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John Lewis Childs has found several yellow throated warbler nests on Long Island. He is interested in what President Roosevelt has said about seeing a spotted sandpiper and reports on his glimpse of an albino English sparrow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-23
John Lewis Childs sends President Roosevelt details regarding various species of birds and their behaviors. Childs admits he was wrong, and the president right, about the nesting habits of the Long-eared vs. Short-eared owl. Childs describes a trip wherein he showed John Burroughs the nesting sites of a Brown Thrasher, and a Spotted Sandpiper, both incubating eggs. Childs compliments Roosevelt on the accuracy of his observations and description of a flock of passenger pigeons at Pine Knot, especially considering how busy he must be.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-20