| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w95q4rp4m |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review for a Western Gull east of Lock and Dam 15 near Davenport in Scott County, IA on December 11, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence relevant to bird sighting and review, and three documentation forms submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Correspondence Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1989-12-11 - 1993-08-06 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
3:30 PM |
| Rights |
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| Data Access Rights |
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html |
| Data License |
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 |
| Collection |
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166 |
| Box |
11 |
| Folder |
7 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Petersen, Peter C. |
| Contributors |
Bendorf, Carl J. Blevins, Brian L. White, Gerald Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Western Gull |
| Locations |
Lock and Dam 15 |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
On Miss. River chanel [sic] ice between Davenport, Scott Co. IA &+ Rock Isl. Arsenal, RI Co. IL. |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
On ice covered chanel [sic] of Mississippi - 1/4 - 1/2 mi. upstream (East) of Lock + Dam 15. |
| Extent |
11 pages |
| Language(s) |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
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| Information Withheld |
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| Individual Count |
1 |
| Occurrence Remarks |
The documentation form by Peter C. Petersen forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Brian Blevins and Gerald White were submitted. Another observers includes Lewis Blevins. | Elimination of similar species: Slaty-backed Gull - Gray mantle merged directly to black tips, trailing white wing edge too narrow, mantle color too dark for g.b. Lesser-Black-bkd Gull - leg color pink, bird too large + heavy Greater Black-bkd. Gull - Bird too small, back not black enough, legs too bright + pink. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:30:00/15:35:00 on December 11, 1986, 08:20:00/08:25:00 and 09:00:00/09:15:00 on December 12, 1986. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1989-55 |
| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Optical equipment: 10x40 Zeiss binocs. Swift scope at 30-40x60. Distance: 100 m. est. Lighting: P.M. obs. - sun 90° to side - obs. in IA. AM obs. - Sun directly behind obs. obs in IL. |
| Supporting Documentation |
National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | Grant, PJ. Gulls: a guide to identification. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press. | Harrison P. Seabirds: an identification guide. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. |
| Date Digital |
01 Jun 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
