Dr. Eugene Hester and graduate student examining wood duck nest eggs

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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:
Birds -- Nests
Boats and boating
Ducks -- Eggs
Graduate students
Poultry
Water
Wood duck
Zoologists
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
10 x 8 inches
Item identifier:
0004337
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Identification photographs
Names:
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:
Wendell (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs