| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9057ct5d |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review of a Tricolored Heron at the Iowa Power and Light settling ponds, in Council Bluffs, IA on May 4, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes, an Iowa Bird Life article, and a documentation form submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1991-05-04 - 1993-07-17 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
11:30 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 |
18 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Greer, Janet |
| Contributors |
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Tricolored Heron |
| Locations |
MidAmerican Energy Ponds |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Iowa Power and Light settling ponds, Council Bluffs, IA |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
lakeshore |
| Extent |
5 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 Janet Greer is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marge Graf, Dutch Graf, and Mary Jo Harlow. | Elimination of similar species: Great Blue Heron: Eliminated by bill color, rusty feathers on the breast, white belly and leg color, and dark face and crown. Little Blue Heron: Eliminated by size, rusty wing coverts, and white chin. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:30:00/12:40:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1991-01 |
| Event Remarks |
Overcast sky. Strong northerly winds. Estimated distances: 75 feet, 200 feet, 450 feet (all estimated). Optics: Bushnell Spacemaster Zoom 15x60, Bausch and Lomb Balscope 20x, Bausch and Lomb Swift Telmaster 60x, Bausch and Lomb Legacy 7-15x35. |
| 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. | Peterson, RT. Field guide to birds of eastern and central north america. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. |
| Date Digital |
05 May 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
