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				| Digital Object Type | Rare birds documentation form | 
			
				| Content DM Link | https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9tb0xx0g | 
			
				| Type | Text | 
			
				| Description | Rare bird documentation form for a White-faced Ibis at Bays Branch in Guthrie County, IA on May 1, 1977. | 
			
				| Related Genres | Field notes Forms (documents) | 
			
				| Sort Date | 1977-05-01 | 
			
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				| Time | 2:15 PM | 
			
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					| Data License | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 | 
						
				| Collection | Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166 | 
			
				| Box | 32 | 
			
				| Folder | 24 | 
			
				| Contributing Institution | Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives | 
			
				| Creator / Author | Burns, R. E. (Rollin Eugene) | 
			
				| Contributors | Burns, Marilyn, 1933- | 
			
				| Topics | Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds | 
			
				| Birds | White-faced Ibis | 
			
				| Locations | Bays Branch State Wildlife Area | 
			
				| Map | 
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					| Verbatim Locality | The middle road of Bays Branch (Guthrie County-Iowa) | 
				
					| Location Remarks | The documentation forms do not include georeferences | 
				
					| Habitat | Reeds, some water grasses, and water holes. | 
						
				| Extent | 1 page | 
			
				| Language(s) | eng | 
			
				| Bibliographic Citation |  | 
							
					| Information Withheld |  | 
				
					| Individual Count | 1 | 
				
					| Occurrence Remarks | The documentation form by Gene Burns is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marilyn Burns. | Elimination of similar species: I had not seen any similar species in this area heretofore, so all were eliminated. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:15:00/14:17:00. | 
				
					| Occurrence Status | present | 
				
					| Field Number |  | 
				
					| Event Remarks | Viewing Conditions: Distance: Estimated Optical equipment: Jason zoom binoculars & B&L zoom scope. Light: Sky was clear and sunny. The bird was flying from the southwest to northeast and then north. The sun was behind us to the southwest & he flew nearly over us then on north. | 
				
					| 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. | Peterson RT. A field guide to Western Birds. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. | 
									
				| Date Digital | 20 Nov 2017 | 
						
				| File Type | image/jpeg | 
			
				| Hardware / Software | Epson - sheet feed |