| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9c824h4j |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for a House Finch at Davenport in Scott County, IA on June 17, 1983. Includes a record review document with votes, a summary of the review and a letter from Ann Barker to Tom Kent containing a documentation form submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Correspondence Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1983-06-17 - 1993-09-01 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
6:10 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 |
14 |
| Folder |
15 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Barker, Ann M. Barker, William S. |
| Contributors |
Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
House Finch |
| Locations |
Davenport |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
in yard around feeder |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
our yard is at the edge of a suburban neighborhood with 30 or so houses, with cultivated fields immediately adjacent on 2 sides. |
| Extent |
4 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 Bill and Ann Barker is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: A finch, slightly larger than Goldfinches concurrently at feeder. A thinner or less puffy appearance than Purple Finch, with brighter more orange red color. Shape of head may be flatter than Purple Finch. | The original documentation form event lasted from 18:10:00/19:00:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1983-37 |
| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Sunflower feeder 12' from window. Light overcast conditions, plenty of light, wind probably 0-5 mph. Perched on feeder and ate seeds for a minute or so, then flew to a Maple tree 40' from house. Stayed in and around yard until 7PM, flying between the maple, a fence rail 35' away, and a Bradford Pear tree 20' away, and the feeder or the bench below it. |
| Supporting Documentation |
Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | 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 |
20 Jun 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed/flatbed |
