Bailey, V. O., Yellowstone Park, September 1917

Related Titles

Contained In: Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals

Series: SIA Acc. 12-443

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1917

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Yellowstone National Park, September 1 - 18, 1917. Entries are dated and describe travel details (destinations, distances, time of day, mode of transportation), weather, terrain (altitude), vegetation (type and life zones), mammals observed (including type and quantities), and observations of local inhabitants about wildlife. This includes descriptions of bears' behavior including with human food. The last portion of the notebook is blank.

Subjects

Botany , Field notes , Mammalogy , Ornithology , United States , Yellowstone National Park

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.140331