| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9m32nc3x |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Lesser Black-backed Gull at Mississippi River between Bettendorf in Scott County, IA and Moline in Rock Island County, IL on January 31, 1992 and February 1, 1992. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1992-01-31 - 1992-02-07 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
2:35 PM |
| Rights |
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located. If you have any information that can contribute to identifying or locating the rights-holder(s) please notify the Iowa State University Library Digital Initiatives Program (digital@iastate.edu). (Rightsstatements.org InC-RUU 1.0). The original object is available at the Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives (archives@iastate.edu). |
| Data Access Rights |
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html |
| Data License |
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 |
| Collection |
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166 |
| Box |
34 |
| Folder |
36 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Fuller, James L |
| Contributors |
Fuller, Charles R. Fuller, Jane |
| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
| Locations |
Bettendorf Moline |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Mississippi River between Moline, Illinois and Bettendorf, Iowa. |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
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| Extent |
2 pages |
| Language(s) |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
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| Information Withheld |
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| Individual Count |
1 |
| Occurrence Remarks |
The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Charles Fuller and Jane Fuller. | Elimination of similar species: The only other dark mantled gull with yellow legs is Yellow-footed Gull, which has never been seen outside of the extreme southwestern part of the country. Yellow-footed gull is also larger than the Herring gull, but this bird was smaller in general size. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:35:00/14:45:00 on January 31, 1992 and 09:50:00/10:00:00 on February 1, 1992. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: On 31 January. the bird was seen in mid afternoon of a clear day looking north with a KOWA TSN-4 telescope (20-60X zoom lens) at about 125 yards. It was also followed in flight with Swift Audubon (8.5 X 44) binoculars at distances from 100 yards up to a half mile. On 1 February, the bird was seen in mid morning on a cloudless day looking north at about 100 yards. |
| Supporting Documentation |
National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | Harrison P. Seabirds: an identification guide. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. |
| Date Digital |
15 Dec 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
