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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review of six Whooping Cranes east of De Soto National Wildlife Refuge in Harrison County, IA on April 9, 1999. Includes a record review document with votes, a photo, and four documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Field notes Photographs
Sort Date 1999-04-09 - 2000-11-28
People / Organizations
Time 4:35 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 9
Folder 17
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Dinsmore, James J.
Contributors Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Edwards, Chris Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee Fuller, James L
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Whooping Crane
Locations DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
Map
Verbatim Locality 1 mile east of DeSoto N.W.R., Harrison County
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat open corn stubble field
Extent 7 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 6
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Jim Dinsmore is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Thomas H. Kent, Jim Fuller, and Chris Edwards were submitted later .Other observers include Dick Tetrault and Mary Edwards. | Elimination of similar species: Sandhill Crane by color. Great Egret by black wing tips and bill was somewhat curved rather than dagger-like as in egret. | The original documentation form event lasted from 16:35:00/17:05:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1999-11
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: sky overcast but okay to see birds, they were about 1/4 mile away, watched through 20-45 power scope
Supporting Documentation 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 22 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed/flatbed