In October of 1923, Iva Clare Downey sent Thomas Sadler Roberts a poem that she authored inspired by the experience of riding in an automobile and looking at birds. “Ornithology via Auto” (click on the image for a larger version)…
The Bell Museum of Natural History records contain more than just the administrative paperwork of a developing natural history museum. The collection also contains the personal papers of Thomas Sadler Roberts – the man who oversaw the museum in infancy…
In Box 8 of the Bell Museum of Natural History collection resides a field notebook titled, “Trip to Western part of State, 1924.” In this notebook, Thomas Sadler Roberts recorded bird notes on his two-week trip to Grant, Big Stone,…
Snowy day, Snowy Owl: – Snowy Owl, Jenness Richardson, undated…
This Friday, instead of waking up at the crack of dawn to stand in a line in the bitter cold and risk injury from the stampede that ensues after the store you are hankering to bust in to (to purchase…
In remaining completely predictable by staying in theme with seasons and holidays, you all were safe to assume that the topic of the Tuesday Tweet during Thanksgiving week would be TURKEYS. It’s a “gimme,” so to speak. As I geared…
These “bird feeders” are not your average seed-filled perching stations: – Whitebreasted Nuthatch on boy’s cap – Chickadee with J.M. Eheim of Hutchinson – Chickadee on frying pan held by J.M. Eheim of Hutchinson – Chickadees held by Mrs. P.G….
– Evening Grosbeak, in house [A mounted specimen of an Evening Grosbeak.] mount: to prepare (as a specimen) for examination or display (From the glass plate negatives in the Bell Museum of Natural History collection)…
While it may be more common in this day and age to refer to little animals as “babies,” the slightly more academic terms “young” and “juvenile” were used by Thomas Sadler Roberts when he noted the age of the birds…
(from the glass plate negatives in the Bell Museum of Natural History collection) – Birdbath at Frank Commons residence, 1923 – Birdbath on wall at W.C. Edgar’s place, 1923 – Birdbath in front yard at W.C. Edgar’s place, 1923 -…