| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9h98zf5x |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Snowy Egret at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on August 30, 1980. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes Forms (documents) |
| Sort Date |
1980-08-30 - 1980-09-13 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
1:30 PM |
| Rights |
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located. If you have any information that can contribute to identifying or locating the rights-holder(s) please notify the Iowa State University Library Digital Initiatives Program (digital@iastate.edu). (Rightsstatements.org InC-RUU 1.0). The original object is available at the Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives (archives@iastate.edu). |
| 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 |
32 |
| Folder |
19 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Myers, Robert K. |
| Contributors |
Hays, Russell Moore, Francis L. Stone, Tom |
| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Snowy Egret |
| Locations |
Sweet Marsh |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
approx. 3 mi. south of Sweet Marsh, Iowa |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
cow pasture with marshy areas, water for marsh comes from natural artesian wells. |
| Extent |
1 page |
| Language(s) |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
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| Information Withheld |
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| Individual Count |
1 |
| Occurrence Remarks |
The documentation form by Robert K. Myers is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Russell Hays, Tom Stone, and Francis Moore. | Elimination of similar species: An immature little blue was also present & next day a cattle egret was with the snowy and separating all three was easy | The original documentation form event lasted from 13:30:00/14:15:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Condition: Distance: closest was 30 ft. (stepped off) Optical equipment: 8th 7x35's and Bushnell 20x spotting scope Light: light was excellent and sun no problem as we had time to view bird from different angles. |
| Supporting Documentation |
Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | 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 |
