| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9z02zb38 |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail south of Emerson in Mills County, IA on April 29, 1988. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1988-04-29 - 1988-05-02 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
7:30 PM |
| 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 |
McGrew, David E. |
| Contributors |
Wilson, Barbara L. |
| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Yellow Rail |
| Locations |
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| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
3 miles South of Emerson, Mills County, Iowa |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
In foxtail stubble in government set aside acres. The grass had been clipped about knee high + the machinery passing through had smashed much of it, leaving rows of standing stubble, some leaning into it, + flat rows. Dave said the bird was hard to see in it. This was next to end rows planted to a sparse stand of alfalfa, halfway to Knee high. |
| 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 based upon notes and observations by Dave McGrew is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. The documentation form was written by Barb L. Wilson. | Elimination of similar species: Upland Sandpiper (which he had seen in the same field same day), quail, partridge. I showed Dave rail pictures in Peterson's Eastern guide + the Audubon Master guide. He didn't think much of the yellow rail picture objecting particularly to the white feather edging on the back, + the dull color of legs + bill (which may vary seasonally). After looking through the book he felt rails were the best match, though the bill was a bit too acute but the tail matched. He felt some other species in the Yellow Rail/juvenile Sora area might be it. Except of course there is no other rail like that, at least here. | The original documentation form event occurred at 19:30:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: Dave had no binoculars, but the bird was sometimes six feet from him, + he took notes in his farm notebook at the time. |
| Supporting Documentation |
Peterson RT. A field guide to eastern Birds. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. | Farrand J. Audubon society master guide to birding. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. |
| Date Digital |
12 Dec 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed/flatbed |
