Alexander Wetmore- Field Notes, June-October 1900

What were you most passionate about when you were a teenager? Is it something that you enjoy just as much now? In 1900, when future Secretary of the Smithsonian Alexander Wetmore was just fourteen years old, his passion was the same as it was in his adulthood—birds. Wetmore, an ornithologist and curator, kept this set of handwritten notes as a young man, keeping track of his bird watching expeditions after school. Wetmore would go on to research birds for the rest of his long and vibrant scientific career! Help our other volunteers to transcribe this set of field notes and make a young Wetmore’s scientific exploration available for generations of new researchers.