Dr. Eugene Hester and graduate student examining wood duck nest eggs
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Item information
- Title:
- Dr. Eugene Hester and graduate student examining wood duck nest eggs
- Description:
- Dr. Eugene Hester, North Carolina State University zoologist, examines some eggs from a wood duck nest which he established at Tarpley's millpond near Wendell. Graduate student Dan Benfield, son of the Rev. and Mrs. W.H. Benfield of Rt. 1, Cleveland, is holding the boat steady. Dr. Hester and graduate students in zoology have established nests which hatch about 1,200 baby wood ducks each year in 11 study areas in Wake and Johnston Counties.
- Subjects:
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Birds -- Nests
Boats and boating
Ducks -- Eggs
Graduate students
Poultry
Water
Wood duck
Zoologists
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 10 x 8 inches
- Item identifier:
- 0004337
- Created Date:
- circa
- Genre:
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Identification photographs
- Names:
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North Carolina State University -- Students
more info on North Carolina State University -- Students
Hester, Eugene more info on Hester, Eugene
North Carolina State University -- Faculty more info on North Carolina State University -- Faculty
- Location:
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Wendell (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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University Archives Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Photograph Collection. People (UA023.024) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).