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- 1939-10-30
Article describing coots, including appearance and diet.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Article describing coots, including appearance and diet.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Article describing nighthawks, including behavior and diet.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
June, the summit of the songsters
Article that focuses on song birds of Oregon.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Article describing the invasive bird species, the English sparrow (also known as the European house sparrow).
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
This article focuses birds that are active during the summer. General descriptions of behavior and appearance are included.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Malheur Blitzen, super waterfowl reservation
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
A fish without a country: How the Pacific coast salmon has been following the trail of the dodo
Article describing the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River and a treaty that was formed between Canada and America.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Hunting that is permitted in open or closed season
Article describing the joys of bird watching throughout the year, including birds encountered on one of the author's treks.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Article describing black bear cubs, including appearance and behavior.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
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
The friend of the fisherman's streams
Article discussing the dipper (also known as an ouzel), a small water bird.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Bluebirds are the harbingers of happiness
Article describing three types of bluebirds, including observations of a bluebird pair on the Finley property.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Wild folks change coats according to the weather
Article describing how an animal's protective coloring is dependant upon the climate.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Pronghorn, the swiftest wild animal of America
Article describing the pronghorn and conservation efforts.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
How wild folks weather the winter
William Finley describes the behavior of bird species that winter on his property.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
What guides the wandering wings
Article describing how different animals navigate without clear markers, including fur seals and auklets.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Trolling for Chinooks yesterday and today
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
Article describing a family of flying squirrels observed at an Izaak Walton League Oregon chapter luncheon.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
A short tale of an alleged apple thief, a red or pine squirrel.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
The theory of protective coloration in animals
Natural camouflage of wildlife is described, including the fur of Arctic foxes and snowshoe rabbits.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
The hummingbird, fairy of the flowers
Article describing hummingbirds, including habitat.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Cock of the plains, its odd traits and habits
Article describing the sage grouse, including differences to other species in the grouse family.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Why a shrike is called a butcher-bird
Article describing the characteristics of shrikes that are similar to birds of prey.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
Probe, the pioneer of the flycatchers
This work focuses on phoebes, including the Say's and black phoebe.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
The fool hen of the northern forests
Article describing Franklin (or spruce) grouse and how their failure to adapt to hunting has led to a decline in their populations.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
The fragility of bird life is discussed in this work.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
The toad, friend of the gardener
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955
The chickadee, captain of the garden palace
Article describing chickadees.
Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955