An American White Pelican tending to its young while another pelican flies by in the background. A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman at Klamath Marsh, 1905. Klamath would later in 1908, under the influence of Finley and Bohlman's work,...
Hand painted glass slide of a White Pelican at take-off in Malheur Lake. Taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photography trip to Malheur that would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.
By the time this image was taken Pelican Island had endured many threats. Plume hunters had eliminated all nesting species but the brown pelican. Freezes and hurricanes had killed and removed most of the mangrove vegetation forcing the pelicans...
Pelican Island NWR; Florida;refuge centennial; History
Paul Kroegel (1864 - 1948) wore a deceptively high hat, carried a menacing 10-gauge shotgun, and interpreted the boundaries of newly-created Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge loosely in a one-man effort to save the brown pelican from...
A hand painted glass slide of an American White Pelican with its young at Malheur lake in 1908, photographed by Finley and Bohlman. Finley and Bohlman photographs would help Malheur become a bird refuge 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 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.
A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman showing a pair of American White Pelican with thier young at a nest site in Klamath Marsh, 1905. Upon hatching, the young pelicans are totally dependent on parents for food, warmth, and protection.
A pair of White Pelican watching over their young in thier nest site within Klamath Marsh, 1905, as Finley and Bohlman capture the scene in a hand painted glass slide.
A White Pelican nesting colony at Klamath Marsh, 1905, taken by Finley and Bohlman. Klamath would later become a bird refuge in 1908 after President Roosevelt viewed photographs of the area taken by Finley and Bohlman from 1905.
A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman of an American White Pelican feeding its young. Upon hatching the young pelicans are totally dependent on thier parents for food, warmth, and protection.
A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman of an American White Pelican feeding its young. Upon hatching the young pelicans are totally dependent on thier parents for food, warmth, and protection.
A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman of an American White Pelican feeding its young at a nest site in Malheur lake. Upon hatching the young pelicans are totally dependent on thier parents for food, warmth, and protection.
An American White Pelican with its young at a nest site in Malheur lake, 1908. A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bolhman. Malheur would later become a bird refuge in 1908 partly due to photographs Finley and Bohlman took of that area.
Hand painted glass slide of a White Pelican breeding colony at Malheur lake taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photography trip to the area that would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.
