| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9bz61b64 |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review for a Pygmy Nuthatch at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on January 26, 1977. Includes a record review document with votes, multiple articles from Iowa Bird Life, correspondence related to bird sighting and review, and two documentations submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1977-01-26 - 1993-08-26 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
9:30 AM |
| 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 |
51 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Brown, Woodward H. |
| Contributors |
Halmi, Nicholas S. Petersen, Peter C. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee Norris, William R. |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Pygmy Nuthatch |
| Locations |
Des Moines |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
[...] 5400 Woodland Ave. |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
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| Extent |
5 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 Woodward H. Brown is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Nicholas Halmi was submitted later. Other observers include Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Mary Brown, Dorothy Ely, Peter C. Petersen, Mary Lou Petersen, Margaret Brooke, Lillian Serbousek, Allen Mueller, and many unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] According to plumage descriptions of the Pigmy and Brown-headed Nuthatches, the only noticeable difference between the two (short of having the bird in hand) is in the color of the crown and nape. The field guides are agreed that the crown of the Brown-headed is brown, but there is a lack of unanimity in their descriptions of the crown of the Pigmy. [...] Margaret Brooke, in writing up the observation for IBL, describes the cap as being "brownish" but has no doubt about this nuthatch being a Pigmy. Mary and I feel the grayish olive description comes closest and cinches the Pigmy identification. | The original documentation form event occurred around 09:30:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1981-GQ |
| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: [...] After a 15 or 20 minute wait the nuthatch came to a window shelf feeding tray on the south side of the kitchen. With a bright and cloudless sky we watched the bird eating sunflower seeds after wedging them in a crack in the rim of the tray. The bird was within arm's reach as we were separated from the tray only by a counter top about two feet deep. |
| Supporting Documentation |
Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | Bailey A & Niedrach RJ. Birds of Colorado. Denver: Denver Museum of Natural History. | Pough RH. All the birds of Eastern and Central North America. Audubon Regional Field Guides. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Co. | Pearson, TG. Birds of America. New York: The University 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 |
08 Jun 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
