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Trumpeter Swan Circus
223.
1930/4
Yellowstone May 27, 1932
A light, clinging snow fell last night & at intervals all day yesterday. This morning it is falling rapidly off the trees & melting!
The day is cold & windy. Tules around the lake are still dead & yellow. The census cannot be complete because nests are not yet made, except in a few instances. But birds seen on the lakes are herewith listed.
Trumpeter Swan Total 2
Barrows Goldeneye 4, 3,
Cliff Swallows est. several hundred
Yellow Headed Blackbirds many
Coots est. about 50
Wilson Phalarope, #6,2,
Scamp 2 17 28
Eared Grebes est. 43
Ruddy Duck 4,+ 49 58
Mallard 1,1,1,1 4
Redwing Blackbird est. 20
And/Or Harlelers 1,4,4,10 est 100
Brewer Blackbird est. 20
Hillder 2
Pintails 6,2, 8
Vesper Sparrow est. 10
Yellow Throat 1# 1
Canada Geese 2
Bobolinks 5,2 est 10
Savannah Sparrow est. 100
Mourning Dove 1
In walking around the lake we have seen,