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Title: The Mythical Jayhawk
Description: Illustrations and article about the mythical and nonfictional origins of the Jayhawk, the mascot of the University of Kansas.
Date: 1958-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: New Eastern Bluebird Trail at George Owens Nature Park
Description: A new Eastern Bluebird Trail was installed at the George Owens Nature Park in Independence, Missouri. It consists of a series of nesting boxes created for bluebirds, the Missouri state bird. The trail is monitored and documented by volunteers from March through May.
Date: 2010-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Flight of Freedom: Missouri's Eagle Population Is the Nation's Second Largest during Winter
Description: Photos and article about the migration of eagles (including bald eagles, the national symbol since 1782) to Missouri each winter, making Missouri's eagle population the second highest in the nation during this season. Also description of specific places to view bald eagles such as Smithville Lake and Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge.
Date: 2001-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Fun Magnates: Day Tripping with Shifra Stein
Description: One-page article about Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge about 90 miles northeast of Kansas City near Mound City, Missouri in the context of journalist Shifra Stein's day trip writings. Description and photo of the nature preserve especially for birds and deer, "with 7,000 acres of manmade marshes" and loess hills.
Date: 1991-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Earning Their Wings the Hard Way
Description: Photos and article about the "rare flock of giant Canadian geese" residing "along the cliffs of the Missouri River" near Hermann, Missouri, offering natural protection of their young there.
Date: 1985-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Royal Kingbirds of Kauffman Stadium
Description: Article spotlights the spring migration of kingbirds from southern Mexico to Kansas City's own Kauffman Stadium. The kingbirds begin nesting near the end of April, feasting on the abundance of flying insects attracted to the powerful stadium lights. In early August, the kingbirds head back south.
Date: 2011-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Myth Takes Wings
Description: Introduction and critique of the article "The Mythical Jayhawk," by Kirke Mechem, about the fictional bird of Kansas especially identified with the University of Kansas.
Date: 1958-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Birds of the Kansas City Region
Description: Extracts from the diary of Otto Widmann, with bibliography and maps, not available at this library.
Date: 1919-02-27
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Death All Day in Kansas
Description: Photos and article (written by Kansas City author Richard Rhodes) about "Kansas coyote hunts and cockfights ('chicken fights,' they call them in Kansas')." Description of the departure for the prairie (Portis, Kansas) from Kansas City and through eastern Kansas, etc.
Date: 1969-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

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