| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9m90259d |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review for a Black-backed Woodpecker north of Boyden in Sioux County, IA on December 23, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, two articles in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1978-12-23 - 1993-08-19 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
1:00 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 |
30 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Stravers, Jay A. |
| Contributors |
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Three-toed Woodpecker |
| Locations |
Boyden |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
2 1/2 miles North of Boyden Iowa on east side of county highway L14 |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
General: 3000 m farm grove in wide open (formerly prairie) gently rolling farm land. Specific: grove is a thick growth of shrubs, weedy plants, Ash trees, and American + Chinese Elms. many of the Elms are dead and fallen. There are 2 rows (closely spaced) of Ponderosa Pine on the North side of the grove. The grove is surrounded with mature honeysuckle shrubs. Ground covered with 0.5 m. of snow in the grove. |
| Extent |
3 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 Jay Stravers is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Loren Stravers, Henry O. Stegeman, and Aaron Stegeman. | Elimination of similar species: There are really no other species that could be confused other than possibly a Pileated Woodpecker who is much too large + has 4 toes instead of 3 | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 13:00:00/14:30:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1981-CN |
| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Distance: 1.5 meters to 30 meters (estimated) Optical equipment: naked eye, 8 x 50 Binocular, 60mm Bushnell spacemaster - 20x eyepiece Light: recast sky. Bird was observed from virtually every different sun angle [...] temp. -4° winds from the N-NW 10-20 mph relatively low barometric pressure (less than 30.0mm) |
| Supporting Documentation |
Robbins CS, Bruun B, Zim HS. Birds of North America: a guide to field identification. New York: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press. | Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | Miklos D.F. Udvardy. Audubon society field guide to North American birds: western region. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
| Date Digital |
07 Jun 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
