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Title	Genres	Topics	Date (Start)	Date (End)	Type	Description	Creator/Author	Birds	Locations

Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, February 19, 1939	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1939-02-19	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, February 19, 1939. Also notes the Great Horned Owl nest now has three eggs.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	American Crow White-breasted Nuthatch Northern Cardinal House Sparrow Great Horned Owl Hairy Woodpecker Dark-eyed Junco Northern Harrier Common Pheasant Northern Bobwhite	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 6, 1937	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Accipitridae \| Hawks and Eagles	1937-04-06	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 6, 1937. Also notes he saw several hawks especially Red-tailed Hawks	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Rough-legged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rusty Blackbird Purple Martin Savannah Sparrow Great Horned Owl Northern Pintail Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Harrier Mallard	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 4, 1937	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1937-04-04	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 4, 1937. Also notes two pair of Canvasbacks that sailed right over their heads and lit in the pond.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer Loggerhead Shrike Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Great Horned Owl American Wigeon Lesser Scaup Western Meadowlark Dark-eyed Junco Common Starling	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 30, 1936	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1936-04-30	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 30, 1936. Also notes the Mourning Dove nest now has two eggs. Also found another nest with no eggs yet.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer Bobolink Blue-winged Teal Chimney Swift Wood Thrush Spotted Sandpiper Gray Catbird Yellow-rumped Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Mourning Dove	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 29, 1936	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1936-04-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 29, 1936. Also notes a detailed description and observation of a Krider's Hawk (Red-tailed Hawk).	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-tailed Hawk American Bittern Yellow-headed Blackbird Loggerhead Shrike Franklin's Gull Barred Owl Pectoral Sandpiper Gadwall Eastern Whip-poor-will Least Sandpiper	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 28, 1937	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1937-04-28	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 28, 1937.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Northern Flicker Common Grackle White-breasted Nuthatch Purple Martin Blue-winged Teal Western Meadowlark Dark-eyed Junco Mourning Dove Northern Harrier Downy Woodpecker	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 27, 1936	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1936-04-27	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 27, 1936. Also notes a Purple Finch feeding on elm buds and the Mourning Doves starting a nest on the ground near the river.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Upland Sandpiper Eastern Towhee Eastern Phoebe Wood Thrush Eastern Meadowlark Purple Finch Louisiana Waterthrush Mourning Dove American Goldfinch Downy Woodpecker	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 2, 1939	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Food Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans	1939-04-02	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 2, 1939. Also notes the Great Horned Owl nest contained food consisting of animal remains.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Rough-legged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Eastern Bluebird Great Horned Owl Purple Finch Swamp Sparrow Belted Kingfisher Black-capped Chickadee Horned Lark Wilson's Snipe	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 16, 1937	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1937-04-16	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 16, 1937. Also notes there is no food in the Great Horned Owl nest.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer American Crow Blue-winged Teal Great Horned Owl Eastern Phoebe Hermit Thrush Fox Sparrow Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Wilson's Snipe	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 13, 1937	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1937-04-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 13, 1937. Also notes there was food in the Great Horned Owl nest.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Rusty Blackbird Eastern Bluebird Loggerhead Shrike Savannah Sparrow Great Horned Owl Red-winged Blackbird Common Pheasant	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 11, 1937	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1937-04-11	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 11, 1937. Also notes there was food in the Great Horned Owl nest.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-tailed Hawk Ring-necked Duck Great Horned Owl American Wigeon Tufted Titmouse Black-capped Chickadee Great Blue Heron Western Meadowlark Sharp-shinned Hawk Downy Woodpecker	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 1, 1937	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Accipitridae \| Hawks and Eagles Weather	1937-04-01	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 1, 1937. Also notes there was food in the Great Horned Owl nest.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	American Crow Common Grackle Loggerhead Shrike Great Horned Owl American Tree Sparrow Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark Common Starling	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 18, 1937	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	2018-04-18	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bernhard Nebbe, April 18, 1937. Also notes the young Great Horned Owl was quite well grown and well feathered. The nest also included several types of food.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Pied-billed Grebe House Sparrow Great Horned Owl American Wigeon Lesser Yellowlegs Ruby-crowned Kinglet Northern Pintail Belted Kingfisher Green-winged Teal Red-bellied Woodpecker	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 13, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Nests Weather	1941-05-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and a biology class, May 13, 1941. Includes notes on his observations of several species of bird nests.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-shouldered Hawk American Crow Warbling Vireo Rose-breasted Grosbeak Eastern Bluebird Eastern Towhee Western Kingbird Eastern Phoebe Ovenbird	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 16, 1937	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Turdidae \| Thrushes Parulidae \| Warblers Weather Piciformes \| Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1937-05-16	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County and Little Wall Lake by Walter Rosene, Paul Leaverton and Bob Walker, May 16, 1937. Also notes a Blue-winged Teal nest with two eggs and a Yellow Warbler nest with one Brown-headed Cowbird egg.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-shouldered Hawk Brown-headed Cowbird Bobolink Warbling Vireo Indigo Bunting Blue-winged Teal Barred Owl Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Whip-poor-will Yellow Warbler	Little Wall Lake Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 23, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1941-04-23	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed by Walter Rosene, Robert Walker, Bruce Fleming Stiles, and Council Bluffs Bird Club, April 23, 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer Red-tailed Hawk American Crow Herring Gull Snow Goose Northern Pintail American Robin Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark Common Starling	Iowa	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, October 22, 1939	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1939-10-22	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at YWCA Camp by Walter Rosene and Buddy Sturtz, October 22, 1939.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Crow Brewer's Blackbird Northern Cardinal Eastern Bluebird Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow American Robin Northern Harrier	YWCA Camp	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, September 29, 1940	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1940-09-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at Walnut Woods State Park by Walter Rosene and the Des Moines Audubon Society, September 29, 1940.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Northern Flicker Blue Jay White-breasted Nuthatch Chimney Swift Wood Duck Red-eyed Vireo Yellow-rumped Warbler Hairy Woodpecker Black-capped Chickadee American Robin	Walnut Woods State Park	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, July 30, 1939	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification	1939-07-30	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at the YWCA Camp near the Des Moines River by Walter Rosene, Robert Walker and Gordon Peel, July 30, 1939. Also notes he spent most of his time trying to identify a nesting bird brooding four eggs in a loosely built nest.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	American Kestrel American Crow Purple Martin Eastern Bluebird Song Sparrow Common Yellowthroat Dickcissel Tufted Titmouse Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl	Des Moines River YWCA Camp	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, July 29, 1939	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1939-07-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at the YWCA Camp by Walter Rosene and others, July 29, 1939.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Northern Flicker White-breasted Nuthatch Indigo Bunting Northern Cardinal Vesper Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Scarlet Tanager House Wren American Goldfinch Common Pheasant	YWCA Camp	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, July 27, 1939	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1939-07-27	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at the YWCA Camp by Walter Rosene and others, July 27, 1939. Also notes this field trip was with several 4-H girls from Boone, Hamilton and Webster County.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Eastern Towhee Eastern Kingbird Brown Thrasher Eastern Wood-Pewee Wood Thrush Dickcissel Great Crested Flycatcher Gray Catbird American Robin Northern Bobwhite	YWCA Camp	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, August 8, 1940	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1940-08-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at the Mississippi River by Walter Rosene, Jack W. Musgrove and others, August 8, 1940. Also notes a close observation of a Pileated Woodpecker.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Cooper's Hawk American Crow Indigo Bunting Marsh Wren Black-crowned Night Heron Pileated Woodpecker Northern Rough-winged Swallow Prothonotary Warbler American Redstart Green Heron	Mississippi River, Iowa	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, August 5, 1939	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1939-08-05	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at the Mississippi River and McGregor Heights by Walter Rosene, Jack W. Musgrove and others, August 5, 1939.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Warbling Vireo Rose-breasted Grosbeak Wood Thrush Sora Spotted Sandpiper Northern Rough-winged Swallow Chipping Sparrow Tufted Titmouse Red-winged Blackbird Great Egret	Mississippi River, Iowa McGregor Heights	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, August 7, 1939	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1939-08-07	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at the Mississippi River and McGregor Heights by Walter Rosene and others, August 7, 1939.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Eastern Kingbird Baltimore Oriole Wood Duck Pileated Woodpecker Sedge Wren American Redstart Yellow Warbler Great Blue Heron American Goldfinch Green Heron	Mississippi River, Iowa McGregor Heights	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, August 13, 1939	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1939-08-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at the Des Moines River in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Robert Walker, August 13, 1939.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer Indigo Bunting Northern Cardinal Eastern Towhee Loggerhead Shrike Eastern Wood-Pewee Gray Catbird House Wren Mourning Dove Barn Swallow	Des Moines River Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1