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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for a Baird's Sparrow at DeSoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge in Harrison County, IA on April 27, 1976.
Related Genres Field notes Forms (documents)
Sort Date 1976-04-27
People / Organizations
Time 12:50 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 32
Folder 7
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Bray, Tanya
Contributors Meier, Marian
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Baird's Sparrow
Locations DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
Map
Verbatim Locality DeSoto Bend N. Wildlife Refuge, Missouri Valley, Iowa
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat River Bottom Land - Nat. Wildlife Refuge Plowed strip with road on one side, small trees and underbrush bordering it on the other.
Extent 2 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Tanya Bray is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marian Meier.| Elimination of similar species: This bird had no yellow above eye as in Savannah. Also the breast stripes were confined to necklace. No noticable [sic] white on tail as in Vesper. No buff on breast as in Lincolns, LeContes, or Henslows. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:50:00/12:55:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Distance: 5-7 feet - estimate Optical equipment: 8 -pr. Binocs 9 pr. Binocs Light: Very cloudy - no direct sunlight - Bird above and slightly to our left.
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. | Pough RH. Audubon bird guide: eastern land birds. New York: Doubleday and Co.
Date Digital 17 Nov 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed