| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9vq2sc6d |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Golden Eagle at Macbride Recreation Area northeast of North Liberty in Johnson County, IA on March 19, 1975. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1975-03-19 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
2:10 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 |
33 |
| Folder |
31 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Halmi, Nicholas S. |
| Contributors |
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| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Golden Eagle |
| Locations |
Macbride Nature Recreation Area |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
over Univ. of Iowa Macbride Campus, NE of North Liberty, Iowa |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
over park with deciduous woods and clumps of planted conifers, between Coralville Reservoir and Lake Macbride |
| Extent |
2 pages |
| Language(s) |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
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| Information Withheld |
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| Individual Count |
1 |
| Occurrence Remarks |
The documentation form by Nicholas S. Halmi is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Much larger than dark-phase Rough-legged Hawk. White on wing the reverse of that in imm. Bald Eagle. Tail larger in relation to body than in Bald Eagle, not mottled but distinctly banded. General plumage lighter than that of imm. Bald Eagle. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:10:00/14:15:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Distance: est. 200 ft. Optical equipment: 8x30 binoculars. Light: excellent (partly cloudy); bird straight overhead, sun behind light clouds off to SSW. |
| 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. | Peterson RT. A field guide to Western Birds. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. | Peterson RT. Field guide to birds of Eastern and Central North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | Peterson RT, Mountfort G, Hollom PAD. A Field guide to birds of Britain and Europe, 5th edition. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. | Heinzel H, Fitter RS, Parslow J. The Birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. London, UK: Williams Collins Sons & Co, Ltd. | Brown L & D Amadon. Eagles, hawks and falcons of the world. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. | Bruun B & Singer A. Birds of Europe. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. |
| Date Digital |
04 Dec 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
