Biological survey, 1914-1922
date: label: Date Range
content: 1914-1920
label: Start Date
content: 1914
label: End Date
content: 1920
notes: label: Abstract
content: Album 1 Biological Survey, 1914-1922. Photographs taken on field investigations in Utah and California, 1914; Utah and Montana, 1915; Utah, 1916; Arkansas, 1917; New Mexico, California, and Oregon, 1918; Florida, 1919; South Carolina, 1922; Minnesota and North Dakota, 1922. Images were taken while Wetmore worked for the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey. Photographs are dated, and captioned with description and location. |Section on Utah documents Wetmore's investigation into the nature and origin of duck disease and feeding habits of waterfowl in California and Utah. Photographs document dead and ill ducks;, catching and banding ducks; examples of adult and newly born birds (listed with Latin and common names), nests, and their environments; agricultural fields; pet heron named Oswald; pens where sick birds were kept; methods of collecting specimens; and campsites.|Images from California and the southwestern United States document Wetmore's investigations into damage done by birds to rice crops. Images document bombs to scare away migrating birds; examples of damaged crops; gun clubs and individuals actively dealing with the duck population. Succeeding images show examples of birds Wetmore observed and their environments. Includes photographs of Wetmore, Albert Kenrick Fisher, and E. L. Pineau.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Utah
label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: Montana
label: Place
content: New Mexico
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content: Oregon
label: Place
content: Florida
label: Place
content: South Carolina
label: Place
content: Minnestoa
label: Place
content: North Dakota
topic: label: Topic
content: Ornithology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007006
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Photograph albums
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
label: Physical Description
content: 1 photograph album
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 170 Folder 1