Pearl Knoop letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, May 31, 1978.
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research
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1978-05-31
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N/A
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Letter from Pearl Knoop to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, May 31, 1978. The letter also discusses migration patterns for the year. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Knoop, Pearl
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Baird's Sparrow Evening Grosbeak Western Grebe Osprey Black Tern
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Marble Rock
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Dean Mosman letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 1, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research
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1978-06-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Dean Mosman to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 1, 1978. The letter begins by stating that it had been a poor migration year. Notes underlined mention the sightings of a Peregrine Falcon on a kill, a Worm-eating Warbler in Greene County, and Yellow-headed Blackbirds in Ankeny. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Mosman, Dean
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Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-headed Blackbird Purple Martin Peregrine Falcon Red-eyed Vireo Worm-eating Warbler
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Ankeny Greene County Polk County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Baird's Sparrow at Marble Rock in 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1978-06-01
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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 Baird's Sparrow at Marble Rock in Floyd County, IA on May 16, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 48(2):69-77 by Nicholas S. Halmi seen by Pearl Knoop.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Baird's Sparrow
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Marble Rock
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Chickadee at Iowa in 1977
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1978-06-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Carolina Chickadees at Iowa in 1977. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Banding Summary for 1977 by Keith and Irene Layton.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Carolina Chickadee
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon in Western Iowa in 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Animal migration--Climatic factors Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1978-06-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Gyrfalcons in Western Iowa before and around 1978. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Two visitors in Iowa Bird Life 48:80 by Steve Duecker.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at De Soto National Wildlife Refuge in 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1978-06-01
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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 De Soto National Wildlife Refuge in Harrison County, IA in early February, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Field reports in Iowa Bird Life 48:69-77 by N.S. Halmi seen by Neil Heiser, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
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Interesting records, summer of 1978
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Field notes
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Bird watching
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes titled "Interesting records, summer of 1978," submitted by Barbara L. Wilson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Least Bittern Loggerhead Shrike American White Pelican Orchard Oriole Red-breasted Merganser Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Redhead Hooded Merganser Willet Yellow-rumped Warbler Gadwall Yellow Warbler Black Tern
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Mills County Pottawattamie County Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Field report, summer 1978
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report for summer 1978, submitted by Joseph P. Schaufenbuel. A annotation is made for a note discussing the sighting of Chestnut-sided Warblers feeding their young at Volga Lake. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Schaufenbuel, Joseph P.
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Swainson's Hawk Upland Sandpiper Pied-billed Grebe Alder Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Virginia Rail Veery Blue-winged Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Lesser Scaup Green-winged Teal
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Chickasaw County Volga Lake Sweet Marsh Saint Lucas Winneshiek County New Hampton Fayette County Howard County
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Southwest Iowa Field Notes
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Water birds
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report titled "Southwest Iowa Field Notes," submitted by Ruth Phipps. A note at the beginning of the document mentions that there were more nesting ducks that year than usual due to the high water levels. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Phipps, Ruth O.
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Upland Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Eared Grebe Grasshopper Sparrow Blue-winged Teal Western Kingbird Lark Sparrow Wood Duck Lesser Yellowlegs Caspian Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Blue Grosbeak Mallard
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Hamburg
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Summer observations, 1978, Northwest Iowa
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Nests
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report titled "Summer observations, 1978, Northwest Iowa," submitted by Tom Nigus. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Nigus, Thomas A.
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Upland Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant Canvasback Ring-necked Duck American White Pelican Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Canada Goose Green-winged Teal
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Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area Ruthven Mud Lake West Swan Lake State Game Management Area Kalsow Prairie State Preserve
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Sight records, summer 1978
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report titled "sight records, summer 1978," submitted by Michael C. Newlon. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Newlon, Michael C.
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Upland Sandpiper Yellow-headed Blackbird White-eyed Vireo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Blue-winged Teal Ruby-throated Hummingbird Forster's Tern Lesser Yellowlegs Gadwall American Redstart Eastern Whip-poor-will Great Blue Heron Great Egret
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Amana Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Williams Prairie State Preserve
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Field report, summer 1978
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Field notes
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report for the summer of 1978 submitted by Janet G. Greer. A note regarding the absence of sightings of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds during the spring and summer of that year is underlined. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Greer, Janet
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Red-headed Woodpecker Turkey Vulture Bobolink Bell's Vireo Warbling Vireo Purple Martin Eastern Bluebird Grasshopper Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Dickcissel Yellow Warbler Black-capped Chickadee Common Tern Black Tern Downy Woodpecker
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Mills County Missouri Valley Pottawattamie County Prairie Rose State Park Shelby County
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Ione Getscher letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Ione Getscher to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Getscher, Ione
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Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Mississippi Kite Dickcissel Hoary Redpoll Black Tern
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Hamburg Riverton Wildlife Management Area Fontenelle Forest Nature Center
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Field report, summer 1978
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Precipitation (Meteorology)
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field reports for the summer of 1978, submitted by James J. Dinsmore. Weather reports and the impact made are also discussed.This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk American Bittern Ring-billed Gull Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Red-breasted Merganser Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron American Wigeon Redhead Gray Partridge Swamp Sparrow American Coot Great Blue Heron American Black Duck
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Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area Dickinson County Emmet County Lake Mills Ledges State Park Saylorville Lake Spirit Lake Mud Lake Lizard Lake Rush Lake Hottes Lake Wildlife Management Area
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1978 summer bird report, Red Rock area
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report titled "1978 summer bird report, Red Rock area," submitted by Gladys Black. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Black, Gladys
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Purple Martin Indigo Bunting Loggerhead Shrike Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Orchard Oriole Yellow Warbler Great Blue Heron
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Elk Rock State Park Lake Red Rock Osage Pleasantville Red Rock Township Red Rock Wildlife Area
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Summer report, June 1 - July 30
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Field notes
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Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report titled "Summer report, June 1-July 30," submitted by Dick Bierman. Underlined notes mention the sightings of 47 young geese at Rush Lake in Osecola County and a pair of Swainson's Hawks nesting in Osecola County. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Bierman, Dick
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Killdeer Red-tailed Hawk Swainson's Hawk Least Bittern American Kestrel Eastern Bluebird Loggerhead Shrike Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Common Yellowthroat Lesser Yellowlegs Common Nighthawk Tree Swallow Gray Catbird Canada Goose Green-winged Teal Yellow Warbler
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Cherokee County Osceola County Rush Lake O'Brien County Ranney Knob County Park
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Nicholas S. Halmi letters to Vernon M. Kleen regarding bird sightings and publication of summer report
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Publishers and publishing
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1978-06-01
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1978-08-08
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Two letters from Nicholas S. Halmi to Vernon M. Kleen regarding bird sightings made by volunteers and the publication of the summer report. One is dated August 8. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Halmi, Nicholas S.
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Say's Phoebe Stellar's Jay
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Iowa City Linn County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, summer 1978
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Habitat Birds--Research Precipitation (Meteorology) Weather
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Quarterly field report for the summer of 1978. The general comments section mentions the unusually high amount of rainfall that year and its effect on bird habitats. The report is a draft with numerous manual annotations.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Belated summer report continued
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Songbirds
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1978-06-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report titled "belated summer report continued." Mentions the sighting of two Parula Warblers, who were found singing at Yellow River State Forest. The sighting was made by Tom Stone, Tom Stone Jr., Russell Hays. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Northern Parula
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Yellow River State Forest
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Report from Raymond Cummins
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report of summer bird sightings, titled "report from Raymond Cummins." This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Cummins, Raymond L.
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Bobolink Rose-breasted Grosbeak Eastern Bluebird Vesper Sparrow Blue-winged Teal Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Hairy Woodpecker Belted Kingfisher Black-capped Chickadee Black Tern Cliff Swallow
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Iowa Bradgate Pocahontas County Little Clear Lake Park Lizard Lake Gilmore City Redfield Nations Bridge County Park
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1978 Fremont County Foray, June 2-7, annotated list of birds
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Nests Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Mimidae | Mockingbirds, Catbirds, Thrashers, and Tremblers Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Hirundinidae | Swallows Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Emberizidae | Sparrows Calcariidae | Longspurs and snow bunting
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1978-06-02
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1978-06-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An account of the 1978 Fremont County Foray, submitted by Ross W. Silcock. The foray involved several bird watchers active in the area on various dates between June 2 and June 7, 1978. The observation of breeding is discussed throughout the item. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of summer 1978.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Fremont County Waubonsie State Park
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Ross W. Silcock letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 3, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks
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1978-06-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Ross W. Silcock to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 3, 1978. The sighting of a pair of Ospreys possibly building a nest in Riverton is mentioned at the beginning of the letter. Many of the birds discussed in the letter are shorebirds. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Yellow-headed Blackbird Loggerhead Shrike Cinnamon Teal Snowy Egret Merlin Wilson's Phalarope Osprey Hudsonian Godwit White-rumped Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Black Tern
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Riverton Randolph
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Rare bird documentation form for Swainson's Hawk near Lake Mills and Rice Lake, 1978
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1978-06-03
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1978-06-12
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Swainson's Hawk near Lake Mills and Rice Lake in Winnebago County, IA on June 3, 1978.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Swainson's Hawk
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Lake Mills Rice Lake
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Winnebago County, 1 1/2 miles SE of Lake Mills (1 mile N of Rice Lake)
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mixed oak savannah with farmland. Bird flew from area of oak woodlot out over farmland and circled over me
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The documentation form by James Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: red tail-no belly band, no red on tail, shape seemed slimmer than most red-tails. roughleg-no white on rump, no tail bands. Broadwing and red-shoulder- too big and no tail bands. | The original documentation form event lasted from 13:55:00/14:00:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Hooded Merganser at Willow Slough, 1978
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1978-06-04
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1978-07-14
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Hooded Merganser at Willow Slough in Mills County, IA on June 4, 1978.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Hooded Merganser
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Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Willow Slough, Anderson Twp., Mills Co., Iowa
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Lake, out near the middle, where there where tops of drowned weeds sticking out of the water.
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The documentation form by Barbara L. Wilson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Only mergansers have thin bills (of the ducks, that is). Only Hooded Mergansers have yellow bills or unpatterned heads. Shape and bill color eliminate the grebes. Size eliminates the loons. I really can't think of anything else it could be.
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Rare bird documentation form for Red-breasted Merganser at Willow Slough, 1978
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1978-06-04
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Red-breasted Merganser at Willow Slough in Mills County, IA on June 4, 1978.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Red-breasted Merganser
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Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Willow Slough, Anderson Township., Mills Co., Iowa.
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open water on a lake, near shore
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The documentation form by Barbara L. Wilson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: This was no Common Merganser. This bird's throat color was light and so unsharp in its border that the color really started fading at the crown to get to the light of the throat.
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