UID
Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
Content DM Link https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9ff3m247
Type Text
Description Rare bird documentation form for a King Rail at Sweet Marsh at Bremer County, IA on May 6, 1983.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1983-05-06 - 1983-05-07
People / Organizations
Time 9:30 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 41
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Myers, Robert K.
Contributors
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds King Rail
Locations Sweet Marsh
Map
Verbatim Locality Sweet Marsh
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat marsh - cattails
Extent 1 page
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Robert K. Myers is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: I thought about Virginia rail at first but because the look was so brief I didn't note the gray cheeks or lack of or any other marks. Basically on size impression I called bird a King Rail. I had been flushing many Soras (about Virginia size) and this bird was at least 2X larger than the Soras. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:30:00/09:31:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Bright - good light - Distance was about 25 yd. - paced off later - Viewed very briefly with 7 x 35 binocs
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 12 Dec 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed