This manuscript discusses the importance of tracking migration of ducks by placing an aluminum band. Phillip A. DuMont ran the trapping and banding station at the Malheur Lake Reservation.
Photograph of a clown posing with a duck hitched to a tiny sulky with a doll seated inside. The clown is unidentified but may be a performer with the Al G. Barnes Circus. The number 11 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image.
The handwritten manuscript features a rough draft of "Bird lives" as well as other manuscripts that most likely were broken up into different manuscripts later.
Correspondence discussing upcoming lectures, including Finley's lecture, "Getting personal with mountain lions." A newspaper clipping discussing debate over the length of duck hunting season is included.
Photograph of ducks swimming in a rectangular pool surrounded by a fence. The ducks and pool may have been part of an exhibit at the annual Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland.
Manuscript relating a conversation with H. S. Rowe, who along with Mr. Harrison, owned a large number of acres of land on Sauvie's Island, which happened to be excellent for duck hunting. Mr. Rowe went hunting in the year of 1907 with his son and netted the allotted amount of birds. Further comments about the plentiful number of birds for sport are included in the document. Later in 1913, a protection for migratory birds passed and closed down the hunting season. The author commented that despite the season being closed for 22 years, the number of ducks have not returned to previous numbers.
Manuscript describing the unintentional traps that had been made by telephone wires set up by the California-Oregon Power Company. It greatly affected the ducks in the area of Klamath Falls. The area that is discussed was set up for ducks with a type of botulism so that they could restore themselves back to health.
