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Digital Object Type Rare birds documentation form
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Description Rare bird documentation form for a Summer Tanager at Brookside Park in Ames in Story County, IA on May 3, 1979.
Related Genres Field notes
Sort Date 1979-05-03 - 1979-05-10
People / Organizations
Time 7:30 AM
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Collection Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
Box 35
Folder 44
Contributing Institution Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives
Creator / Author McCrow, Vernon Pat
Contributors LaGrange, Ted Chickering, Donna Case, Warren
Topics Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
Birds Summer Tanager
Locations Brookside Park
Map
Verbatim Locality Brookside Park, Ames, Iowa. (N.W. 1/4, Sec. 3, T83N, R24W, Story Co., Iowa)
Location Remarks The documentation forms do not include georeferences
Habitat General: Riparian hardwoods Specific: Mixed hardwoods with brushy understory in the Squaw Creek floodplain.
Extent 2 pages
Language(s) eng
Bibliographic Citation
Information Withheld
Individual Count 1
Occurrence Remarks The documentation form by Vernon Pat McCrow is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Ted LaGrange, Warren Case, Donna Chickering, and Lynn Braband. | Elimination of similar species: Scarlet Tanager: This bird did not have black wings or tail. Hepatic Tanager: This bird did not have a dark bill or dark cheek. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 07:30:00/07:32:00.
Occurrence Status present
Field Number
Event Remarks Viewing Conditions: Distance: 10 meters Optical equipment: 10x50 Binoculars Light: Clear sky. Light on the bird moderate and even. Sun behind me as I viewed the bird.
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; 1966.
Date Digital 29 Jan 2018
File Type image/jpeg
Hardware / Software Epson - sheet feed/flatbed