The back of the photograph says "Bob Howe reads a bronze plaque bolted to the rocks near our camp on Little Duck I.." The plague reads "This island was given to the National Association of Audubon Societies in 1934 in memory of Benjamin Walworth Arnold who loved birds and who bought Little Duck Island in 1908 in the hope that the Sea Gulls, Petrel Terns, Sea Pigeons, and all the birds that nest along these shores might have perpetual sanctuary.
Description: The back of the photograph says "Bob Howe reads a bronze plaque bolted to the rocks near our camp on Little Duck I.." The plague reads "This island was given to the National Association of Audubon Societies in 1934 in memory of Benjamin Walworth Arnold who loved birds and who bought Little Duck Island in 1908 in the hope that the Sea Gulls, Petrel Terns, Sea Pigeons, and all the birds that nest along these shores might have perpetual sanctuary. [show more]
Description: The back of the photograph says "Bud Long takes notes at a Herring Gull nest. His bother [sic] Bennie, inspects one of the three eggs from the nest."
Description: The back of the photograph says "General view of our camp site on Little Duck I. Gulls nested in grassy meadow between our tents and the rocks."
Description: The back of the photograph says "Chef Red Long prepares another lobster dinner. We had lobsters almost daily thanks to Lobsterman Clawson."
Description: The back of the photograph says "Chef Red Long serves dinner on Little Duck. At table: l. to r. Bennie Long, Bud Long, Bob Howe and George Harrison"
Description: The back of the photograph says "Everyone gathered wood for our nightly camp fire and for cooking our neals [sic]. L. to R. Bud, Red and Bennie Long"
Description: The back of the photograph says "George Harrison (left) and Bennie Long slept in a ''pup tent.' They looked like this at dawn each morning."
Description: The back of the photograph says "The gulls finally accept us as harmless. Here Bud Long photographs Hal Harrison hand-feeding a flock of birds."
The back of the photograph says "Leach's Storm-Petrel Bird with egg in burrow. Bud Long studied this species closely. Here an underground burrow was exposed for observation. Petresl [sic] lay 1 white egg."
Description: The back of the photograph says "Leach's Storm-Petrel Bird with egg in burrow. Bud Long studied this species closely. Here an underground burrow was exposed for observation. Petresl [sic] lay 1 white egg."