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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review of a Purple Gallinule at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on May 24 and 29, 1994. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and five documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
Sort Date 1994-05-24 - 1996-04-25
People / Organizations
Time 3:00 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 9
Folder 14
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Scheib, James
Contributors Edwards, Chris Pinkston, Randall, 1956- Proescholdt, Mark Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee Fuller, James L
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Purple Gallinule
Locations Sweet Marsh
Map
Verbatim Locality Sweet Marsh W. of Tripoli
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat marsh
Extent 7 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by James Scheib is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Fuller, Randy Pinkston, Chris Edwards, and Mark Proescholdt were submitted later. Other observers include Beth Proescholdt, Tom Stone, Cal Knight, Bernie Knight, Tim Schantz, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Sharon Scheib, Jane Fuller, Jim Durbin, Joyce Durbin, Tom Stone, Sr. and Francis Moore. | Elimination of similar species: Common Moorhen has white along lower edge of wing when wings are folded; does not have purple body or light blue forehead patch.. [sic] | The original documentation form event occurred around 15:00:00 and 18:30:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1994-11
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Light was behind us. View was unubstructed [sic] from about 20 yards at closest point. In all I saw it about six different times in the two visits. Sometimes mostly obstructed by grasses.
Supporting Documentation National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society.
Date Digital 22 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed