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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review for a Ruff east of Tabor in Fremont County, IA on September 8, 1982. Includes a record review document with votes, articles in Iowa Bird Life and American Birds, and five documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
Sort Date 1982-09-08 - 1999-10-15
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 10
Folder 9
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Silcock, W. Ross
Contributors Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Bray, Tanya Schaufenbuel, Joseph P. Wilson, Barbara L. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Ruff
Locations Tabor
Map
Verbatim Locality 4 miles east of Tabor, in Fremont County
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Lake Mar-I-War, being a waste disposal pond at Mar-I-War Farms' hog operation.
Extent 12 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by W. Ross Silcock forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Tanya Bray, Barbara L. Wilson, Thomas H. Kent, and Joe Schaufenbuel were submitted. Other observers include Lynn Schaufenbuel, Peter Petersen, and B.J. Rose. | Elimination of similar species: Lesser Yellowlegs, and Pectoral, Western, Least, and Semipalmated Sandpipers.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1982-30
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: [...] I approached more carefully with 10 x 50 binoculars and the sun behind me (I was looking towards the southeast). Together with two Lesser Yellowlegs I saw a rather large shorebird some 50 feet away with the following features:
Supporting Documentation Johnsgard P. Plovers, snipes, and sandpipers of the world. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. | Robertson D. Rare birds of the west coast. Pacific Grove, CA: Woodcock Publications.
Date Digital 23 May 2017
File Type image/jpeg
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