| UID |
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| Digital Object Type |
Rare birds documentation form |
| Content DM Link |
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w99g5gg97 |
| Type |
Text |
| Description |
Records Committee review for a Thayer's Gull near Lindsay Park in Davenport in Scott County, IA on February 18, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee for this sighting. |
| Related Genres |
Administrative records Field notes |
| Sort Date |
1989-02-18 - 1993-08-05 |
| People / Organizations |
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| Time |
9:50 AM |
| Rights |
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| 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 |
11 |
| Folder |
3 |
| Contributing Institution |
Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author |
Petersen, Peter C. |
| Contributors |
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee |
| Topics |
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc |
| Birds |
Thayer's Gull |
| Locations |
Lindsay Park |
| Map |
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| Verbatim Locality |
Lindsay Park Boat Club harbor, east edge of Davenport Scott Co. |
| Location Remarks |
The documentation forms do not include georeferences |
| Habitat |
On ice shelf along Mississippi River, 40 yards from sea wa[...] |
| Extent |
3 pages |
| Language(s) |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
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| Information Withheld |
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| Individual Count |
1 |
| Occurrence Remarks |
The documentation form by Peter C. Petersen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record.Other observers include Walter Zuurdeeg and many unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Immature gull same size as nearby Herring Gulls. [...] Head smaller than Herrings, bill more slight, black, + not thickened at the tip, compared to Herrings. When wings spread - this was seen twice, the upper surface seemed fairly uniform with no dark tip pattern as in the Herrings. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:50:00/09:55:00. |
| Occurrence Status |
present |
| Field Number |
1989-09 |
| Event Remarks |
Viewing Conditions: [...] Bird seen from about 100 yards with 10X40 binoculars + 20x scope. Sun at 90° angle to birds. |
| Supporting Documentation |
National Geographic Society. National geographic field guide to the birds of North America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. | Farrand J. The Audubon society master guide to birding, vol. 2, gulls to dippers. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
| Date Digital |
30 May 2017 |
| File Type |
image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software |
Epson - sheet feed |
