| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w90r9m61x |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Hooded Merganser at Willow Slough in Mills County, IA on June 4, 1978. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1978-06-04 - 1978-07-14 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
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| 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 |
33 |
| Folder |
15 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Wilson, Barbara L. |
| Contributors |
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| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Hooded Merganser |
| Locations |
Willow Slough State Game Management Area |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Willow Slough, Anderson Twp., Mills Co., Iowa |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
Lake, out near the middle, where there where tops of drowned weeds sticking out of the water. |
| 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 Barbara L. Wilson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Only mergansers have thin bills (of the ducks, that is). Only Hooded Mergansers have yellow bills or unpatterned heads. Shape and bill color eliminate the grebes. Size eliminates the loons. I really can't think of anything else it could be. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Distance: It was maybe a third of the way across the lake. 80 yds? (A rough guess) Optical equipment: 20/40x telescope. Light: It was late and the sun low, but it did shine on this duck, though nearer parts of the lake were shadowed by the dike. Sky clear, bright. The duck was east of me while the sun was west. |
| Supporting Documentation |
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| Date Digital |
29 Nov 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
