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

Field report submitted by James P. Sandrock, June-July 1982	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1982-06-01	1982-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field report submitted by James P. Sandrock to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union for June-July 1982. Includes names and number of the birds, and the location where he saw the birds.	Sandrock, James P., 1929-		Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	4	1
Vernon M. Kleen letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding field notes from the 1960s, January 19, 1989	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1989-01-19	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Vernon Kleen to Peter Petersen, January 19, 1989 that accompanied a packet of field notes from 1960s. All items from Box 17, folder 1 of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Collection were included in this packet.	Kleen, Vernon M.		Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	1
Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, fall 1962	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1962-08-01	1962-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Quarterly field report for fall 1962 titled "General notes reports". It is published in Iowa Bird Life 32:83-85, 1962. The report is a draft with manual annotations. All items on Box 17 folder 1 are part of a packet sent to Peter C. Petersen by Vernon M. Kleen in 1989.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Brown, Woodward H.		Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	1
Audubon field notes, fall migration,1962	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1962-12-04	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Audubon field notes for Des Moines Iowa contributed by Woodward H. Brown on December 4, 1962. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1962. All items on Box 17 folder 1 are part of a packet sent to Peter C. Petersen by Vernon M. Kleen in 1989.	Brown, Woodward H.		Des Moines				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	1
Pearl Knoop letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding fall migration, December 15, 1962	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1962-12-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Fall migration report contributed by Pearl Knoop in a letter to Peter C. Petersen, Jr. about the fall migration, 1962. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1962. All items on Box 17 folder 1 are part of a packet sent to Peter C. Petersen by Vernon M. Kleen in 1989.	Knoop, Pearl	Black-throated Blue Warbler	Marble Rock				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	1
Florence McCaughey letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding 1962 fall migration report, December 6, 1962	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1962-12-06	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Report contributed by Florence McCaughey, in a letter to Peter C. Petersen, Jr. about the fall migration of 1962. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1962. All items on Box 17 folder 1 are part of a packet sent to Peter C. Petersen by Vernon M. Kleen in 1989.	McCaughey, Florence		Dubuque				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	1
Tim C. Moermond letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding field notes, fall 1962	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1962-12-17	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Tim C. Moermond to Peter C. Petersen, Jr. regarding the fall 1962 migration.This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1962. All items on Box 17 folder 1 are part of a packet sent to Peter C. Petersen by Vernon M. Kleen in 1989.	Moermond, Tim C.		Buffalo Center				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	1
Tim C. Moermond letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding field notes, winter 1963	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1963-04-03	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Winter field notes contributed by Tim C. Moermond in a letter to Peter Petersen April 3, 1963. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1963.	Moermond, Tim C.	Lapland Longspur Northern Harrier	Buffalo Center				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	2
Pearl Knoop letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding field notes, winter 1963	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1963-04-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes for winter 1963 contributed by Pearl Knoop in a letter to Peter C. Petersen, Jr., April 8, 1963. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1963.	Knoop, Pearl	Bohemian Waxwing	Marble Rock				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	2
Audubon field notes, winter migration, 1963	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1963-03-31	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Audubon field notes for Des Moines Iowa contributed by Woodward H. Brown, March 31, 1963. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of Winter 1963.	Brown, Woodward H.		Des Moines Greenwood Park				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	2
Joe Kennedy letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding field notes, winter 1963	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1963-03-01	1963-03-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes for winter 1963 contributed by Joe Kennedy in a letter to Peter Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1963.	Kennedy, Joe		Amana Brenton Slough Coralville Ladora				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	2
Ruth Upp letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding bird sightings, March 16, 1963	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology	1963-03-16	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird sightings in Ottumwa, Iowa for Winter 1963 contributed by Ruth Upp, Ottumwa, Iowa in a letter to Peter Petersen, Editor of Bird Life, on March 16, 1963. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of Winter 1963	Upp, Ruth		Ottumwa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	2
Field notes, winter 1963	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Weather	1963-02-01	1963-02-28	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes for Winter 1963 contributed by Frederick W. Kent. Some counts for March 1963 are included. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter and spring 1963.	Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984		Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	17	2
Jim Dinsmore letter to Thomas Kent regarding birds sighted by himself and others, November 19, 1980	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology--Bibliography	1980-11-19	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Jim Dinsmore letter to Thomas Kent. Jim Dinsmore provides a summary of birds, locations and dates that he and others have sighted, and includes a citation for a bibliography he mentioned. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1980.	Dinsmore, James J.	Rough-legged Hawk Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Ring-billed Gull Horned Grebe Eastern Bluebird Snow Bunting Short-eared Owl Brant Western Grebe Cattle Egret Barn Swallow	Little Wall Lake Clear Lake Rathbun Lake Story County DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Goose Lake Onawa Lucas Kelley Colyn Wildlife Management Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	19	5
Piping Plover sightings at IPL settling ponds in 1983	Field notes Reports	Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Habitat Birds--Nests Ornithology--Bibliography	1983-06-01	1983-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	A report of Piping Plover activity around the Iowa Power & Light Settling Ponds submitted by Barb Wilson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1983.	Wilson, Barbara L.	Piping Plover	MidAmerican Energy Ponds				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	20	8
A ten year calendar of three hundred and eighty-one wild birds of Iowa	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology--Bibliography	1919-04-25	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	A notebook containing a checklist of birds and distributed to the Boy Scouts of Iowa at cost. In this notebook Philip DuMont recorded his bird sightings from 1918 to 1927.	Cole, Gertrude Mansfield Boy Scouts of America		Iowa				Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	1	36
Rare bird documentation form for House Finches at Corydon, 1986	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1986-07-12	1986-07-25	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for three House Finches at Corydon in Wayne County, IA on July 12, 1986.	Proescholdt, Mark	House Finch	Corydon	Corydon , (Wayne County)	Residential area - (Apple Tree, Wires, Tube Feeders)	The documentation form by Mark Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Steve Dinsmore, Jim Fuller, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Dennis Thompson, and Dorothy Clayton Pohl. \| Elimination of similar species: A female Purple Finch has the distinctive dark ear patch and light eyebrow stripe which these did not. A Pine Siskin has a different look and is smaller, slimmer, and has a thin bill. \| The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 10:30:00/11:30:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	82
Rare bird documentation form for House Finch at State Forest Nursery, 1986	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1986-09-15	1986-09-18	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for two House Finches at State Forest Nursery in Ames in Story County, IA on September 15, 1986.	Dinsmore, Stephen J.	House Finch	Iowa State Nursery	State Forest Nursery, Ames	large pine planting	The documentation form by Steve Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: The lack of a facial pattern eliminated a female Purple Finch. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 16:30:00/16:40:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	82
Rare bird documentation form for House Finch at Ledges State Park, 1986	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1986-10-01	1986-10-02	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for two House Finches at Ledges State Park in Boone County, IA on October 1, 1986.	Myers, Robert K.	House Finch	Ledges State Park	Ledges State Park - Boone Co.	Fairly open area - scattered red cedar + other trees	The documentation form by Robert K. Myers is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: [...] They were slightly smaller - at least thinner than house sparrows. [...] They were too thin for female purple finches and lacked any trace of a white eyeline. They were too streaked to be indigo buntings (wrong color as well). I thought of possible pine siskins but there was no yellow visible on wings on tail (wingbars of any color were not noted), the bill was short and stout-not as thin as siskin, and the tail did not show deep notch in terminal end - had fairly shallow "V" notch. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 09:05:00/09:10:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	82
Rare bird documentation form for House Finch at Davenport, 1986	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1986-12-21	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for four House Finches at Davenport in Scott County, IA on December 21, 1986.	Blevins, Scharlott Goettsch	House Finch	Davenport	2003 E. 12th St. Davenport, IA. 52803	City yard	The documentation form by Scharlott Blevins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Brian Blevins, Corey Blevins, and Lewis Blevins. Peter C. Petersen completed the form from a phone conversation with Scharlott Blevins. \| Elimination of similar species: Purple Finch - Male a more orange-red, not cranberry, red more restricted to head, breast + rump. Female/immat. no heavy dark mark by bill, finer streaking but more streaks below. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 09:30:00/09:32:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	82
Rare bird documentation form for House Finch at Larchwood, 1988	Field notes	Birds--Identification Birdsongs Ornithology Rare birds	1988-05-13	1988-05-15	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a House Finch at Larchwood in Lyon County, IA on May 13, 1988.	Harr, Douglas C.	House Finch	Larchwood	Larchwood, Iowa (Lyon County)	In trees of neighborhood lawns	The documentation form by Douglas C. Harr is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: Purple Finch--has no streaked breast; color more pinkish-red and extends over entire head and neck. I have previously observed House Finches in the Seattle, WA., area. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 17:14:00/17:20:00 and occasionally throughout rest of evening.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	82
Rare bird documentation form for Red Crossbill northeast of Iowa City, 1996	Field notes	Bird feeders Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1996-07-13	1996-07-24	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for ten Red Crossbills northeast of Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on July 13, 1996.	Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-	Red Crossbill	Iowa City	farmstead northeast of Iowa City at feeders	Open farm land, multiple feeders, no conifers seen in area.	The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Dave Conrads and Jim Fuller. \| Elimination of similar species: None. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 16:40:00/17:40:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	83
Rare bird documentation form for White-winged Crossbill at Logan Park Cemetery in Woodbury County, 1997	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1997-12-13	1998-01-02	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for thirteen White-winged Crossbills at Logan Park Cemetery in Woodbury County, IA on December 13, 1997.	Huser, Bill F.	White-winged Crossbill	Logan Park Cemetery	Logan Park Cemetery, Woodbury County, IA	savannah [sic] of conifer and deciduous trees, including fruiting white (?) spruce	The documentation form by Bill Huser is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Jerry Probst, Bob Moritz, and Bob Livermore. \| Elimination of similar species: The bright colored plumages eliminate Pine Siskins and all female Carpodacus finches. The male birds' rosy coloration was more extensive and uniform than that of male Carpodacus Finches. The crossed mandibles eliminate all finches including Pine and Evening Grosbeaks. The bold wing bars eliminate Red Crossbills. \| The original documentation form event occurred around 11:15:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	84
Rare bird documentation form for Pine Siskin at Anderson Township in Mills County, 1982	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1982-05-15	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Pine Siskin at Anderson Township in Mills County, IA on May 15, 1982.	Wilson, Barbara L.	Pine Siskin	Anderson Township	Ben Wilson's farm: T-73N, R-40W, Sec. 30, Mills Co., Ia.		The documentation form by Barbara L. Wilson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: Uniform brown streaks on face eliminate Purple Finch, as does the thin bill. Sparrows are similar, usually have stouter bill + are less uniformly streaked - they have dark streaks on light underparts, + this one is just streaked all over. \| The original documentation form event occurred in the afternoon for at most a minute.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	85
Ross Silcock letter to Thomas Kent regarding a Smith's Longspur and other bird sighting materials, August 22, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1990-12-29	1992-08-22	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter sent on August 22, 1992 about a documentation form for a Smith's Longspur west of Almont in Clinton County, IA on December 29, 1990 by Brian Blevins. It also discusses submitting other field reports and materials from multiple years to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee. It is related to https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9433/view and https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9436/view.	Silcock, W. Ross	Smith's Longspur	Iowa Almont				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	67