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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review of a Tufted Duck at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on June 30, 1980. Includes a record review document with votes, two photos, correspondence about the sighting, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Correspondence Field notes Photographs
Sort Date 1980-06-30 - 1994-01-28
People / Organizations
Time 7:45 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 8
Folder 16
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Myers, Robert K.
Contributors Moore, Francis L. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Tufted Duck
Locations Sweet Marsh
Map
Verbatim Locality Sweet Marsh (Tom Stone, Jr. & I first found bird)
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat marshy area near cattails
Extent 9 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Robert K. Myers is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Francis L. Moore were submitted . Other observers include Russell Hays, Tom Stone, and Tom Stone, Jr. | Elimination of similar species: May be a ring-neck female or scaup but doesn't look right- probably a hybrid. | The original documentation form event lasted from 19:45:00/20:00:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1980-22
Event Remarks Distance: probably about 50' Optical equipment: B & L 7x35's. Light: Light was excellent - I have observed bird different times in different light and it didn't 'shed new light'
Supporting Documentation Bull J & Farrand J Jr. Audubon society field guide to North American birds: eastern region. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Date Digital 11 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed/flatbed