Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon in Western Iowa in 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Animal migration--Climatic factors Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1978-06-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Gyrfalcons in Western Iowa before and around 1978. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Two visitors in Iowa Bird Life 48:80 by Steve Duecker.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Bluebird in western Iowa before 1875
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1874-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Western Bluebirds in western Iowa before 1875. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of North America in Land Birds, Vol. 3 by S.F. Baird, T.M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway seen by Mr. Atkinson, and referenced by six other publications.
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Western Bluebird
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Bluebird near Cedar Rapids in 1903
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Western Bluebird near Cedar Rapids in Linn County, IA in spring 1903. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by another publication.
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Western Bluebird
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Cedar Rapids
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Thick-billed Murre at Johnson County in 1897
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1897-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Thick-billed Murre at Johnson County, IA in January 1897. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes and News in Iowa Ornithologist 3:24 by G.C. Hoover, and referenced by two other publications. A clipping of Life Histories of North American Diving Birds by A.C. Bent is also included.
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Thick-billed Murre
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Johnson County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Thick-billed Murre at Atlantic, 1896
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1897-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Thick-billed Murre at Atlantic in Cass County, IA on December 16, 1896. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication An Accidental Visitor in Iowa Ornithologist 3:11 by J.H. Brown seen by Franck C. Pellet, and referenced by three other publications. A clipping of Life Histories of North American Diving Birds by A.C. Bent is also included.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Thick-billed Murre
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Atlantic
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Iceland Gull at Lock and Dam 14 near Davenport in 1975
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1975-03-01
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1993-09-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Iceland Gull at Lock and Dam 14 near Davenport in Scott County, IA on January 28, 1975. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication First Iceland Gull for Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 45:23 by Peter C. Petersen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Iceland Gull
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Lock and Dam 14
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Iowa Lake Wildlife Management Area in 1992
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Photography of birds Rare birds
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1992-03-27
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1994-10-18
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gyrfalcon at Iowa Lake Wildlife Management Area Kossuth Counties, IA on March 27, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, eight photographs of the bird, letters between Brad Bolduan, Peder H. Svingen, and Thomas Kent, and the published and approved sighting record found in the publication Gyrfalcon in Kossuth County in Iowa Bird Life 64:1 by Brad Bolduan.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Iowa Lake Marsh State Game Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Cherokee in 1980
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Administrative records
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1993-08-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Gyrfalcons at Cherokee in Cherokee County, IA on January 12, 1980. Includes a record review document with votes.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Cherokee
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Guthrie County in 1979
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds
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1979-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gyrfalcon at Guthrie County, IA on January 17, 1979. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 49:23-26 by N.S. Halmi seen by Gene Burns.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Guthrie County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Cheever Lake in 1946
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1949-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gyrfalcon at Cheever Lake in Emmet County, IA on October 27, 1946. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A 1946 record of the Gyrfalcon in Emmet County in Iowa Bird Life 19:22-23 by J.W. Musgrove also seen by Maynard Reece and Mary Musgrove.
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Gyrfalcon
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Cheever Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Bluebird at western Iowa before 1889
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1889-02-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Western Bluebirds at western Iowa before 1889. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Preliminary Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 5:113-161 by Charles R. Keyes and H.S. Williams also seen by Mr. Atkinson, and referenced by another publication.
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Western Bluebird
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow east of Little Wall Lake, 1995
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1995-05-04
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2000-11-20
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for at least three Golden-crowned Sparrows east of Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County, IA on May 4, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, correspondence about the sighting and documentation, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Wilcox, Dorothy
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Little Wall Lake
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At platform feeder and on the ground
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Lg. oak trees, shrubs (Rural)
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The documentation form by Dorothy Wilcox is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include family and friends. | Elimination of similar species: white crowned and white throat, definite difference in eye line and crown. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 11:00:00/17:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow at Jamaica, 1977
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1977-05-03
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1993-08-26
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Golden-crowned Sparrow at Jamaica in Guthrie County, IA on May 3, 1977. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Burns, R. E. (Rollin Eugene)
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Jamaica
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Jamaica, Iowa (Guthrie County), in my back yard.
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Our back yard, which is kept closely mowed, surrounded by many different kinds of trees and bushes. I keep 4 ground waterers filled at all times and had my garden hose dripping into one of them. He was feeding close to our ground feeders, but not actually in them.
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The documentation form by Gene Burns is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marilyn Burns, Woodward H. Brown, Dick Mooney, Margaret Brooke, Ruth Buckles, Eugene Armstrong, Barney Cook, Dean Mosman, and Diane Mosman. | Elimination of similar species: My first sight told me it was something different than a White-throated, White-crowned or Harris Sparrow. I immediately called for my wife to come quickly and observe him with me. We sit by the hour at our large window where I have my desk and bird books and binoculars, scope, recorders and camera. We had an excellent view of him at close range in good light. | The original documentation form event lasted from 17:15:00/17:20:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow at Lake Mills in 1872
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Golden-crowned Sparrow at Lake Mills in Winnebago County, IA in September 1872. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by John Krider, and referenced by another publication.
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Lake Mills
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow at Forest City before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Golden-crowned Sparrow at Forest City in Winnebago County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by M.E. Halvorsen.
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Forest City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Solitary Vireo northwest of Lost Nation, 1984
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1984-12-20
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Solitary Vireo northwest of Lost Nation in Clinton County, IA on December 20, 1984. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Blevins, Brian L.
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Blue-headed Vireo
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Lost Nation
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3 1/4 miles Northwest of Lost Nation
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General: Small gulley with oaks, osage-orange, shage-bark Hickory, walnut, and a lot of multiflora Rose. Small dried creek. Specific: Leafs were off of the trees except the Bur oaks. Multiflora rose was quite concentrated Very light snow cover, with moderate Breeze.
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The documentation form by Brian Blevins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Bob Bryant and Julie Hasenmiller. | Elimination of similar species: Warbling and Red-eyed vireo was eliminated by distinct eye-ring and call. Yellow-throated vireo was eliminated by dark blue-gray head and distinct call. All warblers were eliminated by heavy bill. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:38:00/11:41:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for McCown's Longpsur at Grinnell in 1887
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1889-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for twenty McCown's Longspurs at Grinnell in Poweshiek County, IA from March 3 to 8, 1887. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A List of Birds Found in Eastern Jasper and Western Poweshiek Counties, Iowa in the Curlew 1(6):50-53, 57-60 by Lynds Jones, and referenced by three other publications.
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McCown's Longspur
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Grinnell
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for McCown's Longspur at Pottawattamie County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for McCown's Longspurs at Pottawattamie County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Isadore S. Trostler, and referenced by two other publications.
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McCown's Longspur
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Pottawattamie County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay east of Decorah in 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird feeders Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1977-01-15
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gray Jay east of Decorah in Winneshiek County, IA on October 30, 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, two articles in Iowa Bird Life, and an article in the Des Moines Register.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gray Jay
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Decorah
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Linn County in 1918
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1977-06-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gray Jay at Linn County, IA on December 2, 1918. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication More Gray Jays in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 47:65 by Nicholas Halmi and seen by George Berry.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gray Jay
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Linn County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for McCown's Longspur near De Soto National Wildlife Reserve, 1989
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1989-12-16
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1993-08-06
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a McCown's Longspur near De Soto National Wildlife Reserve in Harrison County, IA on December 16, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes and two documentation forms submitted to the committee for review.
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Starr, David
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McCown's Longspur
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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
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North of railroad tracks on L-16, north of hwy. 30 (by DeSoto Refuge)
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Tilled cornfield
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The documentation form for Extraordinary Bird Sighting in Iowa by David Starr forms the basis of this record. The documentation form Supporting Details: Uncommon or Rare Species/High Numbers was also submitted by David Starr. | The original documentation form event occurred around 15:40:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Cedar Falls, 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1976-11-01
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1994-02-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for one to two Gray Jays at Cedar Falls in Black Hawk County, IA in November 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Lilja, Marilyn H.
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Gray Jay
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Cedar Falls
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acreage, Cedar Falls, Ia
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The documentation form by Marilyn A. Lilja is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Blue jay size, [...] | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:00:00/08:30:00 for one day.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Mason City, 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1976-11-01
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1994-02-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Gray Jay at Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, IA in early November 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life as well as a letter and documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Tanner, Fern L.
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Gray Jay
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Mason City
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415 N. Jeff Mason City Iowa
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spotted in Spruce tree several times - also once on small bush.
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The documentation form by Fern L. Tanner is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marvin Tanner, Luella Olsen, and Albert Ewers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Looked larger than Blue Jay that was 18 in. away at time. Little shorter beak than Blue Jay. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:00:00/15:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Steller's Jay north of Ellsworth, 1994
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1994-10-08
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1996-04-25
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Steller's Jay north of Ellsworth in Hamilton County, IA on October 8, 1994. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Hill, Jaclyn
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Stellar's Jay
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Ellsworth
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3 1/2 miles north of Ellsworth, IA
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Homestead of 60 soft maples, (old); 100 evergreen planted 1990; 4 evergreen planted in 1968; 100 highbush cranberrie planted 1990
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The documentation form by Jaclyn Hill is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Gerald Hill. | Elimination of similar species: It was the shape of the Blue Jay in the yard also. It had no white on it at all. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:00:00/10:30:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Steller's Jay at Lake MacBride, 1987
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1987-06-30
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1993-09-07
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Steller's Jay at Lake MacBride in Johnson County, IA on June 30, 1987. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Hollis, Doris A.
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Stellar's Jay
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Lake MacBride
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Lake MacBride, Johnson Co
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Brush - 'Island' on dam
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The documentation form by Doris A. Hollis is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Not the right color blue + no white on it. | The original documentation form event lasted from 18:30:00/18:35:00.
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