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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
Content DM Link https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9s756n74
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Description Records Committee review for a Rosy Finch at Oelwein in Fayette County, IA on March 12, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, an article in Iowa Bird Life, an article in Des Moines Register, a letter from Richard Wilkinson to Thomas H. Kent, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
Sort Date 1978-03-12 - 1994-02-04
People / Organizations
Time 12:28 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 14
Folder 12
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Stone, Tom
Contributors Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Halmi, Nicholas S. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee Wilkinson, Richard
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Locations Oelwein
Map
Verbatim Locality Oelwein, IOWA
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Feeds on feeder. Come to a Rocky Ravine like spot by house.
Extent 9 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Tom Stone 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 Russel Hays, Frank Moore, Joe Schaufenbuel, Tom Kent, Tom Shires, Peter Petersen, Bernie Knight, Robert Myers, and eight more birders from Cedar Rapids-Marion. | Elimination of similar species: This bird doesn't have any black on back or breast like the Black Rosy Finch. This bird had gray on head to distuinguish [sic] it. From the Brown capped Rosy Finch. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:28:00/12:40:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1993-GD
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Distance: about 1 foot by guess. Optical equipment: 7x50 Binoculars. Lighting: Overcast.
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. A field guide to Western Birds. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Date Digital 20 Jun 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed