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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for a Peregrine Falcon at Otter Creek Marsh in Tama County, IA on April 29, 1984.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1984-04-29 - 1984-05-25
People / Organizations
Time 9:40 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 33
Folder 34
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Proescholdt, Beth
Contributors Proescholdt, Mark
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Peregrine Falcon
Locations Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge
Map
Verbatim Locality Otter Creek Marsh , Tama County
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Marsh
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. Other observers include Mark Proescholdt, Jim Mairs, Pauline Mairs, and Peter Petersen. | Elimination of similar species: a buteo, or a Merlin - or a Prairie Falcon : - it was not buteo shaped, but falcon shaped - too big for a Merlin + it had heavy mustaches - too dark for a Prairie Falcon + no black axillars. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:40:00/09:45:00 and 10:45:00/10:47:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Cloudy day with brisk E wind, first sighting about 1/4 mile away, but second sighting 30' or 40' as it flew over our heads, 6x30 Bushnell binoculars.
Supporting Documentation 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. | Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Date Digital 08 Dec 2017
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