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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review for a Pacific Loon at Pleasant Creek State Park in Linn County, IA on November 9, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes, a photo, pages from an issue of Iowa Bird Life, and six documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
Sort Date 1991-11-09 - 1993-07-17
People / Organizations
Time 12:00 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 7
Folder 7
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
Contributors Bendorf, Carl J. Dankert, David L. Pinkston, Randall, 1956- Proescholdt, Mark Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee Fuller, James L
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Pacific Loon
Locations Pleasant Creek State Park
Map
Verbatim Locality Pleasant Creek State Park, Linn Co., IA.
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Deep artificial lake with many ducks.
Extent 13 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Fuller, David L. Dankert, Randall Pinkston, Carl J. Bendorf, and Mark Proescholdt were submitted later. Other observers include Pete Wickham, John Daniel, Jeffrey B. Dankert, Beth Proescholdt, Pam Allen and Reid Allen. | Elimination of similar species: No Common Loons present for comparison, but several were seen earlier in day at Lake Macbride. Bill thinner and straighter than Common Loon. No white around eye. Very sharp demarcation down neck. Neck mark was very thin and faint to me. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:00:00/12:45:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1991-26
Event Remarks Light: sun behind us. Distance: 75 to 150 yards (est) Optics: 20x scope
Supporting Documentation National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society.
Date Digital 04 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed/flatbed