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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for a King Rail at Doolittle Prairie in Story County, IA on May 6, 1983.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1983-05-06 - 1983-05-07
People / Organizations
Time 8:00 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 33
Folder 41
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Schaufenbuel, Joseph P.
Contributors Dinsmore, Stephen J.
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds King Rail
Locations Doolittle Prairie State Preserve
Map
Verbatim Locality Doolittle Prairie, Ames, Iowa
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Wet prairie, pothole fringe.
Extent 1 page
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Joe Schaufenbuel is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Steve Dinsmore. | Elimination of similar species: See above. In size the bird was easily larger than a Virginia Rail and about the size of a halfgrown pheasant. | The original documentation form event occurred around 08:00:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Good: bird was in south with sun in the east. The light was fairly good. Bird was flushed, flew about 35-40 yards, seen with unaided eye.
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. | Pough R. Audubon land bird guide. Audubon Nature Guides. New York: Doubleday and Co.
Date Digital 12 Dec 2017
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