Tag Archives: field notes

From the Archives: Following the bird song

Posted on March 2, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Written by Emily Domanico, fourth year majoring in History of Art and minoring in Chemistry. Following bird songs, naturalist Joseph Grinnell photographed this nest of a black-chinned sparrow while on a collection trip in the San Jacinto Mountains back in May 1908. … Continue reading →

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From the Field: Western Deserts

Posted on October 9, 2015 by

The archives at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology contribute more to modern research projects than one might originally be led to believe. More than 100 years ago, Joseph Grinnell began his career as the founding Director of the Museum of … Continue reading →

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Working with the Notebooks of Dr. Robert Stebbins

Posted on January 21, 2014 by mvzarchguest

Written by Sharleen Lee, first-year, Applied Mathematics and Classics majors. When you were a child, did you watch countless hours of nature programs on National Geographic, Animal Planet, and Discovery? Well, I did. And I often wondered how these scientists … Continue reading →

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Finding Aids on the Online Archive of California Highlight Field Notes and MVZ Specimens

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Michelle Koo

Thanks to the ongoing hard work of MVZ Archives team members such as Greg Borman, content-rich finding aids have rapidly begun to populate the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology page on the Online Archive of California (OAC). Finding aids that feature … Continue reading →

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MVZ Field Notes: Biologists and the Environment

Posted on May 21, 2013 by mvzarchguest

By Rachel Tenerelli Second-year Molecular Environmental Biology major This semester I helped digitize field notebooks for my URAP. Although scanning old field notebooks does not sound like the most glamorous work, I learned how useful this new, accessible knowledge will … Continue reading →

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