Maine Field Naturalist Bird Sightings Files, 1952-1972

Authors

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine

Files

Description

The collection contains report slips for bird sightings used in a collaborative project of the Portland Society of Natural History and the Maine Audubon Society. Under the guidance of Christopher M. Packard, curator of the Portland Society, project members, both observers and "feeding station operators" recorded bird and other natural history observations from around the state of Maine.

Cards are arranged in AOU (American Ornithologists Union) checklist order. See Science Reference QL 681.C52 1983, in the Fogler Library.

Publication Date

2015

Keywords

Nature and Geography

Disciplines

History

Size of Collection

6.8 cubic feet (51 archival card file boxes)

Dates of Collection

1952-1972, bulk 1959-1969

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 0315

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "Maine Field Naturalist Bird Sightings Files, 1952-1972" (2015). Finding Aids. Number 263.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/263