UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 
ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN, U. S. A. 
MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY 
Dr. Mexander Wetmore 
U. S. National ifiiseum 
Washington 25 , D. C. 
May 10, 1951 
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Dear WetmoreJ 
I am delisted to learn that you will be able to come out to Michigan 
in June. It will give me the greatest pleasure and I am sure I can show you some 
interesting country and good birds. Yo\ir proposed schedule seems a sound one, but 
do not cut your time in Detroit too close. The Willow Run Airport is more than 20 
miles out from the Detroit railroad terminal (N. T. Central) and that takes time, 
even though a considerable part of the run is on a super-hi^way. 
You will need only your personal field clothing and equipment and collecting 
"tools". I will have a car and the roads are good and the distances not great. 
So we shall have comfortable sleeping quarters in tourist cabins or State Conser¬ 
vation Department regional headquarters. While I think of it, do bring a warm 
coat and gloves. We could have a really cold day or two. And I mean coldl I've 
seen heavy frost and even snow flakes in June up there. We also could have roasting 
hot weatherl 
I have written about a completely xmrestricted permit for you and I anticipate 
no difficulty. I'll write you if we need to have you fill in any little blank — 
or "blanket", as the Swedes called it. 
I am going north about June 7 amd any time after that will be fine. Other 
things being equal, I would advise some date before the last week in June. By that 
time the country is sometimes rather dry and definitely less attractive than in the 
earlier part of the month. 
We shall coant on your participating in the First National Kirtland Warbler 
Census! Jfeyfield is organizing a cooperative census of all singing males. You 
and I can handle some small section of it, but in the main I want to concentrate 
on some of the life history facts I still lack. 
Yes, I have had a very good letter from Mr. Oehser about ny request in regard 
to the warbler accounts I wrote for Bent. Thanks for your assistance. 
That is very good news about Griscom and Bent. Isn't Bent amazing! 
How can we get a copy of your Shenandoah National Park bird list for our bird 
library? We would like to have it. 
Think of us on May I 3 . We shall be celebrating in seme appropriate way the 
centenary of the discovery of the Kirtland Warbler.' 
Sincerely, 
JV/mk 
