| UID |  | 
			
				| Digital Object Type | Rare birds documentation form | 
			
				| Content DM Link | https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9959c90t | 
			
				| Type | Text | 
			
				| Description | Rare bird documentation form for four White-faced Ibises at Churdan in Greene County, IA on April 21, 1978. | 
			
				| Related Genres | Field notes Forms (documents) | 
			
				| Sort Date | 1978-04-21 - 1978-04-24 | 
			
				| People / Organizations |  | 
			
				| Time | 10:30 AM | 
			
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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 | Dinsmore, James J. | 
			
				| Contributors | Dinsmore, Stephen J. | 
			
				| Topics | Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds | 
			
				| Birds | White-faced Ibis | 
			
				| Locations | Churdan | 
			
				| Map | 
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					| Verbatim Locality | 1 mile North, 2 1/4 miles East of Churdan, Iowa | 
				
					| Location Remarks | The documentation forms do not include georeferences | 
				
					| Habitat | Creek pasture, non-timbered, no trees for 1/4 mile, creek bayou (old bed); some vegetation along edges | 
						
				| Extent | 1 page | 
			
				| Language(s) | eng | 
			
				| Bibliographic Citation |  | 
							
					| Information Withheld |  | 
				
					| Individual Count | 4 | 
				
					| Occurrence Remarks | The documentation form by James Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Stephen Dinsmore and Dan Towers. | Elimination of similar species: Great Blue Heron; this Great Blue Heron is the only other bird I've ever seen around here that even comes close to resemblance, and it's not even close. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/11:00:00. | 
				
					| Occurrence Status | present | 
				
					| Field Number |  | 
				
					| Event Remarks | Viewing Conditions: Distance: 45-50 steps - stepped it off - crawled to edge of bayou to watch them. Optical Equipment: 7 x 35 binoculars Light: Partly cloudy sky, sun was at 11 A.M. position and birds were pretty much west of me. | 
				
					| 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 | 20 Nov 2017 | 
						
				| File Type | image/jpeg | 
			
				| Hardware / Software | Epson - sheet feed |