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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for three Canvasbacks at Pool 19 near Montrose in Lee County, IA on June 25, 1984.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1984-06-25 - 1984-07-16
People / Organizations
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 33
Folder 7
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Cecil, Robert I.
Contributors
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Canvasback
Locations Pool 19
Map
Verbatim Locality Mississippi River, Pool 19 near Montrose, Lee County, Iowa
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat River
Extent 1 page
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 3
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Robert I. Cecil is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Redhead: These had much flatter forehead than a redhead. The bill on these birds was also a uniform black, not bi-colored. (I didn't realize this was a field mark until later when I was reviewing my notes and looking through a field guide.) | The original documentation form event occurred several times during day.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: First day: Brilliant clear skys. Distance: perhaps 100 ft. (estimate) Optics 8x binoculars
Supporting Documentation Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | Dinsmore JJ, Kent TH, Koenig D, Petersen PC, & Roosa DM. Iowa birds. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press. | National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society.
Date Digital 27 Nov 2017
File Type image/jpeg
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