Alexander Wetmore- Monthly bird lists, February 1904-January 1905

How did you spend your winter and summer breaks in college? If you were future Secretary of the Smithsonian Alexander Wetmore, you would spend it doing what you loved most--observing birds. Wetmore, who later became an ornithologist and curator, kept a notebook of bird observations, both at his childhood home in North Freedom, Wisconsin, and in college at the University of Kansas. This typed copy of Wetmore's notebook shares his monthly bird observations from 1904-1905. Join us in transcribing this set of notes and make a young Wetmore's scientific exploration available for generations of new researchers.