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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for two White-rumped Sandpipers at Coralville Reservoir in Johnson County, IA on April 10, 1977.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1977-04-10 - 1977-04-11
People / Organizations
Time 4:20 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 34
Folder 21
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Halmi, Nicholas S.
Contributors
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds White-rumped Sandpiper
Locations Coralville Lake
Map
Verbatim Locality south shore of Coralville Reservoir, Johnson Co., IOWA
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat mudflats S of Sandy Beach area, Coralville Reservoir
Extent 1 page
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 2
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Nicholas S. Halmi is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Pectoral: smaller - direct comparison possible. No bib. Dark, not yellowish legs. Voice not 'krip'. Baird's: same size, but lack of scaly back, no buffy wash on breast, wings, not as long as Baird's, [illegible] not so slim, body position not horizontal. Semipalmated - Western: about 1 inch bigger than the small [illegible], one present in flock (Western?) | The original documentation form event lasted from 16:20:00/16:35:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Distance: est. 100-150 feet. Optical equipment: 7x35 binoculars, window-mounted 20-45x zoom scope. Light: bright sunshine; sun-observer-bird angle about 160 degrees.
Supporting Documentation Bent, AC. Life histories of North American gulls and terns: order longipennes. Smithson Inst US Nat Mus Bull. | Reilly EM. The Audubon illustrated handbook of American birds. New York: McGraw-Hill. | 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 14 Dec 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed