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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for a Red-necked Grebe at Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County, IA on April 12, 1984.
Related Genres Field notes Forms (documents)
Sort Date 1984-04-12
People / Organizations
Time 11:45 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 32
Folder 13
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Zaletel, Hank
Contributors
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Red-necked Grebe
Locations Little Wall Lake
Map
Verbatim Locality Little Wall Lake
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Lake
Extent 1 page
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Hank Zaletel is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Red-necked Grebe nearly one third bigger than nearby horned grebe. Horned and eared grebes do not have white cheek patch in summer plumage. Winter plumage horned and eared grebes do not have red necks. Red throated loon does not have white cheek patch and back of neck is not red. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:45:00/12:00:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Distance: 50 yards (estimate) Optical equipment: Bushnell spotting scope 25x Light: Overcast, light from west - I was standing in the north looking south and east
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.
Date Digital 17 Nov 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed