| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w99p2w85h |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review for a Prairie Falcon at De Soto National Wildlife Refuge in Harrison County, IA on March 15, 1980. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1980-03-15 - 1993-08-16 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
8:22 AM |
| Rights |
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| 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 |
9 |
| Folder |
6 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Cummins, Raymond L. |
| Contributors |
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Prairie Falcon |
| Locations |
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
1 mile east of De Sota [sic] NWR, Missouri Valley, Iowa |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
General: Missouri River bottom land 1 mile east of Desota [sic] Bends NWR Specific: Flat open farm land - except for road ditches + occasional narrow fence rows. |
| 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 Raymond L. Cummins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Wally Jardine and Thaine Hopkins. | Elimination of similar species: The sparrow hawk and pigeon hawk are eliminated by the large size. The Peregrine Falcon by the light brown top side. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:22:00/08:27:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1980-05 |
| Event Remarks |
Distance: 30-40 yds when first sighted as it flew from a telephone pole. 150-200 yds as it perched in a large tree and about 200-300 yds as it stood on the ground facing us. (Estimates) Optical Equipment: 20x Spotting Scope 7x35 Binoculars Light: The [sic] was poor as it flew to tree and perched in it (into the sun). The light was good as it made it's hunting run + excellent as it set in the field on the west side of the road. |
| 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. | Pough R, Eckelberry D, & Poole EL. Audubon water bird guide: water, game and large land birds. Audubon Nature Guides. New York: Doubleday and Co. | Tekiela S. Birds of Texas field guide. Cambridge, MA: Adventure Publications. |
| Date Digital |
18 May 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
