| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w98k74z6d |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Merlin at Wilson farm in Northeast Mills County, IA on September 13, 1982. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1982-09-13 - 1982-11-24 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
9:30 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 |
33 |
| Folder |
32 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Wilson, Barbara L. |
| Contributors |
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| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Merlin |
| Locations |
Mills County |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Wilson farm, N.E. Mills County |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
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| 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 Barbara L. Wilson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: When it was parachuting, the bird farmed its wings enough it resembled an accipiter, but when it flew the wings were obviously pointed, + the bird's rowing wingbeats were like a falcon's. Size limits the question to: Kestrel or Merlin? The tail banding + uniformly gray upper parts (the latter seen only briefly) make it a Merlin. I've never seen anything behave like that. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:30:00/09:35:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: East + SE of me at about 9:30 am against a bright overcast sky. 8.5 x binoculars. Distance 200 + yards (my husbands estimate.) No books used, but earlier in the fall I'd discovered that Merlins are the same size as many Kestrels, so I'd decided to look for them. After the birds disappeared off south, a falcon, I assumed the same one, flew back north, low. I saw it against a background of trees, + got the only idea of color I got. The birds nearly flew-over me, turned, + flew off east. I'd never knowingly seen a Merlin before. Saw the bird 5 minutes or so. |
| Supporting Documentation |
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| Date Digital |
05 Dec 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed/flatbed |
