| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9ks6j571 |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review for a Pacific Loon at Twelve Mile Lake in Union County, IA on October 26, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes and two documentation forms submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1995-10-26 - 2000-11-20 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
7:25 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 |
7 |
| Folder |
7 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- |
| Contributors |
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee Fuller, James L |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Pacific Loon |
| Locations |
Twelve Mile Lake |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Twelve Mile Lake, Union Co., IA |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
Artificial lake, fairly deep water, typical of southern Iowa lakes. |
| 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 Thomas Kent is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Fuller were submitted later. | Elimination of similar species: We based our identification on size, small uniform bill, lack of white around and in front of the eye, sharp separation of light and dark on the neck, and fine chin strap. The bird was too bulky for a Red-throated Loon and did not have a very thin, upward pointing bill. We were more concerned about excluding Common Loon. The Common Loons we saw later at Rathbun Reservoir had white around the eye, more irregular and less distinct separation of light and dark on the neck, and much more massive bills with bulbous thickening near the tip. | The original documentation form event lasted from 07:25:00/07:40:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1995-30 |
| Event Remarks |
Light: Side to slightly back lighting in early morning on clear day; Distance: 100-150 yards on water (guess), closer in flight; Optics: 20x and 20-60 zoom scopes. |
| 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. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | Harrison P. Seabirds, an identification guide. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. |
| Date Digital |
04 May 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
