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You searched for: Start Over Decade 1930-1939 Remove constraint Decade: 1930-1939 Topic Birds--Nests Remove constraint Topic: Birds--Nests Local Collection Name William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley) Remove constraint Local Collection Name: William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley)

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1. Unimak and Bogoslof

Unimak and Bogoslof

Description: Includes title panels Returning to camp -- are we friend or foe?; A nest at the edge of the crater; Far below, on the beach, live the sea lions; and Are you a relative of mine?

2. Kenai and Kodiak

Kenai and Kodiak

Description: Includes title panels Shooting mountain sheep from an ambush; Only Aleuts can fish here; Climbing to the aery of an American eagle; Nearby dinner for young eagles; and A joker somewhere the rest never humped and rolled like this.

3. The Passing of the Marshlands

The Passing of the Marshlands

Description: Includes title panels: The Reclamation Service turns Lower Klamath over to land promoters; Clear Lake Reservation in 1912; A waterfowl refuge partly drained and leased to stockmen; Malheur Lake Reservation in 1915; and A dry lake, no birds and a world of dust.

4. Waterfowl

Description: Includes footage of various birds, including their nesting sites. The film ends with footage of a pet quail and pet duck with the family dog. Includes title panels: "P Ranch, 40 miles of water and marshland, added to Malheur refuge"; "Trapping and banding ducks"; "Winter refuge for waterfowl"; and "A new kind of duck dog".

5. Nighthawk, hunter of the heavens

Nighthawk, hunter of the heavens

Description: Article describing nighthawks, including nests, habitat, and diet. Submitted to the Oregon Journal newspaper.

6. Birds are like people, some are artistically inclined

Birds are like people, some are artistically inclined

Description: Manuscript that focuses on how birds take camouflage into consideration when building nests. Document also comments on how birds' natural coloring is camouflage.

7. The artistic heron of our shorelines

The artistic heron of our shorelines

Description: Article describing blue herons in Oregon, including appearance and habitat. Submitted to the Oregon Journal newspaper.

8. Birds follow ancestral plans in home building

Birds follow ancestral plans in home building

Description: Brief manuscript that comments on how each bird species intrinsically knows how to construct their nests.

9. The wood duck, favorite subject of artists

The wood duck, favorite subject of artists

Description: Article describing the lesser known wood duck, including how their nests are often built in the woods rather than near bodies of water. Submitted to the Oregon Journal newspaper.

10. Blue jays are bold and boisterous

Blue jays are bold and boisterous

Description: Blue jays are the focus of this piece, including observations of a nest on the Finley property. Submitted to the Oregon Journal newspaper.