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When we
arrived at the Museum, John Condit, Curator of Higher
Vertebrates
had many specimens out for us to look at. He started with
an overview of the
museum and of the many collections. He reminisced
about times with Trautman. |
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John is
retired biology teacher and now manages this
ornithological collection
as a volunteer. |
I do not know what was
more interesting, studying the specimens or reading the
tags on the specimens! |
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Beth and Steve poring over
the
warbler skins. |
Tony with Ancient Murrelet,
Gretchen and Rob looking through the Audubon books and Ed
and Dave checking the location of their next bird to
review. |
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| Carolina Parakeet,
Passenger Pigeon and an Ivory-billed Woodpecker |
John had examples of
Audubon's paintings to refer to and spoke of how they were
modified as they were reprinted. |
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| A Road-side Hawk
specimen. |
Vireos lined up with
nests and eggs. |
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| Tony and the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker specimen. |
Dave getting his picture
taken too. |
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| This Ivory-billed
Woodpecker beak was found in Ohio. |
Rob examining the
Ivory-billed and Mickey, Claire, Ed and Fred pouring over
a drawer of sparrow specimen's |
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Ed and Gretchen
comparing the
Northern and Loggerhead Shrikes. There was so much
variation within a species. |
Fred and Cheryl found
the Great
Gray Owl. Every specimen is cross referenced in a book to
find the correct cabinet and shelf. |
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Ed, finally taking out
the Dowitcher trays! |
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| Ed, Steve,
and Gretcen selecting the skins to compare. |
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| Comparing the bars and
the speckles on the dowitcher's sides. |
Ed pointing out a
distinctive field mark. |
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| Dave and Ed going
through the Eiders. |
Rob and the Ancient
Murrelet. |
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The Wilds in
Cumberland Ohio
was beautiful but cold. It has 10,000 acres of reclaimed,
surface-mined land - a gift from
American
Electric Power. |
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| Not a good photo but the
60+ turkeys were in this field. |
Watching Harriers and
Rough-legged Hawks before the Owls came out to hunt. |
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There were
five or six Short-eared Owls across the road flying and
perched.
We even watched them attacking a Rough-legged Hawk. |
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