| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w94m91c6d |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review of five Eurasian Wigeons at Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, IA on April 1, 1985. Includes a record review document with votes, a summary, correspondence about the bird sighting, and a documentation form submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents) |
| Sort Date |
1985-04-01 - 1993-09-03 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
1:00 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 |
8 |
| Folder |
14 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Foote, LaVonne |
| Contributors |
Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Edgell, Michael C.R. Harr, Douglas C. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee Peterjohn, Bruce G. |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Eurasian Wigeon |
| Locations |
Spirit Lake |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
In a marsh about 7 miles west of Spirit Lake, Iowa on Highway No. 9 on the South side of the road. |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
marsh |
| Extent |
12 pages |
| Language(s) |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
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| Information Withheld |
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| Individual Count |
5 |
| Occurrence Remarks |
The documentation form by LaVonne Foote is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Mavis Wunder and Jan Ortmeier. | Elimination of similar species: American wigeon - Easy to tell apart as male colors are so different. | The original documentation form event lasted from 13:00:00/13:30:00 and 15:30:00/16:05:00 on April 1, 1985 as well as 11:21:00/12:15:00 on April 2, 1985. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1985-02 |
| Event Remarks |
Distance: estimated about 200 feet. Optical equipment: 2 pair Bushnell 7 x 35 Insta Focus binoculars. Sears 10 x 50 extra wide angle binocular. 10x30x Zoom Telescope.
Light: Excellent light all 3 times - Marsh is on South West corner - Observed when sun was in the east and when it was in the west while the wigeons were in the south and south west corner. |
| Supporting Documentation |
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. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. |Terres J. The Audubon society encyclopedia of North American birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; 1982. | Bellrose FC & Hines R. Ducks, geese & swans of North America. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. | National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | Farrand J. Audubon society master guide to birding. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. | Musgrove JW & Musgrove MR. Waterfowl in Iowa. Des Moines, IA: State Conservation Commission; 1943.
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| Date Digital |
11 May 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
