The 1938 Longspur Tragedy in Northwest Iowa

Authors

T. C. Stephens, Morningside CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

On Thursday, January 6, of this year (1938), I received by mail from Mr. Weir R. Mills, of Pierson, Iowa, the bodies of twelve birds. They were all Lapland Longspurs (Calcarius lapponicus). Later a letter reported that these bodies had been picked up from the streets in the business district of Pierson on Thursday morning. This was the first intimation I had of a rather wide-spread destruction of these birds in northwestern Iowa on the night of January 5-6. It may be well to state at this time that there was a light snow fall on this night, but it amounted to less than a half inch. The effect of the snow on the birds will be discussed later.

Publication Date

1939

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

46

Issue

1

First Page

383

Last Page

395

Copyright

©1939 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Stephens, T. C. (1939) "The 1938 Longspur Tragedy in Northwest Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 46(1), 383-395.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol46/iss1/120