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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review for an Ancient Murrelet at Crystal Lake in Hancock County, IA on October 28, 1987. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
Sort Date 1987-10-28 - 1993-09-07
People / Organizations
Time 1:00 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 12
Folder 6
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Hansen, James L.
Contributors Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Ancient Murrelet
Locations Crystal Lake
Map
Verbatim Locality Crystal Lake (1/2 mi. N of town of Crystal Lake, Hancock Co.)
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat open, shallow lake
Extent 3 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by James L. Hansen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Other murrelets and similar water birds were ruled out by the head pattern and the pink bill. | The original documentation form event lasted from 13:00:00/13:30:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1987-23
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: good lighting (high clouds, occasional sun at my back), observed at about 50 yards with 7 x 35 binoculars
Supporting Documentation National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | Robbins CS, Bruun B, Zim HS. Birds of North America: a guide to field identification. New York: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press.
Date Digital 05 Jun 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed