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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for a Ross' Goose at Terra Lake in Johnston in Polk County, IA on December 1, 1996.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1996-12-01 - 1996-12-05
People / Organizations
Time 11:00 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 32
Folder 28
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Gilliam, Jacob T.
Contributors
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Ross' Goose
Locations Terra Lake
Map
Verbatim Locality Terra Lake on Pioneer Parkway, Johnston IA
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Partially-frozen pond in suburban area surrounded by grassy areas. It was in the midst of around 1000-2000 Canadian Geese
Extent 1 page
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Jacob T. Gilliam is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Ann Johnson and Jim [last name not recorded]. | Elimination of similar species: Other Snows were larger and had larger bills. Couldn't find any pictures of gulls that were similar. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:00:00/14:00:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Mostly sunny in the 30's. It was probably ~80-100 yds away when with the other geese then moved within 20 yds. Viewed with 7x50 binocs and photographed with Minolta 7000, 50-200mm zoom.
Supporting Documentation
Date Digital 20 Nov 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed