turkey buzzard
Animal · mentioned in 4 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
Return
Post-expedition
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
3
mentions via 2
variants:
turkey (2) · buzzard (1)
John Ordway: November 18, 1805
John Ordway · Nov 18, 1805 · Baker Bay / Chinook Point, WA (near Fort Columbia)
"killed, nine feet wingspan, white underwings"
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 17, 1806
John Ordway · Feb 17, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"new kind killed by men"
— transcribed as Turkey buzzard
Lewis: April 9, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 9, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"first seen on this side rockies"
— transcribed as turkey buzzards
Clark: April 12, 1806
William Clark · Apr 12, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"third seen west of Rockies"
