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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 1_026
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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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25 A list of the species of birds which we see. We pass no parks, but there are many trees, especially along St. Mary's Avenue with its many long-established homes. Naturally our lists "on the way down town" are never very long, but often there appear some interesting entries; and all of us being bird enthusiasts, the presence of our feathered friends livens the habitual wayfaring. So: One the way down town: (today; date back there somewhere) western yellowthroat warbling vireo wood thrush dickcissel red-headed woodpecker bluejay house wren indigo bunting rose-breasted grosbeak chimney swift To point out the unusual- there is the dickcissel; a bird definitely of the open spaces as distinguished from a residence section a half-mile from the business center of the city. But there he was, shouting "Chip-chip-chee-chee-chee" (his only opinion as far as I know) from the top of a dead weed in a vacant lot six blocks from the City Hall; far from his habitat but as enthusiastic as ever. - I have let myself"go"to such a length in introducing lists of birds seen "on the way down town" simply to indicate that, depsite their brevity, often they record items of real interest to ornithologists. June 11 At 1:30 in the afternoon Frank and I went the Poor Farm woods; 40th and Poppleton. Our first find was nest of the yellow warbler in an elm, 25 feet from the ground - an unusually high placement or this species. One egg. Nest of dove in the same tree; bird on the nest.
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Rights
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