Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding the Biological Survey, photography, and nests, October 19, 1927
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Correspondence
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Bird surveys Birds--Nests Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Photography of birds Water birds Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Snakes--Behavior
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1927-10-19
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated October 19, 1927. Rosene says that he is going to help the Biological Survey with the Waterfowl Census. He then discusses his recent bird photography efforts and describes seeing a garter snake attempting to eat a Meadowlark, and collecting a Hummingbird nest containing one full-grown Hummingbird youth who was still not flight ready.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Boone County Long Pond
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Lantern slide and photograph of a Barred Owl nest in a dead tree trunk
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1928-03-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A dead tree trunk with a Barred Owl nest located inside a hollow opening, March 19, 1928. Slide originally titled "Dead Tree with Barred Owl Nest." Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Barred Owl
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding Barred Owl observations and Goose identification, April 11, 1928
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Food Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Water birds
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1928-04-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated April 11, 1928. Rosene discusses his observations of a Barred Owl, how he identifies geese, and some recent sightings.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Barred Owl Snow Goose Canada Goose
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Ogden Boone County Long Pond
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Narrative and photographs of a Bobwhite Quail tragedy
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Photographs Narratives (literary works)
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Birds--Nests Eggs--Incubation Birds--Mortality Birds--Anecdotes
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1928-06-08
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1928-07-08
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Details and photographs of a Bobwhite Quail nest with twenty-four eggs, eighteen of which were hatched by a Japanese Silkie Leghorn hen, after the mother Bobwhite died from eating poisoned corn, June 8-July 8, 1928.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Northern Bobwhite
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Ogden
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Lantern slide and photograph of a male Baltimore Oriole sitting by a nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1928-06-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A male Baltimore Oriole sitting by a nest fifteen feet up in a box elder tree, June 25, 1928. Slide originally titled "Baltimore Oriole at Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Baltimore Oriole
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Lantern slide and photograph of a male Baltimore Oriole at a nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1928-06-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A male Baltimore Oriole sitting by a nest built fifteen feet up in a box elder tree on John Nylander's yard in Ogden, June 25, 1928. Slide originally titled "Baltimore Oriole at Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Baltimore Oriole
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Ogden
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Lantern slide and photograph of a female Baltimore Oriole at a nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1928-06-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A female Baltimore Oriole sitting by a nest that is hanging from a tree branch, June 25, 1928. Slide originally titled "Baltimore Oriole at Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Baltimore Oriole
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Lantern slide and photograph of a large basswood tree with Red-tailed Hawk nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1929-05-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A large basswood tree in Charles Stamp timber with a ladder leaning next to the trunk, May 16, 1929. A Red-tailed Hawk nest is located 47 feet up in the tree branches. Slide originally titled "Site of the Red-Tailed Hawk Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Boone County
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Lantern slide and photograph of a Meadowlark near a nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies
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1929-06-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Meadowlark standing by a nest, located on the Brady Ranch in Atkinson, Nebraska, June 5, 1929. Slide originally titled "Meadowlark Near Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Atkinson
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Lantern slide and photograph of a Meadowlark approaching a nest with food
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies
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1929-06-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Meadowlark approaching a nest with a large mouthful of food, June 5, 1929. The nest was located on the Brady Ranch in Fort Atkinson, Nebraska. Slide originally titled "Meadowlark at Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Atkinson
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Lantern slide and photograph of a Chipping Sparrow at her nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1929-06-14
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Chipping Sparrow at her nest that contains young birds waiting to be fed, June 14, 1929. The nest is in a cedar tree that is about five feet high. Slide originally titled "Chipping Sparrow at Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Chipping Sparrow
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Photograph of a Mockingbird nest in a grape vine
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Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1929-06-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The first Mockingbird nest ever found in Polk County, June 25, 1929. The nest was built in a wild grape vine on the Ed R. Fiske farm, located southwest of Des Moines. Photograph originally titled "Nest of Mockingbirds." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Northern Mockingbird
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Polk County
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Lantern slide and photograph of a Migrant Shrike sitting on a nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1930-05-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Migrant Shrike sitting on a nest that contains six eggs, May 8, 1930. Slide originally titled "Migrant Shrike Nest." Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Loggerhead Shrike
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Ogden
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Lantern slide and photograph of a male Wilson's Phalarope sitting on a nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1930-05-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A male Wilson's Phalarope sitting on a nest that is located in Cherry County, Nebraska, May 31, 1930. Slide originally titled "Wilson's Phalarope–Female on Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Wilson's Phalarope
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Cherry County
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Lantern slide of a covered Pied-billed Grebe nest
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Lantern slides
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Birds--Nests
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1930-05-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A covered Pied-billed Grebe nest located in Cherry County, Nebraska, May 30, 1930. Slide originally titled "Pied Billed Grebe Nest." Rosene provides details on slide.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Pied-billed Grebe
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Cherry County
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Lantern slide and photograph of a Long-billed Marsh Wren nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1930-06-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Long-billed Marsh Wren nest located in Cherry County, Nebraska, June 5, 1930. Slide originally titled "Long-billed Marsh Wren Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Marsh Wren
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Cherry County
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Lantern slide and photograph of an American Bittern sitting on a nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests Eggs--Incubation
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1930-06-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An American Bittern sitting on nest that contains four eggs with her bill pointed straight up, located in Cherry County, Nebraska, June 7, 1930. Slide originally titled "Bittern on Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Bittern
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Cherry County
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding Prairie Chicken pictures, November 21, 1930
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Correspondence
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Photography of birds Predation (Biology) Snakes--Behavior
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1930-11-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated November 21, 1930. Rosene updates DuMont with Iowa ornithologist news and recounts his trip to Nebraska where he photographed Prairie Chickens and other birds.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Avocet American Bittern Grasshopper Sparrow Greater Prairie-Chicken Long-billed Curlew Wilson's Phalarope Red-eyed Vireo
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Ledges State Park Nebraska
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 12, 1931
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Photography of birds
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1931-04-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated April 12, 1931. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge with Bob Walker.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Red-tailed Hawk White-breasted Nuthatch Vesper Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Great Horned Owl Ruby-crowned Kinglet Belted Kingfisher Northern Harrier Mallard
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Boone County
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 3, 1931
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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1931-05-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 3, 1931. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Boone County with Bob Walker between 6:00 and 11:30.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Clay-colored Sparrow Barred Owl Marsh Wren American Pipit Lark Sparrow Yellow Warbler Bank Swallow
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Boone County
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Lantern slide and photograph of a Chipping Sparrow on her nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1931-05-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Chipping Sparrow sitting on her nest in a red cedar tree, May 30, 1931. A note on the slide border reads "This was a very poor fellow." Slide originally titled "Chipping Sparrow on Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Chipping Sparrow
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Walter Rosene bird arrival notepad, 1931-1933
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Ornithology--Methodology
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1931-06-01
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1933-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A notepad that Walter Rosene used to record bird arrival dates from 1931-1933. Also includes notes on observations of bird nests and eggs as well as descriptions of miscellaneous photographs (not included).
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Cooper's Hawk Blue Jay Great Horned Owl Louisiana Waterthrush
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Van Buren County Boone County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Rock Wren at Des Moines in 1902
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1931-10-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Rock Wrens at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on June 30, 1902. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Polk County, Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Lester P. Fagan.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Rock Wren
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Des Moines
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 8, 1932
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests
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1932-04-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated April 8, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Boone County between 7:00 and 10:30.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Vesper Sparrow Field Sparrow Eastern Phoebe Hairy Woodpecker Black-capped Chickadee Dark-eyed Junco Downy Woodpecker Eastern Screech-Owl
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Boone County
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Photograph of an observation tower next to a tree with a Great Horned Owl nest
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Photographs
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Bird watchers Birds--Nests
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1932-04-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Four unidentified people standing at the base of an observation tower, located near the North Bridge, April 9, 1932. The tower was being used to observe a Great Horned Owl nest that was built in an old Crow's nest in an aspen tree 27 feet high. Photograph originally titled "Tower and Horned Owl Nest." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Great Horned Owl
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Boone County
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