… a baby Avocet! – Avocet, one young on hand, Turtle Lake, North Dakota, 1925 Museum taxidermist Jenness Richardson captured these young Avocets with his camera while on a collecting trip to Turtle Lake in North Dakota in 1925. -…
Walter J. Breckenridge captured this young coyote with his still camera in Milbank, South Dakota (just across the border to Minnesota) on June 8, 1935. (Images from the negatives in the Bell Museum of Natural History records)…
Having a bad hair day? – American Bittern, one young, June 2, 1927, Long Meadow Gun Club Don’t worry, you have company! – American Bitterns, four young, June 2, 1927, Long Meadow Gun Club (from the glass plate negatives in…
When I first saw the image from this glass plate negative I couldn’t help but notice the tufts of feathers that spike out from the heads of these birds. This part of a bird’s plumage is known as the crest….
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…