Field Notebooks - Gulls, 1952-1953 (2 of 3)

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Contained In: Martin H. Moynihan Papers, 1952-1996

Series: SIA Acc. 01-096

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Moynihan, M.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1952-1953

Notes

This is 2 of 3 folders documenting M. Moynihan's observations of gulls, 1952-1953. Pages are numbered per entry. Entries are dated, though don't always include year; and detail behavior, appearance, and calls of individual, pairs, and groups of gulls. Observations includes sex, time of day, copulation attempts, interactions with other birds, weather, observed aggression, flight, feeding, and panics. Loose notes include counts of unidentified sort, possibly relating to bird calls. Notebook 1 covers March 22-25; notebook 2 March 26-27; notebook 3 April 1 - 3; notebook 4 April 4-6; notebook 5 April 9-13; loose sheets May 1 - 8; notebook 6 May 11-14, 1952; loose notes from February and April 1952; and Loose notes for August 14. Includes sketches of birds, augmenting text. Locations are not stipulated.

Subjects

Animal behavior , Ethology , Field notes , Illustrations , Ornithology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122992