Field notes, Minnesota and Wyoming, April 8-May 17, 1890

[[double underlined]] Field Notes [[/double underlined]] [[underlined]] 1890 [[/underlined]] April 8 to May 17 V. Bailey

[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] Field Notes. 1890 Vernon Bailey Elk River, Minn.

Apr. 8 Left [[strikethrough]] home [[/strikethrough]] Elk River at 4:50 P.M. Spots of snow in shady places, rivers & brook open & ponds open, lakes froze over yet. Frost out on sand, Plowing. Buds started on some trees, " [[Ditto for: Apr.]] 9 Left Minneapolis at 8:40 on C. St. P.M. & O. R.R. Clear & bright. Buffleheads at St. Peters Cormorants, 3 at Mankato Lakes partly open. Flicker 1. Mallards, a few Cold wind. few birds, [[end page]] [[start page]] Lakes open after getting on the prairie. Men seeding with fur overcoats on. Apr. 10 [[underlined]] Mo. Valley [[/underlined]] all night Little frost in morning. Progne subis, 1 [[male symbol]] Passer domestica in town. & building nests Elders in blossom, Mo. R. low, much [[lay?]] - Left Mo. Valley at 9. A.M. Willows beginning to blossom High bluffs, [[claye?]] - dark soil, fine farms, good buildings, large fields.

Apr. 10 [[underlined]] Kennard Neb [[/underlined]] - Nice country farms & fruit trees Mostly corn. [[underlined]] Arlington [[/underlined]] A small river [[insertion]] [[Fremont?]] R. [[/insertion]] with a line of trees, broad rich valley, big fields, Maples in blossom. [[underlined]] Fremont [[/underlined]] Nice valley. Jack Snipe 2. [[underlined]] West Point [[/underlined]] Valley narrow. Soil still dark. [[underlined]] Wisnor [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Pilger [[/underlined]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Norfolk Dinner [[/underlined]] 2 P.M. Warm - [[underlined]] Battle creek [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Oakdale [[/underlined]] Soil dark, some sandy - [[underlined]] Neligh [[/underlined]] More sandy. [[underlined]] Clearwater [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Atkinson [[/underlined]], 3 boys barefoot. Flat, sandy - [[underlined]] Long Pine. [[/underlined]] Supper, dark - Flat, sandy, grassy, scrubby pines, (?)

April [[underlined]] Valentine [[/underlined]] " [[Ditto for: April]] 11 Sturnella m. neglecta, com Hybrid Flickers, com. Curlew 1, flying over Spizella monticola, com. Juncos, com. Parus septentronalis, a few Killdeer Falco sparverus 1. Very warm. " [[Ditto for: April]] 12 Driobates pubescens - 2. Bluejays 4. Cold morning, windy & froze a little Otocoris 2 Quails 2 Crow Blackbird 1. [[vertical in margin]] Kingfisher 1. [[/vertical in margin]] [[end page]] [[start page]] Apr. 14 [[underlined]] Valentine [[/underlined]] Melospiza fasciata 1. [[pencil half circle scribble over text]] " [[Ditto for: Apr.]] 15 [[underlined]] To Kenedy [[/underlined]] Melenerpes erocyphalus 1. Colaptes cafer, about 12 " [[Ditto for: Colaptes]] auratus " [[Ditto for: about]] 12 Curlew 7. Killdeers, 8. Willets (?) 3. Mallards 2 pr. Green wing Teal 40. Pinnated Grouse 40. Sand Hill Cranes 1. Redwing Blk. birds, 100 Meadowlarks 100 Crow Blk. bird 1

[[underlined]] To Kenedy [[/underlined]] Spîzella monticola 6. [[strikethrough]] [[Pocecostes gram?]]. 2 (?) [[/strikethrough]] Antelope, Mr. Wills killed 2 from a bunch of 5 in Feb. 1889. He tells me of a little Fantailed Deer that seems to be just like the Mex. Deer. He says there are a few Blacktail Deer not far west of here [[end page]] [[start page]] Apr. 16 [[underlined]] Mr. Wills' Ranch [[/underlined]] P. Dog town, 80 acres, 200 or 400 dogs. P.D. ♀ ad, teats 4-4, used ureters shows 4 young lately born. Stom. full of green grass, fat P.D. ♂, not much fat, ragged, grass in stom. Speotyto O. hypogeas 2, Longspurs 20. Spizella monticols 20. Spoonbills 10 Greenwing Teal 50 Mallards 8 Long tail D. 4 Short eared Owl 2.

Apr. 17 [[underlined]] Wills' Ranch [[/underlined]] Speotyto 2 Rhyncophanes mccownii. 1 Turkey buzzard 1. Curlew 2, Killdeer, 6, R.w. Blk birds, 200. Sharptailed Grouse 2, Short eared Owl 1, " [[Ditto for: Apr.]] 18. [[underlined]] Kings Kennedy [[/underlined]] Marsh Hawk 2. Mallards 4, Shovelers 40. Longtail Duck 2. Sandpipers 12. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Kennedy [[/underlined]] Apr. 21. Poocǣtes g. confines 2, (7) Ammodramus S. alaudinus 1. (7) [[strikethrough]] Plover [[/strikethrough]] heard (7) Sharptailed Grouse, as com as the Pinnated. " [[Ditto for: Apr.]] 22 [[strikethrough]] Plover - heard [[/strikethrough]] Curlew in pairs Pediacetes p. campestris " [[Ditto for: Apr.]] 23 Hesperomys 13 [[Oebetodesn?]] 4 Arvicolas 3. Geomys 2 Tympanuchus americanus,

[[underlined]] Kennedy [[/underlined]] [[margin]] Apr. 24. [[/margin]] Bittern heard (7) cold & windy [[margin]] " [[ditto for: Apr.]] 25 [[/margin]] A hard frost Spoonbills 50. in my Alkalie Lake. Gulls - 3 by my lake. Coots 2 in Stouts lake. Larus delawarensis 4. [[margin]] " [[ditto for: Apr.]] 28 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] To Valentine [[/underlined]] Mourning Dove, one at Simeon Plover, 2 [[end page]] [[start page]] [[margin]] Apr. 29 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Left Valentine [[/underlined]] 10:30 A.M. Up the Minnekadusa valley. A narrow valley no trees & little brush. Some fields & farms, good grass, Plums in blossom & willows green, Soon left creek valley & pass through sand hills, few settlers _ some ponds & marshes [[underlined]] Dinner at Cody [[/underlined]] more sloughs & a creek [[underlined]] Merriman [[/underlined]] 2 P.M. 50 Rat houses in slough - [[underlined]] Erwin [[/underlined]] Larger ponds & valleys.

Rat houses numerous, Ducks, Coots, & Snipe numerous. Yellow head B.bird 1. (7) Leave sand & enter clay soil 6m. E. of Gorden. Clay land smoothe & grassy. slightly rolling lots of farms, Hills in the W. [[underlined]]Gorden [[/underlined]]. quite a town. Lupus campestris 1. [[underlined]] Clinton [[/underlined]] P.D. town 2 miles E. of [[underlined]] Rushville [[/underlined]] 2 Speotytos in Dog town. Lupus campestris 1 [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Hay Springs. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Bordeaux [[/underlined]] in valley High hills, Magnisium, sandstone, pines, Brush & trees in valley a stream begins. [[underlined]] Chadron [[/underlined]] Leucocrinum montanum & Viola Nuttallii in bloom.

Apr 30 [[underlined]] Left Chadron [[/underlined]] 6:30 A. P.D. town. Jack Rabbit 1. [[underlined]] Whitney [[/underlined]] A range of pine covered hills to south & west. A creek - whit [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] R. (?) [[bracket]] Gopher hills numerous on sand, scarce on clay. [[/bracket]] [[underlined]] Crawford [[/underlined]] Cross the B.& M. R.R. Enter the range of [[strikethrough]] sandstone [[/strikethrough]] sandstone hills. [[underlined]] Ft. Robinson [[/underlined]] High sandstone peaks in [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] Pine covered range & running N.W. One on each side & valley between [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Andrews [[/underlined]] - a station town Leave hills & enter a rolling prairie country [[underlined]] Harrison [[/underlined]] - a little town. Some farms. [[underlined]] Van [[strikethrough]] Tall [[/strikethrough]] Tassell - 471 [[/underlined]] Only a stock yard. Bare rocks & grassy valleys. A little creek. Large droves of horses. Artimisa [[strikethrough]] tridentata [[/strikethrough]] Cana (7) 483 small & scattering - [[underlined]] Lusk [[/underlined]] 484 Artimisa cana [[strikethrough]] First [[/strikethrough]] seen Red rocks, mines & hill - Red granit beds under lime creek & grassy valley.

Artemesia frigida, abn. [[underlined]] Mandan [[/underlined]] The Laramies come in sight Laramie Peak, is snow capped [[underlined]] Fisher 528 [[/underlined]] Artemesia tridentata, abn. N. Platte R. 531. Badlands along the Platte Salpinetus obsoletus 1. [[underlined] Douglas [[/underlined]] Otocoris, a few - Amphispiza b. nevadensis 1 Lanias 1. Sturnella Thermopsis rhombifolia in bloom. [[end page]] [[start page]] May 1 Spilogale 2 killed at Douglas. Left [[underlined]] Douglas [[/underlined]] at 1 P.M. Brewers Blk bird 8. Meadowlarks com - Otocoris 2. Circus 1. Pica rustica 1. said to be com. Crows 5 - Killdeer, com - Curlew 1. Poocaetes, com - Prairie Dogs com, all along. Rabbits 1 killed & another seen - long eared.

[[underlined]] Beaver [[/underlined]] P.O. 20 miles W. of Douglas. Pocket gophers, none at Douglas or till reaching the Lapperd Creek, then com. S. 13 lineatus com. to & at Beaver. Windy & raw - Set 13 traps Colaptes cafer 1. auratus 1. Pine on hills P. angustifolia & brush along creek. Phlox hoodi Artemesia trifida. com on top of range [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Beaver P.O. [[/underlined]] 5500 + (?) [[margin]] May 2 [[/margin]] Left Beaver at 5:30 - [[vertical margin]] magpie nest & 1 fresh egg [[/vertical margin]] Robins 2 - Colaptes hybrid 1 Turkey Buzzard 3 Sparrow hawk 1 Magpie 2 & nest 8:30 - Snow in creek Artemesia trifida takes The place of cana & tridentata on high divide. Much snow on Mts. & in north notches of hills. Arctomys flaviventris 12 on rocks along canon Large eared Rabbit 1 Cottontail 2. Cynomys ludon com at noon high up

N.H. Melsirr Galesbrg Ill [[line]] 2 Pines, 1 spruce. Spiz - townsendi, num - after noon. [[underlined]] Mountain Home [[/underlined]] 5 P.M. near summit. [[vertical margin]] Rained, snows & hailed. [[/vertical margin]] C. columbianus voles Snow in patches in valley Sage Hens 2 Jack Rabbit 1. Badger 1. Snowshoe Rabbit + Silvertip Bear + Elk & Bighorns said to be on Mts. Camped 35 m to Rock Creek [[end page]] [[start page]] [[margin]] May 3. [[/margin]] Started at 5:15 35 m to Rock Creek [[vertical margin]] Coyotes how - [[/vertical margin]] Sage hens 20 Speotyto 2 in dog hole - [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] black [[butles?]] in both. 9 A.M. [[female symbol]] fat, [[male symbol]] not fat. [[strikethrough]] So [[/strikethrough]] Artemesia tridentata + cava on west slope [[vertical margin]] Aegialitis montana, coyotes howl- [[/vertical margin]] Mt. Plover 2- 20 m, Ranch Longspurs from Summit down - R. maccownii Antelope [[overwritten]] 22 [[/overwritten]] 35 Coyote 1 Hailed & rained 1 [[margin]] " [Ditto for: May]] 4 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Rawlins [[/underlined]] Sialia Arctica, one in town.

[[underlined]] May. 5. Rawlins to Beckmans [[/underlined]] Otocoris, a few - Sparrow hawk 1. [[underlined]] Beckmans Ranch [[/underlined]] May 6. Passerella & schistacer (?) 1. Robins - com. Magpies - com. Sialia arctica 2. House Wren 2 - Ranunnculus glaberimus. Myosotis sylvatica - Forget me not. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Beckmans [[/underlined]] May 7 H celata. 3. Sialia arctica, 2 Sayornis sayi 2. Melospiza 2. Salpinctus 2. Berberis ripens - Colaptes cafer 1. " [[Ditto for: May]] 8 Pipilo chlorurus 2. 1 Melospiza f. montana 2 Helminthophila celata 1. Potentilla humifusa. " [[Ditto for: May]] 9 Dendroica auduboni, com among popple blossoms. Otocoris [[arimeola?]], 3 on hill. Turkey Buzzard 1.

[[underlined]] Beckmans [[/underlined]] May 10. Falco mex (?) 1 on cliff Circus hudsoneus 1 ♂ Spizella arenacea 4 (7) " [[Ditto for: May]] 12 Pooecetes 1. Colaptes caper 3. Junco 1. H. macgilvorayi, 1 seen. Brewers Blk bird 8, on oats, " [[Ditto for: May]] 13 Spizella aranacea 6 seen, 3 killed Zonotrichia [[underlined]] int. [[/underlined]] 2. Salpinctus com. Juncos 2 - Helminthophila celata, 3. Pipilo chlourous, com. [[end page]] [[start page]] May 14, Spizella arenacea 8. Sayornis sayi 2 Micropus 12. Pooecetes, com " [[Ditto for: May]] 16 [[underlined]] To Rawlins [[/underlined]] Cliff swallows - a few (7) " [[Ditto for: May]] 17 Hirundo erythrogaster, 1 at Carter (7) Arabis lyalli Taraxicom officinalis " [[Ditto for: Taraxicom]] scopulorum - Lonicera involicrata

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[[image - pencil drawing of landscape with small buildings in the mid- ground]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] No. Chadron [[/underlined]] 1111 164x78x32 [[male symbol]] ad. Geomys. Apr. 30. On clay soil. 1112 [[bracket]] S. 13 lineatus 235x83x33 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Douglas [[/underlined]], Wyo [[strikethrough]] Apr [[/strikethrough]] May 1. 1113 " " [[Dittos for: Douglas, Wyo.]] 224x79x51 [[female symbol]] May 1. 1114 Dipodops, bobtailed 228x112x42 [[male symbol]] May 1. Douglas 1115 Lepus [[female symbol]] ad. 420x53x103. Ear 93 - May. 1 15 miles W of Douglas 1116 P.D. [[male symbol]] 389x73x66 Douglas, W. 10 miles, May 1. [[underlined]] Beaver P.O. May 2 [[/underlined]] 1117 Thomomys [[female symbol]] 195x51x27 [[female symbol]] 1118 Arvicola [[male symbol]] 149x42x21 bobtailed - 1119 " [[Ditto for: Arvicola]] [[male symbol]] im. 151x40x20

[[image - rough pencil drawing of landscape]] [[image labels]] x, W [[rough drawn arrow pointing down from "W" towards edge of page where South would be in this compass]], E, N Hills [[/image labels]] Map .25 Cartridges .85 Shoes nailed .25 Board 2.50 Stage fare 10.00 Ticket 4.35 [[end page]] [[start page]] [[strikethrough]] Rawley [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Beaver May 2 [[/underlined]] 1120 Hesperomys [[male symbol]] im. 146x64x20 [[underlined]] Along road [[strikethrough]] 3 [[/strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] 1121 L. sylvoticus [[male symbol]] ad. 375x44x94 1122 S. townsendi [[female symbol]] ad. 284x75x44 1123 " [[Ditto for: S. townsendi]] 7 embryos - [[female symbol]] ad, 282x73x44 1124 Arctomys [[male symbol]] collected 590x120x93 1125 " [[Ditto for: Arctomys]] [[male symbol]] 560x125x86 1126 " [[Ditto for: Arctomys]] teats 5 - 5 [[female symbol]] 530x173x79 1127 " [[Ditto for: Arctomys]] [[male symbol]] 590x168x88 1128 " [[Ditto for: Arctomys]] [[male symbol]] 485x132x77 [[underlined]] Bridgers Pass May 5 [[/underlined]] L. camprestris [[female symbol]] 620x90x158. " [[Ditto for: L. campestris]] [[female symbol]] 630x110x152 May 7 Arctomys [[female symbol]] ad. 5-5 620x174x80. measured warm - May 8. Arctomys [[male symbol]] warm, 625x170x83

[[underlined]] Kennedy [/underlined]] A blown out pit on top of highest sand hill, about 40 ft. deep from highest rim, & 80 ft. wide bowl shaped, sand drifting from bottom up the sides. Just started in 1888. Apr 30 Board .75 Ticket 5.75 Apples [[Strikethrough]] Apr. 28 [[line]] .40 39 Dinner .25 [[/strikethrough]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[strikethrough]] S. Mallis, [[male symbol]] 197x56x34 Fat Apr. 15, Simeon. [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] S. 13 lineatus [[male symbol]] ad, 250x89x35 Kenedy, Apr. 16, Fat. [[/strikethrough]] L. sylvalicus, [[male symbol]] 405x44x99 Kenedy, Apr. 16, in brush. [[strikethrough]] P.D. [[male symbol]] 390x92x63, not [[strikethrough]] very [[/strikethrough]] fat. ragged. grass. [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] P.D. [[female symbol]] ad. 367x80x63 Teats 4-4, nursed ureters show that 4 yg. lately born. Grass in stom. Some fat. [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] Weasel [[male symbol]] ad. 420x153x54. In P.D. hole. [[/strikethrough]]

Ticket 10.75 [[strikethrough]] ticket .92 books .18 [[/strikethrough]] ticket 19.16 [[vertical strikethrough]] Board 1.15 Candy .20 Cotton .20 Dinner .25 [[vertical strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] Lodging .75 .05 Knife .25 vest .75 Hat .40 [[/strikethrough]] Cleoma integrifolia Lynx 1030x195x200. Hobbs [[Griggo? Griggs?]] [[strikethrough]] Rabbit [[male symbol]] 420x44x102 Apr. 11 [[end page]] [[start page]] [[symbol]] [[faint illegible writing on inside back cover]]

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