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- 1944-07-01
Article describing two baby violet-green swallows who survived an attack from an English sparrow.
Finley, Irene
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Article describing two baby violet-green swallows who survived an attack from an English sparrow.
Finley, Irene
Article describing a family of chickadees.
Finley, Irene
Story describing Cherry, a baby cedar waxwing adopted by the Lewis family.
Finley, Irene
Hunting the greatest living carnivore: In a land over-shadowed by war
The author reflects on the pursuit of capturing a Kodiak bear on film.
Finley, Irene
Fur seals of the Pribilofs: Near neighbors to Japan
Irene Finley describes a trip to a small chain of Alaskan islands to observe the seals that inhabit them.
Finley, Irene
Land-locked salmon of Wallowa Lake
Article describing a trip to Wallowa Lake to observe the current problem of the lake's fish being land locked.
Finley, Irene
Love and life in the bird world
The story is a night time chat between two chats, much to the chagrin of their various neighbors.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript that recounts an adventure that Becky, a bear cub, took with the Finleys and Campbell Church down the McKenzie River.
Finley, Irene
A manuscript that describes the quest to capturing a mother and kid goat on film.
Finley, Irene
The author details in this manuscript the menagerie of pets that have graced her household.
Finley, Irene
This appears to be a rough draft of "Porcupine pets."
Finley, Irene
Dinty, 2nd, one of the fretful race of rodents
A combination of "Dinty, 2nd, one of the fretful race of rodents" and "Porcupine pets."
Finley, Irene
Dinty, 2nd, one of the fretful race of rodents
Some of this manuscript can be found in "Porcupine pets." This document further discusses the second Dinty and how he makes an excellent pet.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript about the porcupine pets kept by the author.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript describing a young robin who ventured out of the nest. Upon the realization that life was not as easy as his parents made it seem, the bird called out to the parents. The mother responded and attended to his needs but he would not return with her to the nest. The father attempted but gave up. Eventually the bird had to learn for himself because the mother would be occupied with a new brood.
Finley, Irene
Leave the bears alone, for your safety and theirs
Manuscript containing excerpts from "Do not feed the bears."
Finley, Irene
Manuscript containing excerpts from "The bear and the boob." The document contains additional tales of interactions between people and bears at Yellowstone National Park.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript describing photographing a mother bear and her cubs.
Finley, Irene
The main purpose of this manuscript is to caution against feeding wild animals, using the bears at Yellowstone Park as an example.
Finley, Irene
An additional draft of "The elusive moose: Shooting as a safe sport."
Finley, Irene
Manuscript describing the exploits of the California quail known as Don Q.
Finley, Irene
The elusive moose: Shooting as a safe sport
Manuscript that recounts the time that Mr. and Mrs. Finley pursued a bull moose to capture photographs.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript where the author shares her observation of the morning, including bird calls.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript describing the call of an owl at night.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript that describes a casual examination of wildlife around the author. Creatures observed include sparrows, rabbits, and robins.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript in which the author offers her observations on three types of birds she has noticed as winter has arrived, including a woodpecker, bluebird, and geese.
Finley, Irene
The duck and the dog continued
This manuscript has two parts. The first is a continuation of the tale of friendship between a dog and duck. The second part of the manuscript is handwritten and gives a background on the author and her work.
Finley, Irene
This manuscript describes when Mrs. Finley took on three different species of baby birds to raise in her home.
Finley, Irene