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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for a Prairie Falcon in Cass County east of Walnut, IA on October 25, 1990.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1990-10-25
People / Organizations
Time 9:00 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 33
Folder 35
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Petersen, Marietta
Contributors
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Prairie Falcon
Locations Walnut
Map
Verbatim Locality RR #1, Walnut, Iowa 51577
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat The area is Upland Prairie Land-pasture, hayfields, corn a soybean fields- and hilly. Little Timber along creek bottoms. We live on a farm in Northwestern Cass County. The bird was sitting on top of a semi-dead Ash tree in our old orchard.
Extent 1 page
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Marietta Petersen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: The Red Tailed would not have those kind of face markings. But it was about the size of a Red Tailed. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:00:00/09:10:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: 10x50 Tasco Bin. Clear morning - I watched it 5 to 10 minutes until it flew away
Supporting Documentation Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. | Pough R, Eckelberry D, & Poole EL. Audubon water bird guide: water, game and large land birds. Audubon Nature Guides. New York: Doubleday and Co. | National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | Robbins CS, Bruun B, Zim HS. Birds of North America: a guide to field identification. New York: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press.
Date Digital 08 Dec 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed