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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review for a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper northwest of Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on October 3, 1974. Includes a record review document with votes, two articles in Iowa Bird Life, correspondence about the sighting, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
Sort Date 1974-10-03 - 1999-04-02
People / Organizations
Time 2:10 PM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 10
Folder 4
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Halmi, Nicholas S.
Contributors Kleen, Vernon M. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Locations Johnson County
Map
Verbatim Locality County road 0, about 15 miles NWW of Iowa City, Iowa
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat General: puddle in mudflat Specific: shallow water and mud, with sparse clumps of grass
Extent 8 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Nicholas Halmi is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Pectoral Sandpiper. good juxtaposition. Diff.: chestnut crown, breast spotting much finer, mostly on sides only, no sharp line of demarcation downwards | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:10:00/14:30:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1981-AS
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Distance: 30-60 ft. (est.) Optical Equipment: 7x35 Trinovid 20-45X Bushnell zoom scope Light: sunny, excellent light, see diagram observer --> o[sun] --o<-bird
Supporting Documentation Peterson RT. A field guide to Western Birds. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company; 1961. | Robbins CS, Bruun B, Zim HS. Birds of North America: a guide to field identification. New York: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press. | Falla RA, Sibson RB, & EG Turbott. Collins field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Auksburg: HarperCollins New Zealand. | Reilly Edgar M. The Audubon illustrated handbook of American birds. New York: McGraw-Hill. | Bent, AC. Life histories of North American shore birds. Dover, DE: Dover Publications.
Date Digital 23 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
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