| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w95t3g31w |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Rare bird documentation form for a Grasshopper Sparrow west of North Liberty in Johnson County, IA on October 29, 1977. |
| Related Genres |
Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1977-10-29 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
11:00 AM |
| Rights |
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located. If you have any information that can contribute to identifying or locating the rights-holder(s) please notify the Iowa State University Library Digital Initiatives Program (digital@iastate.edu). (Rightsstatements.org InC-RUU 1.0). The original object is available at the Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives (archives@iastate.edu). |
| Data Access Rights |
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html |
| Data License |
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 |
| Collection |
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166 |
| Box |
35 |
| Folder |
56 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- |
| Contributors |
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| Topics |
Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds |
| Birds |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
| Locations |
North Liberty |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
3 miles west of North Liberty IA between H and Swan Lake roads |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
General: open fields with small brushy area near roadside. Flock of savannah sparrows in brushy area. Specific: Bird on fence by combined corn field. |
| Extent |
1 page |
| Language(s) |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
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| Information Withheld |
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| Individual Count |
1 |
| Occurrence Remarks |
The documentation form by Thomas H Kent is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Henslow's sparrow-this bird did not have color on wing. LaConte's sparrow-lacked face pattern and streaking. Vesper sparrow-seen in same area 1 week before-not similar to this bird. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 11:00:00/11:05:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
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| Event Remarks |
Distance: 40 feet (estimate) Optical equipment: 20X B&L eyepiece on Bushnell scope and 8X40 Leitz binocs Light: clear, sun behind and to right of bird, however back light did not affect detail. |
| 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. | Bent AC. Life histories of North American cardinals, grosbeaks, buntings, towhees, finches, sparrows, and allies: Part 2, Genera pipilo (part) through Spizwlla / order Passeriformes: family Fringillidae Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. | Kent FW & TH Kent. Birding in eastern Iowa: twenty-five years of observations from Iowa City (1949-1973). Iowa City, IA: Kent; 1976. | Brown WH. An annotated list of the birds of Iowa. Iowa State Journal of Science. 45;387-469. 1971. | Petersen P & Fawks E. A field list of birds of the Quad-City region. Davenport, IA: Putnam Museum; 1977. |
| Date Digital |
30 Jan 2018 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
