UVa’s Forgotten Pond a Reminder We Should Protect Nature
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| Lewis Mountain and the future Alumni Hall can be seen across University Pond in this turn-of-the-century photo from the Corks and Curls Alumni Yearbook, 1919. |
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| An 1895 map of the University of Virginia shows the marsh (see arrow) where John Bowie Fernyhough and his birding companions regularly viewed Marsh Wrens. Courtesy of https://www.jarretthousenorth.com/2014/06/26/1895-map-of-the-university-of-virginia-grounds/ |
ALL TEXT © Marlene A. Condon
In 1929, a letter written
on Lynchburg (Virginia) College stationery was sent to people known to be quite interested
in birds. The letter was to find out if folks would be interested in forming
"an ornithological organization for the State of Virginia".
John Bowie Ferneyhough was one of these people, and he went on to become a charter member of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Mr. Ferneyhough's handwritten book of lists made on bird walks around UVA and the immediate vicinity in the early 1900s was passed along to me by his great-nephew, Waller Wilson, of Front Royal, Virginia.
The first of what I plan
to be several articles on the amazing information I've discovered via research
based upon Mr. Ferneyhough's book has been published in The News-Virginian,
the daily newspaper of Waynesboro. If you are interested, you can find it here:
Sincerely,
Marlene
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