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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review of a Black Rail at Hendrickson Marsh in Story County, IA on April 24, 1982. Includes a record review document with votes, a summary of the review, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Field notes
Sort Date 1982-04-24 - 1993-09-01
People / Organizations
Time 3:30 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 9
Folder 12
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Martsching, Paul
Contributors Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Black Rail
Locations Hendrickson Marsh Lake
Map
Verbatim Locality Hendrickson's Marsh, Story County, Iowa
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat General: marsh along shore of large shallow lake Specific: area with much old grass more or less bent down with new growth less than six inches. Was a little water under the grass where it flew up
Extent 4 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Paul Martsching is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Paul Martsching (later time, but same bird) were submitted later. | Elimination of similar species: Sora - bigger,lighter, yellow beak. Virginia - bigger, lighter, long thin beak. Rail chick - too early in year - and was flying | The original documentation form event occurred around 15:30:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1982-06
Event Remarks Distance: 3 to 75 feet -stepped off Optical equipment: none Light: clear; bird at first south of me then east - north then northeast.
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.
Date Digital 18 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed