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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1900_017
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1900
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Date
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1900
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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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17 subjects we are a bit enthusiastic about our photography. Their appetites vary. Some days they will eat little or nothing; again they will fairly stuff away food. We are interested to learn at first hand that they can see perfectly in daylight. They become greatly interested in the movement of flies or ants on the windows or on the floor, watching intently for minutes. They will stare long at any strange object on the floor, assuming a most peculiar attitude, with the head, if they are perching, as low as or lower than the feet. One of them swallowed a dozen dried pease which were on the table; also a five-inch leaf from a lily growing in the room. Apparently this diet did not agree with him, so he regurgitated the whole outfit, along with two or three pieces of beef partly digested. chimney swift bluejay Baltimore oriole red-eyed towhee rose-breasted grosbeak wood pewee warbling vireo scarlet tanager catbird dove robin flicker yellow warbler field sparrow goldfinch Bell's vireo wood thrush chipping sparrow red-headed woodpecker orchard oriole cowbird brown thrasher house wren lark sparrow kingbird olive-backed thrush chickadee bluebird 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fair, warm, windy; fleeting clouds; thunder far northeast. Frank and I went through Redick's Grove to 33d and Poppleton. Had a rare chance to observe a female scarlet tanager at close range-from a distance of eight feet.
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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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