Hi all,
I was just reading through The Works of Theodore Roosevelt - a great
series of books printed in 1926 - and in one of the volumes he
included his bird list from the White House grounds and from other
areas near the White House.
The link to the page on Google Books where it can also be found is too
long to post here, so, go to books.google.com and do a search on
"President Roosevelt's list of birds". It will be the third item that
comes up. The title is "The Works of Theodore Roosevelt - Through the
Brazilian Wilderness, etc...page 409" You can zoom in for easier
reading.
Just thought it might be fun reading - apologies if this has ever been
posted to VABirds before. I searched the archives and didn't see that
it had.
One excerpt:
"Sparrow Hawk. A pair spent the last two winters on and around the
White House grounds, feeding on the sparrows - largely, thank Heaven,
on English sparrows."
This list was originally published in "Birds of Washington and
Vicinity" by L.W. Maynard.
Cheers,
Steve Hersey
Alexandria, VA
