| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9t43j57h |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review for a Burrowing Owl at Rathbun Reservoir in Appanoose County, IA on December 20, 1986. Includes a record review document with votes, a summary of the review, and three documentation forms submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1986-12-20 - 1993-09-07 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
4:45 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 |
12 |
| Folder |
17 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Strough, Randy D. |
| Contributors |
Dinsmore, Stephen J. Cummins, Raymond L. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Burrowing Owl |
| Locations |
Rathbun Lake |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Appanoose County, Lake Rathbun, 1.5 miles North on paved road to Southfork Marina off J5T |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
Open; harvested bean field west side of road, harvested corn field east side of road. The ditches were mowed clean of weeds and lacked trees or shrubs |
| Extent |
6 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 Randal D. Strough forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Ray Cummins and Steve Dinsmore were submitted. Another observer includes Tom Johnson. | Elimination of similar species: Screech Owl: a screech owl has ear tufts (except young screech owls may lack conspicuous ear tufts). The belly has vertical barring, and lacks definate [sic] spots on head and back. Legs are not conspicuously long. Saw-whet Owl: has vertical streaked belly, and lacks conspicuously long legs. Habitat: conifer groves, there where [sic] none in the immediate area. | The original documentation form event lasted from 16:45:00/17:05:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1986-35 |
| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: The light was fading but adequate. The owl was first observed from 20 feet for approximately three minutes. It then flew to another fence post and we observed it from about 40 feet for about 10 minutes. It then flew again unnoticed. We found that it had flown across the road to another fence post the same distance away. We observed it for approximately seven minutes. We had it possitively [sic] identified by this time and in attempting to agitate it to observe its behavior, it flew and its flight was noted. We lost sight of it in the corn field. As we left the area heading south we observed what we feel was the same owl sitting on a post between a quarter to a half mile away from the first sighting. It had been approximately five minutes since we lost tract [sic] of it. We used Bushnell Spotting Scope and binoculars 7-15 X 35 zoom. Distances were approximated by visual observation and land marks, i.e. road ditch widths. |
| Supporting Documentation |
Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. |
| Date Digital |
06 Jun 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
