| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9bc3t008 |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review of a Mississippi Kite at Coralville Reservoir in Johnson County, IA on May 19, 1990. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1990-05-19 - 1993-07-17 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
1:35 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 |
26 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- |
| Contributors |
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Mississippi Kite |
| Locations |
Babcock Access |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Coraville Reservoir, Babcock Access, Johnson Co., IA |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
wide part of reservoir with open mud flats |
| Extent |
4 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 Thomas H. Kent is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: The pointed wings indicate a kite or falcon. The gliding flight was that of a kite not a falcon. The white body and head also eliminates all falcons. The lack of white rump as well as the flight pattern eliminate Northern Harrier. Swallow-tailed Kite would have a forked tail and different flight pattern. Black-shouldered Kite has a white and black shoulder. The lack of white patches in the secondaries and brownish tail indicate a subadult (first year bird). I looked for bands in the tail, but could not appreciate them. Failure to see bands could be due to the lighting and distance or, as noted by Clark and Wheeler, to the fact that "A few immatures have solid, unbanded dark brown tails." The prominent light and dark underwing puzzled me, but Dunne says that "Immature has body and underwing coverts buffy, with dark streaking and spotting of variable density; may be lighter or darker than illustrated." The underwing coverts and body appeared about the same shade to me. The lighting and distance may have precluded my appreciating any streaking. This bird appeared lighter than the bird I saw at Dudgeon Lake last year, especially the underwing coverts. The profile and flight characteristics allowed me to immediately recognize the bird as a Mississippi Kite. | The original documentation form event lasted from 13:35:00/13:36:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1990-05 |
| Event Remarks |
The sky was cloudy and I was looking north. I estimated the distance at about 100 yards. Used 10x binoculars. |
| Supporting Documentation |
National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | Palmer RS. Handbook of North American birds. New Haven (CT): Yale University Press. | Dunne P. Pete Dunne's essential field guide companion: a comprehensive resource for identifying North American birds. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | Clark W and Wheeler BK. A Field Guide to Hawks of North America. Peterson Field Guides. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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| Date Digital |
12 May 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
