| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9hh6c80j |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Golden Eagle at Marshalltown in Marshall County, IA on December 2, 1983. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1983-12-02 - 1983-12-14 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
10:45 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 |
Proescholdt, Beth |
| Contributors |
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| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Golden Eagle |
| Locations |
Marshalltown |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Marshall County, Highway #14 along Iowa River at north edge of Marshalltown |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
thin edge of riverbottom woods + open fields, edge of town on other side of river |
| 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 Beth Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: large buteos - this bird was huge compared to a Red-tail or Rough-legged, or Bald Eagle - no white head + tail for an adult, + this bird had dark wing linings, not white in wing linings as an immature Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture - this much bigger than vulture, + with eagle flight not the rocking flight of a vulture, or a dihedral. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:45:00/10:50:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: sky was clear, with sun shining at 90 degree angle toward bird; when first seen it was about 1/4 mile away, but that distance was narrowed to 1/2 that + finally eagle was about 80' away - I used binoculars |
| Supporting Documentation |
Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | Robbins CS, Bruun B, Zim HS. Birds of North America: a guide to field identification. New York: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press. | National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. |
| Date Digital |
05 Dec 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
