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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 1_012
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 1
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Date
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1899
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Creator
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Elizabeth Van Sant
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Description
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Elizabeth Van Sant transcribed letters
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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11 At Kansas City, Missouri 8:15 to 1 p.m. May 5 flicker catbird chimney swift goldfinch bluejay wood pewee house wren white-throated sparrow robin bronzed grackle warbling vireo orchard oriole Baltimore oriole Bell's vireo turkey vulture white-eyed vireo red-headed woodpecker Carolina nuthatch wood thrush chickadee brown thrasher kingbird indigo bunting Tennessee warbler rose-breasted grosbeak crested flycatcher mourning dove spotted sandpiper red-eyed vireo Wilson's thrush Maryland yellowthroat chipping sparrow lark sparrow yellow warbler dickcissel cedar waxwing Harris' sparrow ruby-crowned kinglet black-and-white creeping bluebird warbler tufted titmouse cowbird unidentified hawk scarlet tanager (43 identified) Arriving in Kansas City on an early train, after breakfast I boarded a streetcar which would carry me to the outskirts of the city. I was so fortunate as to find a beautiful stretch of woods extending back toward the river for a half mile, ending abruptly in a rugged, rocky bluff, with a cold shady spring gushing out of the rocks. The day was cloudy, making it somewhat difficult to use the glasses to advantage. The event of the day was the finding of a new bird - an event that grows more and more rare with every year of bird study. The note first attracted my attention, a clear "wheet wheet wheet" - the most prominent note in the deep part of the woods. The bird was small, with a decided crest. In action it was much like the chickadee, hanging to twigs in the same manner. The upper parts were rusty, the lower parts ashy, and the chin darker. A reference to the key confirmed my suspicion that it was the tufted titmouse.
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Rights
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