| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9736m420 |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review of a Mississippi Kite at east of Randall in Hamilton County, IA on May 22, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes and three documentation forms submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Field notes Forms (documents) |
| Sort Date |
1991-05-22 - 1993-07-17 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
7:35 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 |
Proescholdt, Mark |
| Contributors |
Proescholdt, Beth Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Mississippi Kite |
| Locations |
Randall |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Hamilton County just east of Randall |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
along Skunk River Valley - wooded river - open area near bridge |
| 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 Mark Proescholdt is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Beth Proescholdt were submitted later. | Elimination of similar species: Harrier - tail was not right and long enough for harrier and bird was not right color underneath. Nighthawk - Our bird was much bigger than Nighhawk and had no white patches in its wings. Turkey Vulture or Eagle - Our bird was much smaller and had long, narrow pointed wings. Accipiters - Body shape was wrong and did not have extra long tail -look like accipiters have. Osprey - Wrong body shape for osprey and no white markings on our bird. Buteos - Wrong body shape again even for Swainson's Hawk which can appear to have pointed wings when seen overhead. Buteos have much broader wings and should show some white contrasting colors underneath. Falcons - Our bird was too big for a Kestrel or Merlin. I don't think Merlins ever have leisurely, slow flapping flight. This bird didn't fly right for a Peregrine and the body proportions were not right for a Peregrine. I've seen Peregrines fly in a slow, leisurely manner and this did not seem to suggest a Peregrine at all. A Peregrine or Prairie Falcon should show some light-colored areas underneath. Also, a Peregrine's tail tapers down to a rounded end and is not squared off and flared at the end. | The original documentation form event lasted from 19:35:00/19:35:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1991-06 |
| Event Remarks |
Light was behind us - we were facing east. Mostly cloudy. Sunset was at 8:33 p.m. that day. 110 yards away when first seen to its closest at 40 yards away at the bridge where we were parked -(estimated). 8 x 30 Binoculars. |
| Supporting Documentation |
National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. |
| Date Digital |
12 May 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
