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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review for three Red Knots at Island View Park at Rathbun Lake in Appanoose County, IA on October 8, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and three documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
Sort Date 1992-10-08 - 1994-10-18
People / Organizations
Time 7:45 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 10
Folder 1
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Scott, Charlotte
Contributors Cummins, Raymond L. Johnson, Thomas N. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Red Knot
Locations Island View Park
Map
Verbatim Locality Rathbun Lake, Island View Area near the dedication site
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Beach - actually mud
Extent 5 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 3
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Charlotte Scott is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Tom Johnson and Ray Cummins were submitted later. Other observers include Dot Cornett, Mary Montgomery, and Kay Malmberg. | Elimination of similar species: We considered Pectoral Sandpipers but decided they (the pectorals) were more slender, longer legs. Also considered Sanderlings, but thought they were lighter and smaller than our birds. | The original documentation form event lasted from 07:45:00/08:45:00 intermittently.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1992-35
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: It was a rainy day, but we were only 30' - 50' away. Also had 'scope on them.
Supporting Documentation National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | 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 23 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
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