| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w99c6s320 |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on May 18, 1980. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1980-05-18 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
8:15 AM |
| Rights |
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| 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 |
39 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Moore, Francis L. |
| Contributors |
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| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Yellow Rail |
| Locations |
Sweet Marsh |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Bird was located on East side of Sweet Marsh, which is outside of Tripoli to the East. Observation was on a dike that comes off of and South of parking lot on second road going to the marsh as you proceed North from the Southern part of the Marsh. See map for location at asterisk. |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
Habitat bird was found in was a grassy area about 2' to 2 1/2' tall about 2' from dike and extending approximately 50' from dike. All around this particular area was large concentrations of cattails and sedges. Water was approximately 2" to 4" deep in area of sighting with deeper water on 3 sides of the area and the dike on the fourth side. |
| Extent |
3 pages |
| Language(s) |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
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| Information Withheld |
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| 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 Joe Schaufenbuel. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:15:00/08:15:02. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Weather conditions: Sunny to partly cloudy with few clouds in the sky. Wind out of SSE at 10-15 mph. Bird/Sun Orientation: Sun was in eastern sky bird flew from in front of me as 1 faced SSE and flew in approximately SSE direction. Distance from Bird: Flushed at approximately 3 feet and went back into the marsh at approximately 25 feet from the place where it flushed. Observers and Optical Equipment: I was alone when the bird was flushed and had a pair of Bausch and Lomb 7x35mm Roof Prism Binoculars with me, although I did not get the chance to use them on this breif [sic] encounter with this bird. |
| Supporting Documentation |
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| Date Digital |
12 Dec 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed/flatbed |
