| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w97940w2q |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Mute Swan at Mud Lake in Smith Slough in Clay County, IA on March 15, 1984. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes Forms (documents) |
| Sort Date |
1984-03-15 - 1984-03-19 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
6:00 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 |
29 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Dinsmore, James J. |
| Contributors |
Brown, Mike |
| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Mute Swan |
| Locations |
Mud Lake |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
outlet of Mud Lake into Smith Slough, Clay County, |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
small channel leading into pond; in open water but most of surrounding ponds still frozen |
| 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 James Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Mike Brown and Fred Heinz. | Elimination of similar species: Snow Goose much too large, by comparison with Canada Geese. Tundra Swan/Trumpeter Swan by combination of bill color, knob on head, wing posture. | The original documentation form event occurred around 18:00:00 on March 15th 07:30:00 on March 16th. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: both times, bird only about 30-40 yards away, viewed with 6x30 binoculars, light dim on 15th but good light from behind me on the 16th and bird seen well |
| 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; 1983. |
| Date Digital |
20 Nov 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
