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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review for a a Mute Swan at South Clay County, IA on April 8, 1985. Includes a record review document with votes, a page of copied photos, an article in Iowa Bird Life, internal correspondence, summary of review, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
Sort Date 1985-04-08 - 1994-01-28
People / Organizations
Time 2:15 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 8
Folder 11
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Brewer, Marion M.
Contributors Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Mute Swan
Locations Clay County
Map
Verbatim Locality 5 East of 71 on 374
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Large farm pond, rolling hills most of which were in cultavation [sic]
Extent 8 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Marion M. Brewer is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Vernon Beirman. | Elimination of similar species: Was from the mute swan because of the straight neck and the Tundra swan because of the dark base of the bill. The wings were not held high like on the Mute swan. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:15:00/14:30:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1985-01
Event Remarks Clear day, observed with a 15 x 45 spotting scope from a distance of estimated 75 yards sun was mostly overhead.
Supporting Documentation Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | Robbins CS, Bruun B, Zim HS. Birds of North America: a guide to field identification. New York: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press. | Farrand J. Audubon society master guide to birding. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Date Digital 09 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed