Omaha Bird Records, Feb.-May, 1903
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Part of Omaha Bird Records, Feb.-May, 1903
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the Childs’ Point woods. The day was cloudy, windy and cool, or we would have gone
earlier. Our very
| small list of birds is due to | ||||||
| towhee | 6 | the fact that it was too windy | ||||
| robin | 6 | to hear notes well, and to see | ||||
| chickadee | 10 | clearly many of the smaller | ||||
| bluebird | 6 | birds noted. | ||||
| crow | 12 | In the woods near Riverview | ||||
| flicker | 5 | Park we saw an escaped white- | ||||
| cowbird | 3 | tailed deer, and were very glad | ||||
| goldfinch | 30 | to see its animation and grace, | ||||
| sparrow hawk | 1 | enhanced by this moment of free- | ||||
| junco | 15 | dom. It bounded over the bushes | ||||
| Harris’ sparrow | 10 | and uneven places with great | ||||
| chipping sparrow | 3 | leaps, turning its head swiftly | ||||
| tree sparrow | 10 | at any sound, a beautiful pic- | ||||
| ture. I was amused at the way |
in which it jerked its white tail about, and was surprised at the length of that appendage.
The Dutchman who was in pursuit was almost beside himself, and acted very much as
though its escape were our fault. We did not wait to see how or whether he succeeding
in capturing it.
We located a nest of the chickadee, in a stub three feet from the ground, open at the top. The excavation is underway,
not yet ready for nest materials. We also found bluebirds playing around a very promising hole.
Near the Point I brought a great a great bouquet of Dicentra in full bloom and Erythronium in bud, which a boy had picked. We saw no Erythronium in full bloom. Plum trees in full blossom. Little green yet in the woodland. We
took no pictures. Went only as far as the Happy Valley.
- Title
- Omaha Bird Records, Feb.-May, 1903
- Description
- Frank Shoemaker - Omaha, Lincoln, and Nebraska Narratives
- Identifier
- 27352