, being careful to make no rapid motions, and tucking in the ends of my scarf so that they would not wave. I reached the point from which I had started, and after standing without movement for a minute or two, the birds resumed the business and the noise which I had interrupted. It was a valued privilege to have a chance to observe this particular climax in the behavior of a species which previously I had contacted generally as a hunter. I watched them for over two hours, and they were still going strong as my train approached. On two other March occasions, in other years, I saw the pinnated grouse again assembled on the same ground. Taverner, in his "Birds of Western Canada," mentions this habit of resorting to the same area year after year for their peculiar antics; and my observations of fifty years ago are corroborative in a small way of his notes published in 1928.
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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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Salt Basin Habitat Notes