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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review for a Curlew Sandpiper at Cedar Lake in Chickasaw County, IA on May 10, 1985. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
Sort Date 1985-05-10 - 1993-09-03
People / Organizations
Time 8:45 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 10
Folder 7
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Moore, Francis L.
Contributors Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Curlew Sandpiper
Locations Cedar Lake
Map
Verbatim Locality Cedar Lake on Cedar River at Nashua, Chickasaw Co., Iowa
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Open mud flat with sparse emergent vegetation near open lake.
Extent 4 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Francis L. Moore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Red Knot has straight black bill and is larger than Pectoral Sandpiper. Sanderling is about same size but also has a straight black bill not long, thin and decurved as in this bird. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:45:00/10:45:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1985-05
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Sunny, windy. Sun full on bird from the East as I faced N. viewing the bird. Seen from 300 yd. at first, closest sighting from approx. 50-70 feet using Celestron C90 at 33X and 55X, and mounted on Nikon Nikkormat FTN Camera at 1000 mm and Leitz 10x40B Binoculars.
Supporting Documentation
Date Digital 23 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed