Omaha Bird Records, Feb.-May, 1903
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| rose-br. grosbeak | to offer, so to save his feelings | |||||
| phoebe | we kept on. He directed us to a | |||||
| downy woodpecker | tent a half mile farther up the | |||||
| wood pewee | valley. Before we had gone a | |||||
| warbling vireo | hundred yards the rain come down | |||||
| Grinnell’s water thr. | in sheets, but we plodded along | |||||
| black—&—wh.warbler | to the tent, where we were welcomed | |||||
| chickadee | heartily, though there | |||||
| catbird | were nine people in it! — a woodchopper | |||||
| ovenbird | his wife, six children, | |||||
| Kentucky warbler | and his father. A great stove | |||||
| cardinal | generously fed with dry oak wood | |||||
| olive-b. thrush | contributed greatly to our comfort. | |||||
| barn swallow | A wetting never has any terrors | |||||
| robin | to me, so I took a long | |||||
| wm. meadowlark | walk in the rain, enjoying it | |||||
| prairie horned lark | thoroughly. The birds did not | |||||
| lark sparrow | ||||||
| mind it in the least, and kept up |
their singing every minute. I found a few morels
In passing through the valley in our wild race for shelter, we barely took time to
run our fingers into the three chickadees’ nests, finding all occupied.
We left the tent at 3:45, cut across the clearing to Childs’ house, followed the road
to the railroad track adn that to Albright, where we took the street car to Omaha.
It was rather a wrecked day, but after all we enjoyed it.
May 12
Mr. Van Sant has been training our juvenile sparrow, and it flied clear across the
room to alight upon our fingers or shoulders. Not a sign of fear. It has a pretty
little note of contentment when cuddled in our hands.
- Title
- Omaha Bird Records, Feb.-May, 1903
- Description
- Frank Shoemaker - Omaha, Lincoln, and Nebraska Narratives
- Identifier
- 27361