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Lecture that focuses on the trip mentioned in both "Malheur" and "White heron search."
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
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Lecture that focuses on the trip mentioned in both "Malheur" and "White heron search."
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
An additional draft of "Follow the trails."
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
An additional draft of "The weaver of the west."
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Manuscript detailing observations of birds, searching for white herons, and lecturing on bird life.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Manuscript that depicts a lake trip in which two white herons were spotted and the author fell into the lake when coming face to face with a delegation of waterfowl. Small excerpt from "Home life of birds".
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Brief manuscript outlining what the topics of the article will be.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Manuscript that appears to be another copy of "The witches' garden."
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Manuscript detailing characteristics of birds who frequent a pond, as well as the joys and disappointments of photography. A second manuscript describes a red-tailed hawk. Additional excerpts are included from other manuscripts, including "Vigor's wren."
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
The black-capped chickadee is a good acrobat
Short manuscript that describes chickadees in a light and heartwarming manner.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Renting houses for songs and birds everyone should know
Document that contains two manuscripts. The first is on the subject of housing for birds, including bird box homes. The second is primarily focused on swallows.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Manuscript that laments the lack of well made and accurate fish ladders and fish pathways.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
An additional rough draft of "Warbler ways."
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
A rough draft of "Bush-tit." The last page appears to belong to another manuscript.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
A work of fiction by the Finley's daughter, Phoebe.
Finley, Phoebe Katherine
Paved highways and good trout stream do not mix
This manuscript rallies against building paved roads along streams because this creates easy access and an opening to abuse the resources found in the stream. This document focuses mainly on overfishing in regards to the trout population. Later in the document, the author argues against a highway being built along the Rogue River because this will negatively affect the stream, both in health and fish populations.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
This manuscript describes the author's interaction with a pine squirrel. The squirrel is compared to the other types of squirrels that are present in that area.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Manuscript describing the difficulty of life in the desert, especially for birds.
Finley, Irene
Roadrunners of the Arizona desert
Manuscript recounting a roadtrip where Irene Finley and her daughter, Phoebe Katherine, spotted a roadrunner.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript that delves into the perplexing animal that is ring-tailed cat or ringtail. A cousin of the raccoon, the animal can be found in the southwestern part of the Americas from Mexico to southern Oregon. The animal has a strange appearance and prefers to hunt mice and small game. The animal is an omnivore and emits a musky smell.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
The fur seals of the Pribilofs
The manuscript discusses fur seals as well as other coastal animal life, including auklets, shrews, and lemmings.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Manuscript describing the disappearance of robin eggs by a small group of chipmunk bandits.
Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
Manuscript describing the addition of a long-tailed chat to the author's local forest.
Finley, Irene
An additional copy of "Foxy, the pet deer" where the animal appears to be tame and accepting of human interaction.
Finley, Irene
The manuscript tells a story about a toad that has slept for six months and has awoken to create progeny and feed himself.
Finley, Irene
Manuscript where the author shares her observation of the morning, including bird calls.
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
Manuscript about the porcupine pets kept by the author.
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