woodpecker
Animal · mentioned in 5 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
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Post-expedition
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AI-extracted reference. Each entry below was identified by AI as mentioning woodpecker. Spelling variants may not be merged. see related variants →
Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
8
mentions via 7
variants:
lark-woodpecker (2) · woodpecker (1) · large woodpecker (1) · small woodpecker (1) · black and white woodpecker (1) · large pileated woodpecker (1) …
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Lewis: August 22, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 22, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
"fed on pine seeds, black wings white beak"
Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 12, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jun 12, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"new kind, black with red-tipped feathers"
— transcribed as woodpeckers
Lewis: July 6, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 6, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"seen in the plains"
— transcribed as woodpeckers
La Charette - first settlement, citizens cheer — Patrick Gass: September 20, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 20, 1806 · La Charette - first settlement, citizens cheer
"description of"
— transcribed as Woodpecker
Patrick Gass: October 30, 1806
Patrick Gass · Oct 30, 1806
"new kind size of red-headed woodpecker"
