Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Poorwill at Mud Lake in 1935
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1936-03-01
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1993-08-19
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Records Committee review for a Common Poorwill at Mud Lake in Clay County, IA on May 29, 1935. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Nuttall's Poor-will in Clay County in Iowa Bird Life 6:7 by George A. Amman.
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Mud Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Poorwill at Pottawattamie County in 1895
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation
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1993-08-19
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Records Committee review for two Common Poorwill eggs and a Common Poorwill at Pottawattamie County, IA on May 5, 1895. 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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Common Poorwill
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Pottawattamie County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Semipalmated Sandpiper at Riverton Wildlife Area, 1988
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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1988-03-27
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1993-08-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Riverton Wildlife Area in Fremont County, IA on March 27, 1988. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence about the sighting, entries in an unidentified field guide, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Semipalmated Sandpiper
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Riverton W.A., Fremont Co.
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feeding with other shorebirds on large mudflat area
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The documentation form by Steve Dinsmore is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Anotther documentation form by Ross Silcock was submitted later. | Elimination of similar species: similar species eliminated above [...] This bird was slightly bigger than a Least and was much chunkier. The bird had dark legs, seen in direct comparison with the dark legs of Baird's Sandpipers and the yellowish legs of the Least Sandpipers. This bird was also still in basic plumage, making it much paler in color than the other peeps. [...] The bill was straight, dark, and much thicker at the base and the tip than the bill of a Baird's or Least sandpiper [sic]. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:20:00/09:35:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Marsh Wren at Brenton Slough, 1997
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1997-12-21
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Marsh Wren at Brenton Slough in Dallas County, IA on December 21, 1997. 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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Sinclair, Jim
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Marsh Wren
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Brenton Slough
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Brenton Slough, Dallas Co.
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cattail marsh
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The documentation form by Jim Sinclair is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Rick Trieff. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:00:00/08:05:00.
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Field notes and newspaper clippings contributed by Diane C. Porter, Fairfield, Iowa, winter 1983-1984
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Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching
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1983-12-01
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1984-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes were contributed by Diane C. Porter, Fairfield, Iowa, winter 1983-1984, with an observation from William and Jane Fleeson on a Barred Owl in Jefferson County. The only sighting from outside that county was an estimated 20 Common Turkeys in Geode State Park. Included were clippings from the Fairfield Ledger about sightings of early American Robins and a Tundra Swan, and an envelope with a Mockingbird stamp. These items were used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1983-1984.
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Porter, Diane C.
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Barred Owl Northern Mockingbird Wild Turkey American Robin Tundra Swan
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Jefferson County Fairfield Geode State Park
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Wood Duck nesting records, volume two, 1954-1966
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Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses Eggs--Incubation Ducks--Counting Ducklings Wood duck--Behavior
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1954-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Wood Duck nesting records covering the years 1954-1966 compiled by Frederic Leopold. The mostly handwritten volume contains Leopold's detailed notes on the nesting habits of Wood Ducks, including the following: nest site selection, egg laying, incubation, hatching, and departure from the nest. Also included in this volume are newspaper clippings, correspondence, Clemson Agricultural College Leaflet No. 20 on the Wood Duck written by Robert E. Ware, instructions on how to build a Wood Duck nesting box, and an article from National Wildlife titled "Of spring and an egg" written by Jean George.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Vulture at Perry in 1933
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1933-12-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for a Black Vulture at Perry in Dallas County, IA on September 17, 1933. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Black Vulture in Dallas County Iowa by H.R. Dill , and a photograph of the specimen by Thomas Kent.
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American black vulture
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Perry
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Vulture at Winnebago County in 1959
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1959-12-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for a Black Vulture at Winnebago County, IA on August 29, 1959. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Black Vulture in Winnebago County in Iowa Bird Life 29:98 by Harold H. Burgess.
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American black vulture
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Winnebago County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Vulture at Ledges State Park in 1961
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1961-09-03
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for a Black Vulture at Ledges State Park in Boone County, IA on May 28, 1961. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication General notes reports in Iowa Bird Life 31:65-68 by Woodward H Brown seen by Paul Doerder.
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American black vulture
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Ledges State Park
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds and photograph of a Snowy Owl, Jack Jones, fall 1987
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Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Forms (documents) Photographs
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Habitat
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1987-08-01
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1987-11-30
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Fall report of birds found in northwest Iowa contributed by Jack Jones. The report also includes a newspaper clipping with a photograph of Snowy Owl. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987. This document is related to a letter from Randall D. Williams that describes a Snowy Owl sighting: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4032/view
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Jones, Jack (John Paul)
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck at Hillsboro in 1896
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for three Harlequin Ducks at Hillsboro in Van Buren County, IA around 1896. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by W.G. Savage, and referenced by two other publications.
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Harlequin Duck
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Hillsboro
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Owl at Linn County before 1907
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for Boreal Owl at Linn County, IA during the winters before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson and seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by another publication.
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Boreal Owl
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Linn County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Owl at What Cheer in 1890
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1934-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a flock of Boreal Owls at What Cheer in Keokuk County, IA on January 1890. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on Owls in Southeastern Iowa in Iowa Bird life 4:6-7 by E.D. Nauman.
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Boreal Owl
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What Cheer
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Owl in Iowa before 1888
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1888-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for Boreal Owls in Iowa during the winters before 1888. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Report on the Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley 1884-1885 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Division of Economic Ornithology Bulletin 2 by W.W. Cooke, and referenced by two other publications.
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Boreal Owl
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Owl before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1870-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for Boreal Owls in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen in White's Geological Survey in 1870, and referenced by two other publications.
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Boreal Owl
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mountain Plover at Credit Island in 1964
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Animal migration--Climatic factors Birds--Identification Ornithology Ornithology--Technique Rare birds
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1964-06-01
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1993-08-16
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Records Committee review for a Mountain Plover at Credit Island in Scott County, IA on March 25, 1964. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Mountain Plover at Davenport in Iowa Bird Life 34:49 by Peter C. Petersen also seen by Elton Fawks.
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Mountain Plover
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Credit Island
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck at Big Creek Lake in 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1977-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for a Harlequin Duck at Big Creek Lake in Polk County, IA on October 31, 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, letter from Jim Dinsmore to Tom Kent about Harlequin Duck specimens, and the original sighting record found in the publication Sea Birds that Visit Iowa in Iowa Ornithology 2:31-34 by F.H. Shoemaker.
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Harlequin Duck
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Big Creek Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck near Beaver Creek in 1957
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1971-01-01
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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 Harlequin Duck at Beaver Creek near Des Moines in Polk County, IA on November 5, 1957. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown seen by Cleo Johnson, and referenced by another publication.
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Harlequin Duck
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Beaver Creek
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck at Des Moines River near Adelphi in 1932
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1933-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for a Harlequin Duck at Des Moines River near Adelphi in Polk County, IA on December 27, 1932. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by James R. Harlan, and referenced by two other publications.
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Harlequin Duck
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Adelphi
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck at High Lake in 1910
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Hunting Ornithological illustration
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1930-01-01
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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 few Harlequin Ducks at High Lake in Emmet County, IA around 1910 during the fall. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Some old records in Bull IOU 7:25 by B.O. Wolden.
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Harlequin Duck
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High Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Reddish Egret at Colfax, 1993
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1993-09-05
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1996-08-18
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Reddish Egret at Colfax in Jasper County, IA on September 5, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, a photo, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and ten documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Cummins, Raymond L.
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Reddish Egret
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Colfax
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1 mi. west of Colfax IA. Jasper Co.
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Flood water pool of the Skunk River
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The documentation form by Ray Cummins is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Tim Schantz, Peter C. Petersen, Ann Johnson, Gerald White, Ross Silcock, Thomas H. Kent, Pam Allen, Jim Fuller, Randy Pinkston, and Chris Edwards were submitted later. Other observers include Chuck Fuller, Jim Scheib, Kelly McKay, Dan Dorrance, Jim Sinclair, Hank Zaletel, Reid Allen, Dick Tetrault, D. Thompson, D. and V. Hendrickson, Ella Moeller and Jean Moeller, Kenneth R. Nelson, Rita Goranson, Carolyn Fisher, and Jan Walter. | Elimination of similar species: Little Blue Heron adult would have darker body and neck with no brown tones. | The original documentation form event lasted from 17:00:00/18:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck at Big Lake in 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Record Committee review for rare bird sighting for two Harlequin Ducks at Big Lake in Pottawattamie County, IA on September 26, 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by I.S. Trostler, and referenced by two other publications.
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Harlequin Duck
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Big Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck in Hawarden in 1886
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for a Harlequin Duck in Hawarden in Sioux County, IA in 1886. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Berry, and referenced by another publication.
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Harlequin Duck
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Hawarden
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck in Iowa before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1870-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for Harlequin Ducks in Iowa before 1870 during the winters. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen, and referenced by another publication.
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Harlequin Duck
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mountain Plover at Colo Ponds, 1986
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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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1986-07-09
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1993-09-07
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Mountain Plover at Colo Ponds in Story County, IA on July 9, 1986. Includes a record review document with votes, numerous correspondence about the bird sighting, an outside review of the sighting from Don Roberson, a summary of the review, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and nine documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Mountain Plover
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Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area
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3 miles east of Colo, County Road E-41, 1/2 mile north, section 1 T83N R21W, Story County.
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General: Recently plowed field with several pothole ponds Specific: The bird stayed in the waterways that led to the ponds. These areas were wet and contained no vegetation.
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The documentation form by Hank Zalatel is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Dinsmore, Mark Proescholdt, Thomas H. Kent, Jim Fuller, Robert K. Myers, Francis L. Moore, Tom Staudt, and Paul Martsching were submitted later. Other observers include Cal Knight, Bernie Knight, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Steve Dinsmore, and unidentified other observers. | Elimination of similar species: Golden and Black-bellied plovershave [sic] gray-white and brown-gold scaly backs, this bird's back was brown and was unmarked. These two plovers have streaked throats which this bird did not have. These two plovers have streaked breasts which this bird did not have. The white above the eye of this bird was clear and contained no streaking as does the Black-bellied Plover. The bird associated with Golden Plovers in breeding plumage and one that was not so that comparison could be made on the spot for the two plumages. | The original documentation form event lasted from 18:30:00/18:55:00 July 9, 1986 and 18:45:00 - 19:15:00 on July 10, 1986.
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