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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for one to two Bewick's Wren north of Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on May 2, 1981.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1981-05-02 - 1981-05-05
People / Organizations
Time 8:30 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 35
Folder 1
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author Moore, Francis L.
Contributors
Topics Birds--Identification Birdsongs Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Bewick's Wren
Locations Hickory Hill Park
Map
Verbatim Locality Just past North boundary of Hickory Hills [sic] Park, Iowa City, IA (Johnson County)
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat General: Junkyard and brush piles near Graveyard abutted by wooded ravine Specific: mostly seen in brush piles in ravine or at lip of ravine.
Extent 1 page
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Francis Moore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Barb Wilson, Bob Myers, Ross Silcock, and many others. | Elimination of similar species: House Wren has gray-brown color on breast and belly: Carolina Wren has white eye-stripe but is buffy color on the belly and lacks the white-fringing on the tail; Winter Wren is brown on the breast and belly. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:30:00/08:45:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Distance: 25 to 50 feet at closest point. Optical equipment: 7x35mm B+L Binoculars Light: Bright, Sunny; At one point sun to my left while bird perched on brush pile sun fully on bird as it sang and jumped from perch to perch in brush pile. Many other angles also seen.
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. | Peterson RT. A field guide to eastern birds. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Date Digital 26 Jan 2018
File Type image/jpeg
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