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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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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
Time 10:45 AM
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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
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Golden Eagle
Locations Marshalltown
Map
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
Information Withheld
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
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