Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
Physical Description:
1 notebook
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 135 Folder 2
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
Woodridge
Georgetown
Bladensburg
Four Mile Run
West Virginia
United States
Date Range:
1913
Start Date:
19130228
End Date:
19130816
Abstract:
Wetmore records observations of birds in the Washington D.C. area in 1913. Notes are written in a notebook supplied by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Observation are made mostly during the summer, and include sites around the USDA grounds, Woodridge, Virginia side of the Aqueduct Bridge [site of Francis Scott Key Bridge], Georgetown, Chesapeake Beach, Bladensburg, Four-Mile Run, and West Union, West Virginia. There is one entry on March 29th in Lawrence, Kansas. Entries consist of journal style entries, occasionally bird counts. Most of the notebook is blank.
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