Adrey E. Borell letter to Frederic Leopold regarding Wood Duck houses, December 12, 1951
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Correspondence
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Birds--Habitat Birdhouses Predatory animals Duck populations
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1951-12-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Adrey E. Borell to Frederic Leopold regarding Wood Duck houses, December 12, 1951. The letter details the placement and success of Wood Duck houses in Vermont and New Jersey.
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Borell, Adrey E.
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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6
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Albert K. Fisher letter to Walter Rosene regarding Arkansas Kingbird and American Woodcock records, July 27, 1925
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Rare birds
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1925-07-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Albert K. Fisher to Walter Rosene regarding Arkansas Kingbird and American Woodcock records, July 27, 1925. Fisher provides details on the occurrence of Arkansas Kingbird and the American Woodcock observations in the state of Iowa. This document is in response to a letter from Walter Rosene: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/10051/view
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United States. Bureau of Biological Survey Fisher, Albert K., 1856-1948
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Western Kingbird American Woodcock
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Ogden Spirit Lake Wall Lake
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Albion Young letter to Thomas Kent regarding Varied Thrush sighting, April 16, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1995-04-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Albion Young to Thomas Kent dated April 16, 1995. Young lists multiple sightings of a Varied Thrush at Wellman. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1995.
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Young, Albion J.
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Varied Thrush Purple Finch American Goldfinch
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Wellman
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Allen Green letter to Philip DuMont regarding Snowy Egrets and Black Ducks, May 9, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Migration
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1934-05-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Allen Green to Philip DuMont dated May 9, 1934. In this letter Green reports sighting 25 to 30 Snowy Egrets in August 1930 and seven Black Ducks in 1929.
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Green, Allen
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Snowy Egret American Black Duck
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Oakville
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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18
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Althea Sherman letter to Philip DuMont regarding the "Birds of Polk County, Iowa", January 5, 1932
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Correspondence
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Bird surveys Ornithology--Methodology Ornithological literature
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1932-01-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Althea Sherman to Philip DuMont dated January 5, 1932. Sherman tells DuMont that she has written the Des Moines Audubon Society to praise his book that they published.
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Sherman, Althea R. (Althea Rosina), 1853-1943
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Polk County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Ann Johnson letter to Thomas Kent regarding fall field reports, November 28, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1994-11-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Ann Johnson to Thomas Kent dated November 28, 1994. Johnson mentions an upcoming trip to New Jersey and includes a list of bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1994.
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Johnson, Ann
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Marbled Godwit Black Scoter Piping Plover White-rumped Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Little Gull
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Big Creek State Park Lake Red Rock Norwalk MidAmerican Energy Ponds Roberts Creek Park
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Ann M. Barker letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 13, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1987-08-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Ann M. Barker to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 13, 1987. This item was submitted past the deadline for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1987.
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Barker, Ann M.
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White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco
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Des Moines Duck Creek Park
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Anna Wild letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird specimens at Iowa State Teachers College, March 20, 1934
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Correspondence
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Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens
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1934-03-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Anna Wild to Philip DuMont dated March 20, 1934. In this letter Wild says that Winifred Gilbert has checked the specimens housed in the museum at Iowa State Teachers College. Included with this letter is a list that was reviewed by Gilbert who found bird specimens that DuMont had been looking for.
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Wild, Anna R.
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Northern Flicker Say's Phoebe Common Redpoll Great Gray Owl Common Raven Burrowing Owl
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Cedar Falls
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Arthur Bent letter to Mrs. J. E. Stewart regarding "Birds of Polk County, Iowa", November 30, 1931
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Methodology Ornithological literature English language--Homonyms
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1931-11-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Arthur Bent to Mrs. J.E. Stewart dated November 30, 1931. Bent discusses a couple of questionable birds included in Philip DuMont's book and points out an incorrectly used word.
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Bent, Arthur Cleveland, 1866-1954
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Purple Gallinule Brant
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Iowa Polk County
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B.J. Rose letter to Doug Rose regarding Christmas Bird Count sightings, January 16, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Technique Rare birds
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1993-01-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from B. J. Rose to Doug Rose documenting birds seen during the Glenwood Christmas Bird Count on December 27, 1992. Rose gives details for the sighting of a Great-tailed Grackle, a Chipping Sparrow, and four Yellow-rumped Warblers.
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Rose, B.J.
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Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Great-tailed Grackle
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Glenwood Bartlett Bartlett State Wildlife Management Area
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Babs Padelford letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding spring bird sightings, May 26, 1983
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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1983-05-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Babs Padelford to Thomas H. Kent regarding spring bird sightings, May 26, 1983. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1983.
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Padelford, Babs
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Purple Gallinule Piping Plover Olive-sided Flycatcher Canada Warbler Wild Turkey Great-tailed Grackle
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Amana Homestead MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Babs Padelford letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding winter bird sightings, February 25, 1983
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification
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1983-02-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Babs Padelford to Thomas H. Kent regarding winter bird sightings, February 25, 1983. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of winter 1982-1983.
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Padelford, Babs
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Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Goldeneye American Wigeon Redhead Greater Scaup Hooded Merganser Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Black Duck Common Merganser Northern Shrike Mallard
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Lake Manawa DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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6
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Babs Padelford letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding fall bird sightings, November 30, 1972
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1972-11-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Babs Padelford to Vernon M. Kleen regarding fall bird sightings for 1972 in the Council Bluffs, Iowa area. They also reported that Carolyn Kiper sighted Red-throated Loons and Janet Greer sighted Franklin's Gulls at Lake Manawa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1972.
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Padelford, Babs
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Double-crested Cormorant Red-throated Loon Franklin's Gull Common Loon Hooded Merganser Lesser Yellowlegs Common Snipe Great Blue Heron Bonaparte's Gull
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Council Bluffs Folsom Lake Lake Manawa DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
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11
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Barb Wilson letter to Thomas Kent regarding fall sightings, November 30, 1983
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds of prey Birds--Identification Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Fringillidae | Finches Hirundinidae | Swallows Water birds Weather Country life
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1983-11-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Barb Wilson to Thomas Kent discussing the recent weather and including a list of birds sighted by Barb Wilson and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1983.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Snowy Owl Marsh Wren Gray Partridge
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Coralville Lake Mills County Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Barbara L. Wilson letter to Carl J. Bendorf regarding fall bird sightings, November 27, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Weather Birds--Infancy Wildlife rescue
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1987-11-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Barbara L. Wilson to Carl J. Bendorf regarding fall bird sightings, November 27, 1987. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Little Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Bell's Vireo Western Kingbird Black Scoter Long-billed Dowitcher Osprey Ruddy Turnstone Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue Grosbeak Wild Turkey
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Mills County Saylorville Lake Waubonsie State Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Page County Pioneer County Park
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Barbara L. Wilson letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 4, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Nests Weather
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1987-08-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Barbara L. Wilson to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings in western Iowa, August 4, 1987. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1987.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Bell's Vireo Least Tern Dickcissel Piping Plover Sedge Wren Northern Mockingbird
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Council Bluffs Hastings Page County
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Barbara L. Wilson letter to Robert K. Myers regarding a weather report, June 2, 1988
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Correspondence
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Weather
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1988-06-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Barbara L. Wilson to Robert K. Myers regarding a weather report. The report notes that the months January through April 1988 were the driest four months in thirty years. Southeast Iowa was the driest part of the state breaking a ninety-nine year record. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Iowa
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5
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Barbara L. Wilson letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding summer bird sightings and populations, July 31, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Weather
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1981-07-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Barbara L. Wilson to Thomas H. Kent regarding summer bird sightings, July 31, 1981. Population reports covering 1978-1981 for Warbling Vireo, Red-headed Woodpecker, House Sparrow and Cardinal are included. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer of 1981.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Red-headed Woodpecker American Kestrel Warbling Vireo Northern Cardinal Eastern Bluebird House Sparrow Great Horned Owl Cattle Egret American Woodcock Lark Sparrow Dickcissel Tree Swallow
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Mills County Pottawattamie County Shenandoah Waubonsie State Park Riverton Hastings Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Barbara L. Wilson letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding winter bird sightings and the Hairy Woodpecker population, February 28, 1983
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Weather Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1983-02-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Barbara L. Wilson to Thomas H. Kent regarding winter bird sightings, February 28, 1983. A population report covering 1978 through February 1983 for the Hairy Woodpecker is included. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of winter 1982-1983.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Red-headed Woodpecker Northern Flicker American Kestrel Brown-headed Cowbird Harris' Sparrow Hairy Woodpecker Winter Wren Red-winged Blackbird Horned Lark American Goldfinch
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Glenwood Mills County Pottawattamie County Hastings Willow Slough State Game Management Area Henderson Macedonia MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Ben Bereskin letter to Ames Audubon Society members and friends regarding the September meeting and program, September 1971
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Correspondence Announcements
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Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings Parks--Iowa
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1971-09-01
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1971-09-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Ben Bereskin to Ames Audubon Society members and friends regarding the September meeting and program, September 1971. Bereskin urges members of the society to attend the September meeting and program featuring a presentation, "The Present and Future of the Ames Public Park System" by Lloyd Kurtz.
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Ames Audubon Society Bereskin, Ben
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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2
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Ben Bereskin letter to Wilmer J. Miller and Lotus Miller regarding a birding field trip, September 22, 1969
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Ornithology--Societies, etc Waterfowl
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1969-09-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Ben Bereskin to Wilmer J. Miller, Lotus Miller and other Ames Audubon Society members regarding a birding field trip, September 22, 1969. The letter details a birding trip to Hendrickson Marsh to observe the fall waterfowl migration. The letter also includes an announcement of a special meeting of the executive board of the society and a possible sighting of Whooping Cranes in Ames.
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Ames Audubon Society Bereskin, Ben
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Whooping Crane
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Ames Hendrickson Marsh Lake
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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7
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Carl J. Bendorf regarding fall bird sightings, December 1, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Gaviiformes | Loons Weather
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1987-12-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to Carl J. Bendorf regarding fall bird sightings, December 1, 1987. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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American Avocet Broad-winged Hawk Red-necked Grebe Snow Bunting Merlin Le Conte's Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Sanderling American Coot Water Pipit Buff-breasted Sandpiper Northern Shrike Mallard
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Big Creek Lake Saylorville Lake Oak Grove State Park
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to James Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for the IOU quarterly field report summer 1990, August 1, 1990
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1990-08-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to James Dinsmore regarding bird sightings and field reports for summer 1990 sent on August 1, 1990 with handwritten annotations on it. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1990.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Green-backed Heron Ring-billed Gull Upland Sandpiper American White Pelican Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey
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Polk City Saylorville Dam Saylorville Lake
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Bery Engebretsen letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 1, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Habitat Birds--Nests Weather
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1993-08-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 1, 1993. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1993.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Broad-winged Hawk Cooper's Hawk Green-backed Heron Ring-billed Gull Loggerhead Shrike Carolina Wren Franklin's Gull Cattle Egret Greater Yellowlegs Cerulean Warbler Hooded Warbler Snow Goose Yellow-throated Vireo Great Blue Heron American Golden Plover Great Egret
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Des Moines Jester Park Johnston Saylorville Lake Moeckley Prairie
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Bery Engebretsen letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 20, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Birds--Research Parulidae | Warblers
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1987-08-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 20, 1987. This item was submitted past the deadline for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1987.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Cooper's Hawk Willow Flycatcher Yellow-headed Blackbird Bell's Vireo Grasshopper Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Ruby-throated Hummingbird Orchard Oriole Wood Thrush Dickcissel Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Wood Duck Spotted Sandpiper Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Scarlet Tanager Great Blue Heron Common Tern
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Big Creek Lake Lake View Saylorville Lake Saylorville Oak Grove Recreation Area Red Feather Prairie
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