Check list of the birds of Story County, Iowa, 1970
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Checklists
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Bird watching Birding sites Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Laridae | Gulls and Terns Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers Important bird areas Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1970-03-01
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1970-03-31
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A list of the most regularly observed bird species found in Story County as well as at Ledges State Park and in Greene County compiled by John Faaborg and Jim Rod, March 1970. Included is a list of the better birding locations found in Story, Boone, Greene, and Hamilton Counties including directions to the habitats as well as species commonly located at each destination. Also of note is a chart for the months of March, April, and May which shows the average arrival dates of common Iowa spring migrant birds.
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Rod, J.P. Faaborg, John, 1949-
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Dunbar Slough Finn Pond Wildlife Area Greene County Hamilton County Ledges State Park Story County Boone County Goose Lake McHose Park
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Ames Audubon Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 11, April 2, 1970
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Conservationists--Awards Ornithology--Societies, etc Women conservationists
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1970-04-02
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, Volume 2, Number 11, April 2, 1970. Highlights of the newsletter include the selection of Dr. Barton Morgan and Margaret Morgan as the "Conservationists of the Year", details on the final Audubon Wildlife Film program "Village Beneath the Sea" by Harry Pederson, a summary of a bird watching and identification program given by Jim Rod and John Faaborg, and a report on counting Bald Eagles on the Mississippi River by Jim Rod.
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Ames Audubon Society
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Bald Eagle
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Ames Mississippi River, Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Roadrunner north of Delta in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1970-05-07
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1993-09-01
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Records Committee review for a Greater Roadrunner north of Delta in Keokuk County, IA on April 26, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in a letter from John D. Black regarding the sighting by Joseph Sens, and the published account in Audubon Field Notes 24(4): 614.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Greater Roadrunner
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Delta
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Goose Lake in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1970-06-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Goose Lake in Iowa on May 18, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 40:47-51 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Paul D. Kline.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black Rail
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-headed Grosbeak at Robertson Bird Sanctuary in Waterloo in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1970-09-30
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1993-08-19
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Records Committee review for a Black-headed Grosbeak at Robertson Bird Sanctuary in Waterloo in Black Hawk County, IA on September 20, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Black-headed Grosbeak at Waterloo in Iowa Bird Life 40(3):74 by Russell Hays also seen by Evelyn Ehlers and Clarice Hewitt.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black-headed Grosbeak
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Robertson Bird Sanctuary
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Des Moines Reservoir, 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1970-11-11
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Pacific Loon at Des Moines Reservoir in Polk County, IA on November 11, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, commentary by the IOU Records Committee on the sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication American Birds 25:65 seen by Woodward H. Brown.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Dale Maffitt Reservoir
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sprague's Pipit at Shenandoah in 1968
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1993-08-19
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Records Committee review for Sprague's Pipits at Shenandoah in Page County, IA on April 4, 1968. 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 Jean Braley.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sprague's Pipit
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Shenandoah
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting at Des Moines in 1940
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for Lazuli Buntings at Des Moines in Polk County, IA in late May 1940. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown seen by Helen R. Peasley.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Lazuli Bunting
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Des Moines
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Big Wall Lake in 1967
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Red Knot at Big Wall Lake in Wright County, IA on May 20, 1967. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown and seen by Ron Muilenburg.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Knot
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Big Wall Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Goose Lake in 1967
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Red Knots at Goose Lake in Greene County, IA on May 5, 1967. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown and seen by John Faaborg.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Knot
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Goose Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Sidney in 1951
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Ferruginous Hawk at Sidney in Fremont County, IA on October 1, 1951. 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 Frances Bordner, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Sidney
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Harlequin Duck
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Beaver Creek
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Shenandoah in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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1971-03-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for a Ferruginous Hawk at Shenandoah in Page County, IA on December 26, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Christmas count in Iowa Bird Life 41:3-15 by John Faaborg seen by Betty Walters, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Shenandoah
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Little Blue Heron near Harper's Ferry in 1971
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-04-06
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for a Little Blue Heron near Harper's Ferry in Allamakee County, IA on April 6, 1971. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Little Blue Heron in northeast Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 41:91 by Frederick Lesher, .
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Little Blue Heron
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Harpers Ferry
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sabine's Gull at Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds
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1971-06-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Sabine's Gull at Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Cerro Gordo County, IA on September 25, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 41:27 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Pearl Knoop, and letters between Pearl Knoop and Thomas Kent about the bird sighting as well as a more recent one at Saylorville Lake.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sabine's Gull
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Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Parasitic Jaeger at Sweet Marsh in 1971
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-09-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Parasitic Jaeger at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on May 15, 1971. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 41:89-90 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Clarise Hewitt.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Parasitic Jaeger
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Sweet Marsh
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Check list of the birds of Story County, Iowa, revised 1972
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Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Laridae | Gulls and Terns Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1972-03-01
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1972-03-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A revised list of the most regularly observed bird species found in Story County as well as at Ledges State Park and in Greene County compiled by John Faaborg and Jim Rod, March 1972.
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Rod, J.P. Faaborg, John, 1949-
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Greene County Ledges State Park Story County
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Ames Audubon Society Newsletter, March 1972
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Newsletters
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1972-03-01
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1972-03-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, March 1972. Highlights of the newsletter include the details of the next program of the society which will feature a refresher on bird identification skills and a report on spring 1972 migration.
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Ames Audubon Society
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Bald Eagle Herring Gull
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Ames Skunk River
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Maffit Lake, 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-05-06
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Pacific Loons at Maffit Lake in Polk County, IA on May 6, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes, commentary by the IOU Records Committee on the bird sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 42:37 seen by Woodward H. Brown and D. Mooney.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Dale Maffitt Reservoir
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loons at Folsom Lake, 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-05-13
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1996-04-25
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Records Committee review for an unspecified number of Red-throated Loons at Folsom Lake in Mills County on May 13, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Nebraska Bird Review seen by an unknown observer.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Folsom Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon at Council Bluffs, 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-05-13
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for a Red-throated Loon at Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County on May 13, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication American Birds seen by James Delehant.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Council Bluffs
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for King Eider at Ingham Lake in 1971
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens
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1972-06-01
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1993-09-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a King Eider at Ingham Lake in Emmet County, IA on November 8, 1971. Includes a record review document with votes, letter about the sighting from Kennet Formanek to Peter Petersen, the original sighting record found in the publication Another King Eider record for Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 42:50 by Peter C. Petersen shot by the Goecke brothers and identified by Kenneth Formanek, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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King Eider
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Ingham Lake
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Woodward H. Brown letter to Fred Kent regarding bird sightings for the summer of 1972, August 21, 1972
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds Weather
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1972-06-01
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Letter from Woody Brown to Fred Kent about bird sightings for the summer of 1972 and the potential of Polk City lake to attract birds. It features a Henslow's Sparrow banding at Lamoni in Decatur County, IA on August 19, 1972.
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Brown, Woodward H.
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Henslow's Sparrow Black-billed Magpie Ruby-crowned Kinglet Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Red Crossbill
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-06-01
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1993-09-07
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in Jasper County, IA on April 13, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication European Widgeon [sic] in central Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 42:49 by Mrs Dorothy Maish also seen by Irene Wein.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Rock Creek Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Iowa in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird surveys Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-09-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review three Common Ravens at Iowa on June 27, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 42:70 by Woodward H. Brown and seen by Myra Willis.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Iowa
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