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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 Ames in Story County, IA on June 5, 1985.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1985-06-05 - 1985-07-19
People / Organizations
Time 12:00 PM
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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 Dixon, Mark D.
Contributors
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Peregrine Falcon
Locations Ames
Map
Verbatim Locality County: Story. City: Ames. Location in detail: West Ames along Lincoln Way (Old highway 30), near drive-in theater, was flying over a corn field and road
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat semi-rural, suburban area, was over corn field, stream or river nearby?
Extent 2 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Mark D. Dixon is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Only other falcons were possible. Was too large for Kestrel and had heavy black mask. Did not have black 'armpits' of Prairie Falcon and had distinct mask. Too large for Merlin and had distinct mask | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:00:00/12:05:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Slightly overcast, distance estimated at about 40 m (maybe even less), used miniature Nikon binoculars 8 x 23
Supporting Documentation Peterson RT. A field guide to the birds east of the Rockies. New York: Houghton Mifflin. | Dinsmore JJ, Kent TH, Koenig D, Petersen PC, & Roosa DM. Iowa birds. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press.
Date Digital 08 Dec 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed