History; Birds; Migratory birds; Photography; Wildlife refuges; Art
A hand painted glass slide of a young spotted sandpiper taken by William L. Finley and Herman Bohlman during a 1905 photograph trip to Klamath Marsh. Finley and Bohlman's photographs of the area in 1905 would later help Klamath become a bird refuge...
Young northern pintails at nest in Klamath Marsh. A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman during their 1905 photography trip to the area that would help Klamath become a bird refuge in 1908.
Photograph by Finley and Bohlman of a young Great horned owl perching on a rock at Malheur lake, 1908. The Great horned owl has the most extensive range of habitat, the widest prey base, and the most variable nesting sites of any American owl.
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Young California condor at nest site near Los Angeles. William Finley would later take this young condor, "General", as a pet to his home in Oregon called Jennings Lodge
A Yellow-headed Blackbird captured by Finley and Bohlman at Malheur Lake in 1908. Finley and Bohlman's work in Malheur work later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.
Three Works Progress Administration employees pause and pose in the bottomland of Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge as survey work and the placement of boundary markers continues along the 264-mile Federal refuge. The WPA...
Beaver dam outside refuge boundary, before opening with TNT (dynamite) to permit run of spawning grayling to ascend - Actual preparation for removal of this dam