| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9z31nr3k |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Prairie Falcon north of Laurens in Pocahontas County, IA on February 1, 1988. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1988-02-01 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
10:45 AM |
| 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 |
35 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
DeWall, Rita |
| Contributors |
Carlson, Helen Carlson, Judith Reese, Ronald |
| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Prairie Falcon |
| Locations |
Laurens |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
5 miles north of Laurens, Pocahontas County, Iowa |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
Open farm ground |
| 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 Rita Dewall is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Judy Carlson, Helen Carlson and Ron Reese. | Elimination of similar species: More brown than Peregrine Falcon, both female Merlin and Peregrine Falcon lack underwing pattern observed in this bird. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:45:00/10:55:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Excellent lighting under partly cloudy conditions, blowing snow had been a problem earlier in the day but had let up considerably at this time, Prairie Falcon flew towards us out of barn beside the road and we were parked approximately 300' from the barn, continually flew in the area at times being directly overhead with field marks distinct even without binoculars, used 7 x 35 binoculars at times |
| Supporting Documentation |
Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | 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. |
| Date Digital |
12 Dec 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
