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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Records Committee review for a Ruff at Hendrickson Marsh in Story County, IA on September 1, 1984. Includes a record review document with votes, an Iowa Bird Life article, and three documentation forms submitted to the committee.
Related Genres Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
Sort Date 1984-09-01 - 1993-09-01
People / Organizations
Time 12:00 PM
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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 Proescholdt, Mark
Contributors Martsching, Paul Proescholdt, Beth Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
Topics Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
Birds Ruff
Locations Hendrickson Marsh Lake
Map
Verbatim Locality Hendrickson's Marsh, Story Co.
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat Long area of exposed mud flats along edge of water
Extent 6 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Mark Proescholdt is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Beth Proescholdt, and Paul Martsching were submitted later. | Elimination of similar species: I thought possibly a Willet at first from its large size and having a straight bill. It was not gray but a deep, rich brownish color. When flushed, it did not have the striking black-and-white wing pattern. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:00:00/15:00:00 and 19:00:00/20:00:00 for about ten minutes total.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number 1984-28
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: afternoon - Direct Sunlight behind me and on the bird. 30-40 yards estimated. evening - cloudy. 30-40 yards estimated. used Bushnell Spacemaster II scope with 22x wide angle lens and 7x35 Binoculars
Supporting Documentation Robbins CS, Bruun B, Zim HS. Birds of North America: a guide to field identification. New York: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press. | National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | Dinsmore JJ, Kent TH, Koenig D, Petersen PC, & Roosa DM. Iowa birds. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press. | Peterson, RT. Peterson field guide to birds of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Date Digital 23 May 2017
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