Scarlet Tanager (mounted bird)

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, National Park Service
Hyde Park, NY, United States

As a boy, FDR collected examples of local birds. His father set limits on the numbers of each species that could be harvested, and required that FDR learn to mount the specimens himself.

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Title: Scarlet Tanager (mounted bird)
Location: Duchess County, New York
Contributor: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historical Site, National Park Service
Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/elro/gallery/bird_HOFR467.html
Source: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historical Site
National Park Service Catalog Number: HOFR 467
Measurements: L 17.0, W 5.0 cm
Date: c 1890s

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, National Park Service

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