Ross Silcock letter to Thomas Kent regarding spring notes, June 5, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1981-06-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter includes a list of birds sighted by Ross Silcock. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Marbled Godwit Indigo Bunting Sanderling Red-necked Phalarope American Black Duck Brown Creeper
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Lake Manawa State Park Riverton Wildlife Management Area Waubonsie State Park Taylor Lakes
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Iowa Ornithologists Union letter to Ken Thimmesch regarding Warbler photograph, November 10, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Photography of birds Parulidae | Warblers
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1988-11-10
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter identifies a photographed Warbler as a Cape May Warbler. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1985.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Cape May Warbler
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Cedar Rapids
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Ione Getscher letter to Thomas Kent regarding Spring sightings, May 18, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Parulidae | Warblers
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1981-05-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter from Ione Getscher lists birds she has sighted although she hasn't been able to go birding because of family commitments so most of her sightings are either from home or while traveling on I-29. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Getscher, Ione
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Grasshopper Sparrow Franklin's Gull Bonaparte's Gull
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Hamburg Nebraska City Omaha
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Fred Lesher letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bald eagle nests, April 14, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes Maps (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Cartography Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Nest building
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1985-04-14
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter discusses two bald eagle nesting sites and disputes the characterization of one site reported in American Birds. The letter also includes map showing the location of a bald eagle nest on the Mississippi River near the mouth of Wexford Creek. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Lesher, Fred
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Bald Eagle
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Pool Slough Wexford Creek
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Babs Padelford letter to Thomas Kent regarding Eider sighting, December 4, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds of prey Photography of birds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds
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1985-12-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter discusses trying to document an Eider sighting and includes an annotated list of birds sighted by Babs Padelford and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1985.
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Padelford, Babs
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Carter Lake Forneys Lake Lake Manawa State Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Barb Wilson letter to Thomas Kent regarding Winter birds sighted, February 28, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds of prey Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Fringillidae | Finches Turdidae | Thrushes Water birds Weather
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1981-02-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter discusses the winter weather and the affect it's had on the ducks at Willow Slough. Included with the letter is an annotated list of birds sighted. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1980-1981.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Lincoln's Sparrow Common Starling
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Lake Manawa Mills County Hastings Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Paul Martsching letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding report forms and bird sightings
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Parulidae | Warblers
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1985-05-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter discusses the benefits and drawbacks of new reporting forms and Martsching's plans to write up data on warblers for Brookside Park. The letter also includes field notes forms. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Martsching, Paul
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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Chestnut-collared Longspur Smith's Longspur Vesper Sparrow Western Kingbird Yellow Rail Merlin
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Colo Hendrickson Marsh Lake Story County Hickory Grove County Park
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Ronald Harms letter to Thomas Kent regarding Swainson's Thrush, December 5, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Photography of birds
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1985-12-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter discusses slides that Ronald Harms is sending to Thomas Kent and describes his catching and banding a Swainson's Thrush. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1985.
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Harms, Ronald
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Trumpeter Swan Swainson's Thrush
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Laurens
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Francis L. Moore letter to Thomas H. Kent and Carl J. Bendorf regarding bird sightings, spring 1985
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Feathers Photography of birds
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1985-03-01
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1985-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter discusses field notes for spring 1985 and slides of a Curlew Sandpiper. The letter includes field note forms listing bird sightings by Moore and others and a note describing the appearance and behavior of Western Sandpipers spotted by Moore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Moore, Francis L.
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Curlew Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Greater Scaup Peregrine Falcon Cape May Warbler Sandhill Crane
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Big Marsh Wildlife Area Cedar Lake Fremont County George Wyth Memorial State Park Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Robert Cecil letter to Thomas Kent regarding Fall bird sightings, November 20, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Corvidae | Jays, Crows, and allies Fringillidae | Finches Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens
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1985-11-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter discusses Fall bird sightings and proposed editorial changes to Iowa Bird Life. Includes an annotated list of birds sighted. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1985.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Purple Finch Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Prairie Warbler
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Keokuk Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit
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Darwin Koenig letter to Thomas Kent regarding observations for spring, June 2, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds
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1981-02-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter contains a list of birds sighted by Darwin Koenig, mostly from around the Montezuma area. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Koenig, Darwin
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Red-shouldered Hawk White-eyed Vireo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Gray Partridge Northern Mockingbird
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area New Albin Castalia Montezuma Searsboro
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Ronald Harms letter to Thomas Kent regarding a Blue Grosbeak sighting, May 20, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs Photography of birds Parulidae | Warblers
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1981-05-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter contains a detailed account from Ronald Harms about his sighting and photographing a Blue Grosbeak on May 13, 1981. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Harms, Ronald
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Blue Grosbeak
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Laurens
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Ken Thimmesch letter to Iowa Ornithologists Union regarding unidentified Warbler, September 29, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Photography of birds Parulidae | Warblers
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1985-09-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter asks for help in identifying a Warbler that was photographed in Cedar Rapids. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1985.
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Thimmesch, Ken
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Cape May Warbler
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Cedar Rapids
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Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinators Newsletter
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Ornithology--Study and teaching
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas coordinators newsletter gives an update on the project. The project has been in progress for three years and is ongoing. The newsletter includes a request for more "birders" to help with the project.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Breeding Bird Atlas Committee
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Iowa
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Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinators Newsletter
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Ornithology--Study and teaching
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinators Newsletter gives an update on the project. The project has been in progress for three years and is ongoing. The newsletter includes a list of atlas committee members.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Breeding Bird Atlas Committee
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Iowa
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Iowa Birdline information provided to members of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Administrative records
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Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Citizen science
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1981-01-01
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1981-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The Iowa Birdline information sheet provided to members of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. The document includes the first year operating expenses and subsequent years. It also includes a sample message for reporting.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Photograph of Wood Duck eggs under down feathers
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Birdhouses Wood duck--Behavior
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The inside bottom of a Wood Duck house covered with nesting material, 1966. Wood Duck eggs are visible beneath the mother's down feathers.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of Wood Duck eggs and nesting material in a duck house
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Birdhouses
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The inside bottom of a Wood Duck house covered in nesting material, 1966. Twelve Wood Duck eggs lay in the middle of the nesting material.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Photograph of Frederic Leopold's house with a Wood Duck house in a tree
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Photographs
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Birds--Research Wildlife conservationists Birdhouses
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The house of Frederic Leopold located in Burlington, Iowa, situated overlooking the bluffs of the Mississippi River, 1966. A wooden Wood Duck house is attached to a tree located nearby the house.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Documentation form, contributed by Steve Dinsmore, August 5 to October 27, 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1986-08-05
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1986-10-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The form documents the sighting of one to eleven Common Terns at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA from August 5 to October 27, 1986. It includes specific sightings at Oak Grove Beach and Sandpiper Beach.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Common Tern
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Saylorville Lake Sandpiper Recreation Area Oak Grove Recreation Area
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Documentation form, contributed by Mark D. Dixon, June 5, 1985
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1985-06-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The form documents the sighting of a Peregrine Falcon in a semi-rural area of west Ames. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Dixon, Mark D.
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Peregrine Falcon
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Ames
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Ames Audubon Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1, June 1968
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Conservationists Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings DDT (Insecticide)
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1968-06-01
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1968-06-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The first newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, Volume 1, Number 1, June 1968. Highlights of the newsletter include an article summarizing a nature outing at River Valley Park, details of the next business meeting and program of the society, an account of the society's involvement in getting DDT banned in Ames, and a profile of John James Audubon.
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Ames Audubon Society
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Ames River Valley Park
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Photograph of a Mockingbird nest in a grape vine
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Photographs
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Birds--Nests
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1929-06-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The first Mockingbird nest ever found in Polk County, June 25, 1929. The nest was built in a wild grape vine on the Ed R. Fiske farm, located southwest of Des Moines. Photograph originally titled "Nest of Mockingbirds." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Northern Mockingbird
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Polk County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Field report Mar-June, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1985-03-01
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1985-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The field report, contributed by Babs and Loren Padelford, lists various bird sightings by themselves and others in southwestern Iowa. Included with the field report are field notes from B.J. Rose and a brief letter from Babs Padelford to Thomas H. Kent regarding the low number of sightings Padelford had during the spring. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Pied-billed Grebe American Woodcock Black-crowned Night Heron American Coot Bonaparte's Gull
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Forneys Lake Lake Manawa State Park MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Beth Proescholdt, summer 2001
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching
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2001-06-01
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2001-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The field report consists of the sighting of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird contributed by Beth Proescholdt. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2001.
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Proescholdt, Beth
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Liscomb
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