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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review of a Magnificent Frigatebird at Clear Lake in Gordo County, IA on September 25, 1988. Includes a record review document with votes, articles from American Birds and Iowa Bird Life, and nine documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
Sort Date 1988-09-25 - 1993-08-04
People / Organizations
Time 11:20 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 7
Folder 15
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Walter, Janice L.
Contributors Dinsmore, James J. Dinsmore, Stephen J. Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Petersen, Peter C. Proescholdt, Beth Proescholdt, Mark Thomas, Michael K. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee Fuller, James L
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Magnificent Frigatebird
Locations Clear Lake
Map
Verbatim Locality Crane Street on south shore of Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Residential area on wooded lakeshore
Extent 18 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Jan L. Walter is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Steve Dinsmore, Jim Dinsmore, Peter Petersen, Beth Proescholdt, Mark Proescholdt, Jim Fuller, Thomas H. Kent, and Mike Thomas were submitted later. Other observers include Joel Hanes, Daryl Hansen, Patricia Hansen, Jim Walter, Mary Lou Petersen, Ann Barker, Francis Moore, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Bob Myers, Jim Sinclair, and Beth Brown. | Elimination of similar species: Size, wing length and shape, long forked tail, white breast on an otherwise all black bird are diagnostic of female Magnificent Frigatebird. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:20:00/11:26:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1988-11
Event Remarks Late morning sun striking bird on all sides as it circled. 50-60 feet (guess) 8x40 binoculars
Supporting Documentation National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic 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 15 Jun 2017
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