Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Reference Minidoka
Reservation, Idaho.
323.
Sept. 10, 1932
On August 7, 1932, I had a conference
with McGee, U.S. Game Protector for
Idaho. He was at American Falls, Idaho,
as I came through. The following
notes were made on a scratch pad
& are herewith incorporated.
McGee estimates 1500 White Pelicans
along Snake River from mouth of
Weber River to American Falls. None
known to nest anywhere in the state.
At Minidoka, no pelicans have
nested for years. There are Foresters
& Black Terns there, Mallards, Green-
and Blue-winged teal, and some pintails,
and scaups, all nesting except the
pelicans. Herons also nest there.
McGee has killed about 2800
Black-crowned Night Herons & Great
Blue Herons in the last 6 weeks.
Pelicans collect on Lake Lowell
each fall during migration - up to
200, but never many more (Canyon Co.)
McGee knows of no Caspian
in Idaho now although he is
convinced they used to live there.