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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Record Committee review for a Red-throated Loon at Pleasant Creek Lake in Linn County, IA on April 13, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, an Iowa Bird Life article, a photo and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
Sort Date 1997-04-13 - 2000-11-24
People / Organizations
Time 2:37 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 7
Folder 5
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Fuller, James L
Contributors Edwards, Chris Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Red-throated Loon
Locations Pleasant Creek State Park
Map
Verbatim Locality Pleasant Creek Recreation Area (Linn County)
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat
Extent 7 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Chris Edwards were submitted later. Other observers include John Daniel, Ken Lowder, and Dale Fye. | Elimination of similar species: The other smaller loon, Pacific has darker gray upperparts and minimal white marks on the back, gray surrounding the eye, a straight bill, black eye, a more rounded top of the head, and often displays a chin strap, all features which differ from Red-throated Loon. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:37:00/14:54:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1997-06
Event Remarks It was a sunny day, and I was using a KOWA TSN4 telescope (20x-60X) looking mostly east at distances of 150-200 feet.
Supporting Documentation National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | Kaufmann K. Kaufman field guide to advanced birding. Peterson Field Guide Series. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Date Digital 04 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed/flatbed