Field book - Quintana Roo, Mexico, 1990-1991

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Creator

  • Lynch, James Francis, 1942-
  • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Abstract

Field notes document the work of James Lynch in Quintana Roo, Mexico, including the Yucatan peninsula and Oaxaca during February 9 to March 21, 1990, and February 1 to March 5, 1991. The loose sheets contain dated entries, headed with location information, followed by narrative style entries describing travel details, weather, work completed, and field work. Field work notes cover observations of habitat, hand drawn maps of locations with notations, lists of birds seen with common name and quantity, details about mist netting, work with colleagues, and tables of data recording mist netting totals.

Date Range

1990-1991

Start Date

Feb 09, 1990

End Date

Mar 05, 1991

Access Information

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Topic

  • Animals
  • Bird populations
  • Birds
  • Mist netting
  • Ornithology

Place

  • Oaxaca
  • Yucatán, Península de
  • Mexico
  • Quintana Roo

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Maps

Accession #

SIA Acc. 17-003

Collection name

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Research Records, 1964-1999

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 12 Folder 4