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Dave Parsons, volunteer photographer and Sallie Gentry, Fish and Wildlife Service employee enjoy a day of photography and bird watching at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Bird nest located in Malheur lake, 1908. Finley and Bohlman photos of the area in 1908 helped President Roosevelt declare Malheur a bird refuge in 1908. Malheur was once threatened by plume hunters until it was declared a refuge.
A White Pelican landing in Malheur lake. Taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photography trip to the area that would later help Malheur become a bird refuge.
An American White Pelican at Malheur lake, taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photography trip to the area that would later help Malheur in becoming a bird refuge in 1908.
A young Great blue heron photograph taken by Finley and Bohlman at Malheur 1908. A white form of the Great Blue Heron exists known as the "great white heron," it is found in shallow marine waters along the coast of southern Florida, the...
Finley and Bohlman hand painted glass slide of California Gull colony at Malheur lake in 1908. Malheur would later become a bird refuge due to Finley and Bohlman photographs in 1908.
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.
Hand painted glass slide of nest site taken by Finley and Bohlman in 1908 at Malheur lake. Malheur would later become a bird reuge with the help of photgraphs by Finley and Bohlman of the area in 1908.
Finley and Bohlman's mission while shooting photos in Malheur was bring an end to plume hunting that was destorying bird colonies in that area, including western grebe's. They were successful and Malheur was declared a bird refuge in 1908.
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.
A colony of American White Pelicans taken by Finley and Bohlman at Malheur, 1908. Finley and Bohlman's work would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.