Hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman of a Western Grebe. Photo taken at Klamath Marsh in 1905. Finley and Bohlman photos would later help Klamath be declared a bird refuge in 1908 by Roosevelt.
Finley and Bohlman hand painted glass slide of a young spotted sandpiper at Klamath Marsh 1905. The Spotted Sandpiper is the most widespread-breeding sandpiper in North America, capitalizing on generalist habits.
A young spotted sandpiper hand painted glass slide taken by Finley and Bohlman at Klamath Marsh in 1905. These photographs would later help create a bird refuge to protect Klamath from plume hunters in 1908.
Rare at have action shots during this era of photography Finley and Bohlman are able to capture an American white pelican in flight at Klamath Marsh in 1905. These photographs would later help President Roosevelt declare Klamath Marsh a bird refuge...
A Western grebe on its nest in Klamath Marsh, 1905. Finley and Bohlman's hand painted glass slides of Klamath Marsh would help protect the area from plume hunters by influencing President Roosevelt to declare the area a bird refuge in 1908.
A Filney and Bohlman hand painted glass slide of California gull's in Klamath Marsh, 1905. "It seems to me that the gull is more nearly at the head of class than any other bird, when it comes to intelligence... he lives s simple, easy life,...
A Western Grebe tending its nest in Klamath Marsh. The courtship ceremonies Grebes perform (a series of displays in ritualized, mechanical, sequences) are among the most complex known in birds.
Hand painted glass slide of a Raven in Flight at Klamath Marsh in 1905 by Finley and Bohlman. Finley and Bohlman photographs would later help this area become a bird refuge in 1908.
An American avocet in its breeding plumage, it is the only avocet in the world with an annual color change. A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman at Klamath Marsh in 1905.
By photographing Klamath Marsh in 1905 Finley and Bohlman were able to influence President Roosevelt to declare Klamath a bird refuge in 1908 thus protecting the Grebe's from plume hunters that were destroying Grebe colonies.
Finley and Bohlman were able to influence President Roosevelt to delcare Klamath a bird refuge in 1908 through thier work photographing the area in 1905.
Hand painted glass slide of a Clark's Grebe at Klamath Marsh in 1905. The Clark's Grebe is a white-faced version of the Western Grebe.Tthe Clark's Grebe formerly was thought to be the same species but differences in face and bill color keep the two...
Finley and Bohlman's hand painted glass slide of a Double-crested Cormorant in Klamath Marsh, 1905. Finley and Bohlman's photographs of the area would later help it become a refuge in 1908.
A Finley and Bohlman hand painted glass slide of American White Pelican's at Klamath Marsh, 1905. Klamath would later become a bird refuge in 1908 due mainly to photographs Finley and Bohlman took of the area in 1905.
