OHS Digital Collections

The flying squirrel

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1939-08-04

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article describing a family of flying squirrels observed at an Izaak Walton League Oregon chapter luncheon.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

Trolling for Chinooks yesterday and today

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1939-04-12

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article describing the causes for the decline in fish populations in Oregon due to pollution and addition of hatchery raised fish.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

When the skylark sang in Portland

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1938-12-09

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article describing Ladd's Addition before it was developed and how the skylark was introduced to Oregon.

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953

How wild folks weather the winter

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1936-12-30

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

William Finley describes the behavior of bird species that winter on his property.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

Bluebirds are the harbingers of happiness

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1936-03-27

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article describing three types of bluebirds, including observations of a bluebird pair on the Finley property.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

The friend of the fisherman's streams

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1936-03-13

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article discussing the dipper (also known as an ouzel), a small water bird.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

The lure of out-door Oregon

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1936-10-23

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

The article promotes the virtues of the outdoors in Oregon, from salmon fishing in the Umpqua to the forests in the Willamette Valley.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

Malheur Blitzen, super waterfowl reservation

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1936-08-14

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article describing J. N. Darling's involvement in preserving the Malheur Lake area by purchasing the P Ranch and Blitzen watershed when he became the Chief of the Biological Survey in March 1934.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

Coyote, wild dog of the desert

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1935-01-12

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article describing coyotes, including appearance and behavior.

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953

The invasion of the Englisher

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1938-08-03

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article describing the invasive bird species, the English sparrow (also known as the European house sparrow).

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

June, the summit of the songsters

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1938-05-12

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article that focuses on song birds of Oregon.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

When a hawk is not a hawk

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1938-05-12

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article describing nighthawks, including behavior and diet.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

Man's friend, the screech owl

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1939-12

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article focuses on the screech owl, including observations of a family living on the Finley property.

Finley, Irene

Effect of oil pollution on sea fowl

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1939-05-23

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

An additional copy of "Effects of oil pollution on seafowl."

Finley, Irene

The birds of Ladd's Pond

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1939-05-02

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

William L. Finley writes fondly about one of the first areas that he and Herman T. Bohlman took photographs of birds. He comments on the transformation of the Ladd's pond area into Laurelhurst Park.

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953