Walkinshaw, Lawrence H, Lawrence H. Walkinshaw Papers, c. 1916-1991
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 6 Folder 3
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Michigan
Jackson
Chippewa
Oceana
Kalamazoo
Muskegon
Clinton
Washtenaw
Schoolcraft
Crawford
Calhoun
Date Range:
1973-1984
Start Date:
1973
End Date:
1984
Abstract:
The field notes document the bird banding work of L. Walkinshaw completed in Michigan, 1973-1974. Includes first bird observation for Michigan listing number, date, type, quantity, locations (county, township, section or organization like sanctuary) April - October; data from Sandhill Crane trips (number, date, amount of time observed, time of day observed, miles walked, cranes observed, and location); Crane nests with location, nest number, quantity of eggs laid and hatched, and fledglings; detailed descriptions of birds nests with type of bird, location, nest (location, environment, measurements), parents (behavior), eggs (quantity, measurements, weight), fledglings, and fellow observers; and bird band data organized by type of bird with number, date, time, band number, weight, measurements. Ends with a summary of 1984 Kirtland's Warbler tour season. Some sections of the document have page numbers. Locations in Michigan include (but not limited to) Haehnle sanctuary, and the counties of Jackson, Chippewa, Oceana, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Clinton, Washtenaw, Schoolcraft, Crawford, and Calhoun.
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