| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9vd6p61x |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Record Committee review of a Magnificent Frigatebird at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County on October 2, 1988. Includes a record review document with votes, an article from Iowa Bird Life, an introductory letter from Ann Johnson, and a documentation form submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1988-10-02 - 1993-08-04 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
12:45 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 |
7 |
| Folder |
15 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
DeVore, Dawn L. |
| Contributors |
Johnson, Ann Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation |
| Birds |
Magnificent Frigatebird |
| Locations |
Lake Red Rock |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Behind Visitor Center at Lake Red Rock, Marion Co., IA |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
Freshwater lake shore |
| Extent |
11 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 Dawn L. DeVore is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: After getting the bird book, I took my knowledge of the birds in the area and my mental picture and went to work. I ruled out the turkey vulture because the bird was too streamlined like a tern. I looked at the terns, soon realizing that there were no almost completely black terns. Thus I turned to the gulls. I knew it had to be a water area type bird because of its body and bill shape. Remembering the bill I quickly ruled out the gulls. Thus I turned to the cormorants but the tail was wrong, the neck was too long and more so the cormorant was out of the picture. Thinking I recalled hearing about a sighting of a rare bird in Iowa, only the night before had I looked at an outline of its body shape. Bingo! That was it! The shapes matched but what was the name? I went through the bird section page by page. Then there it was - the Magnificent Frigatebird. This was it; almost all black, large yet streamlined, "forked" or V shaped "tail", and that unique bill. Then the fact that the bird I saw had no red and two side by side white breast areas confirmed that it was a female Magnificent Frigatebird. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:45:00/12:50:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1988-12 |
| Event Remarks |
Scattered white fluffy clouds to clear; past noon lighting; I would say that the bird was around twenty yards away. I figure I could have hit it with a baseball and I can only throw one just over twenty yards. Optical Equipment: my own two eyes. |
| Supporting Documentation |
Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of north america. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. |
| Date Digital |
15 Jun 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
