| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9xp6v589 |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Merlin at County Road W48 in Johnson County, IA on March 20, 1977. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1977-03-20 - 1977-03-21 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
1:55 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 |
32 |
| 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 |
Merlin |
| Locations |
Johnson County |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Co. Rd W48, Johnson Co., Iowa, N of Iowa River |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
tall-grass fields with scattered dead or live trees. Flood plain of Coralville Reservoir (west end) |
| 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 Nicholas S. Halmi is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Am. Kestrel: no rufous on back; facial pattern of Kestrel clearly not present; chunkier bird. Sharp-shinned Hawk: head proportionately large, tail shorter, wings pointed and cuffed, not rounded. Peregrine: too small; lack of heavy black mustache. | The original documentation form event lasted from 13:55:00/14:05:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Distance: est. 200 - 400 ft. Optical Equipment: 7x35 Leitz Trinovid, 20-45x Bushnell Zoom Scope Light: light overcast with a few breaks; position varied - when optimal, sun behind me in line with me & bird. |
| Supporting Documentation |
Brown L & D Amadon. Eagles, hawks and falcons of the world. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. |
| Date Digital |
05 Dec 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
