| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9hx15s8w |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Golden Eagle at Johnson County, IA on February 19, 1978. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1978-02-19 - 1978-03-01 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
9:45 AM |
| 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 |
DeCoster, R. J. (Richard Joseph) |
| Contributors |
Newlon, Michael C. |
| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Golden Eagle |
| Locations |
Johnson County |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
4.9 mi west of jct. of F20 and W48 in Johnson Co. Iowa. The bird was in trees between F20 and the Iowa River bed. |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
The bird was perched on the north edge of a stand of trees bordering the Iowa River. Snow covered cornfields were n. of trees. |
| 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 Richard DeCoster is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Michael Newlon. | Elimination of similar species: Dark phased rough-legged hawk lacks the white wing patches on upper wing surface and is not twice the length of common crow. Also usually has dark upper tail surface. Immature Bald Eagle lacks prominent white wing patches and base of bill not yellow. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:45:00/10:00:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Distance: about 70 yards at closest. (paced to tree) Optical equipment: 8x binoc. and 20-45 Bushnell scope. Light: Bright sunshine on snowy field. Sun almost directly over left shoulder. |
| 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. |
| Date Digital |
05 Dec 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
