| UID |  | 
			
				| Digital Object Type | Rare birds documentation form | 
			
				| Content DM Link | https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w93f4kq34 | 
			
				| Type | Text | 
			
				| Description | Rare bird documentation form for a Merlin east side of Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on April 16, 1983. | 
			
				| Related Genres | Field notes | 
			
				| Sort Date | 1983-04-16 - 1983-04-18 | 
			
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				| Time | 9:25 AM | 
			
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					| 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 | Moore, Francis L. | 
			
				| Contributors | Hays, Russell Myers, Robert K. | 
			
				| Topics | Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds | 
			
				| Birds | Merlin | 
			
				| Locations | Sweet Marsh | 
			
				| Map | 
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					| Verbatim Locality | East side of Sweet Marsh, Bremer Co. | 
				
					| Location Remarks | The documentation forms do not include georeferences | 
				
					| Habitat | Open disked field along road, river bottom, mixed deciduous woods near-by | 
						
				| Extent | 1 page | 
			
				| Language(s) | eng | 
			
				| Bibliographic Citation |  | 
							
					| Information Withheld |  | 
				
					| Individual Count | 1 | 
				
					| Occurrence Remarks | The documentation form by Francis L. Moore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Bob Myers and Russell Hays. | Elimination of similar species: Peregrine Falcon is larger with dark facial pattern Peregrine breast is also barred not streaked. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:25:00/09:30:00. | 
				
					| Occurrence Status | present | 
				
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					| Event Remarks | Viewing Conditions: Sunny at time of sighting; viewed from approx. 20 ft as it flew along side the car along a gravel road and out into a cultivated field; viewed with 7x35mm Bausch + Lomb Roof prism binoculars. | 
				
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				| Date Digital | 05 Dec 2017 | 
						
				| File Type | image/jpeg | 
			
				| Hardware / Software | Epson - sheet feed |