Walter Rosene, Jr. letter to Pam Allen regarding the nomination of the Goldfinch as the Iowa State bird, March 24, 1993
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Societies, etc State birds Birds in art
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1993-03-24
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Walter Rosene, Jr. letter to Pam Allen regarding the origin of how the Goldfinch became nominated for the Iowa State bird. The letter highlights a visit Walter Rosene, Jr. and his father made to Althea R. Sherman's house and how after seeing a very artistic painting of a Goldfinch by Althea's sister, his father said that the Goldfinch should be the state bird.
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Rosene, Walter, 1912-
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American Goldfinch
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Iowa
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James Dinsmore letter to Oscar Allert regarding mounted bird specimens, September 1, 1978
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Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1978-09-01
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Letter from James Dinsmore to Oscar Allert dated September 1, 1978. Dinsmore tells Allert, who had donated many bird specimens, about the bird mounts kept in the Iowa State University vertebrate museum.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Ellison Orr letter to Oscar Allert regarding Peregrine Falcon sightings, April 5, 1934
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Duck shooting
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1934-04-05
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Letter from Ellison Orr to Oscar Allert dated April 5, 1934. Orr clarifies his earlier comments on Peregrine Falcon sightings, and mentions some other bird sightings. This letter was summarized in Allert's article "Notes on Certain Raptores in Allamakee, Clayton and Dubuque Counties, Iowa," published in Iowa Bird Life, vol. 9, no. 3.
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Orr, Ellison
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Turkey Vulture Peregrine Falcon
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Waukon Junction
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Ellison Orr letter to Oscar Allert regarding a Bald Eagle nest sight, May 17, 1939
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Nests
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1939-05-17
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N/A
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Letter from Ellison Orr to Oscar Allert dated May 17, 1939. Orr relates to Allert the location of a nest sight that had supposedly been used by Bald Eagles. This letter was summarized in Allert's article "Notes on Certain Raptores in Allamakee, Clayton and Dubuque Counties, Iowa," published in Iowa Bird Life, vol. 9, no. 3.
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Orr, Ellison
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Bald Eagle
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Waukon Junction
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George Kaufman letter to Oscar Allert regarding Bald Eagle and King Rail sightings, August 17, 1939
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests
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1939-08-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from George Kaufman to Oscar Allert dated August 17, 1939. Kaufman details where and when he saw Bald Eagles and a King Rail nest. This letter was summarized in Allert's article "Notes on Certain Raptores in Allamakee, Clayton and Dubuque Counties, Iowa," published in Iowa Bird Life, vol. 9, no. 3.
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Kaufman, George E.
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Bald Eagle King Rail
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Guttenberg New Albin Big Lake Wildlife Management Area
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Ellison Orr letter to Oscar Allert regarding Peregrine Falcon sightings, March 10, 1934
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Nests
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1934-03-10
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N/A
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Letter from Ellison Orr to Oscar Allert dated March 10, 1934. Orr tells Allert that he has frequently seen Peregrine Falcons and that Philip DuMont is incorrect in claiming that the Peregrine Falcon is rare in Iowa and has not nested in Iowa since 1898. This letter was summarized in Allert's article "Notes on Certain Raptores in Allamakee, Clayton and Dubuque Counties, Iowa," published in Iowa Bird Life, vol. 9, no. 3.
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Orr, Ellison
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Peregrine Falcon
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Waukon Junction
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Margaret Kohlman letter to Oscar Allert regarding Peregrine Falcon sightings, May 29, 1939
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Stamp collecting
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1939-05-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Margaret Kohlman to Oscar Allert dated May 29, 1939. Kohlman details her sightings of a Peregrine Falcon that she originally misidentified as a Merlin. This letter was summarized in Allert's article "Notes on Certain Raptores in Allamakee, Clayton and Dubuque Counties, Iowa," published in Iowa Bird Life, vol. 9, no. 3.
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Kohlman, Margaret
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Merlin Peregrine Falcon
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Guttenberg
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Joseph Hickey letter to Oscar Allert regarding Peregrine Falcon sightings, March 6, 1940
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Correspondence
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Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Nests
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1940-03-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Joseph Hickey to Oscar Allert dated March 6, 1940. Hickey thanks Allert for responding to his request for information regarding Peregrine Falcon sightings.
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Hickey, Joseph J. (Joseph James), 1907-1993
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Peregrine Falcon
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Waukon Junction
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Joseph Hickey letter to Oscar Allert regarding Peregrine Falcon sightings, October 3, 1939
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Nests
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1939-10-03
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N/A
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Letter from Joseph Hickey to Oscar Allert dated October 3, 1939. Hickey asks for more information on Peregrine Falcons in eastern Iowa after reading Allert's article "Notes on Certain Raptores in Allamakee, Clayton and Dubuque Counties, Iowa," published in Iowa Bird Life, vol. 9, no. 3.
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Hickey, Joseph J. (Joseph James), 1907-1993
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Peregrine Falcon
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Lansing Waupeton
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Fred Pierce letter to Oscar Allert regarding stamp collecting, May 20, 1939
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Ornithology--Periodicals Stamp collecting Postage stamps
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1939-05-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Fred Pierce to Oscar Allert dated May 20, 1939. Pierce returns some stamps to Allert, discusses how busy he has been lately, and mentions that they should write a couple of articles about their most recent bird trip.
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Pierce, Fred J.
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Iowa
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Mary Lou Petersen letter to Oscar Allert regarding honorary membership in the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, May 31, 1976
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1976-05-31
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N/A
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Letter from Mary Lou Petersen to Oscar Allert dated May 31, 1976. Petersen informs Allert that he has been elected an honorary member of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union at their recent annual meeting. This document is answered by a letter from Allert: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/10088/view
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Petersen, Mary Lou
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Iowa
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Oscar Allert letter to Mary Lou Petersen regarding honorary membership in the Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Societies, etc
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N/A
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N/A
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Undated letter from Oscar Allert to Mary Lou Petersen. Allert thanks Petersen and the Iowa Ornithologists' Union for granting him honorary membership during the Union's most recent annual meeting. This document is in response to a letter from Petersen: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/10089/view
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Allert, Oscar P.
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Iowa
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Harry Oberholser letter to Oscar Allert regarding bird sightings, March 1, 1929
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1929-03-01
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N/A
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Letter from Harry Oberholser to Oscar Allert dated March 1, 1929. Oberholser responds to a request from Allert by providing details about a couple of bird sightings. Oberholser also states that if Allert has any skins he wishes identified that he should send them to Washington with return postage.
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Oberholser, Harry C. (Harry Church), 1870-1963
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Northern Mockingbird Kentucky Warbler
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McGregor Prairie du Chien
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Iowa RBA, January 4, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-01-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for January 4, 1998. Highlights include Spotted Towhee, Thayer's Gull and Long-tailed Duck. Includes updates for January 6, 1998 and January 7, 1998.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull Rusty Blackbird Brown Thrasher Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Merlin Spotted Towhee Tundra Swan
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Clive Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Polk County Red Rock Dam Sioux Center Boone County Fairfield Swan Lake
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Iowa RBA, April 20, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-04-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for April 20, 1998. Highlights include Whooping Crane, Eurasian Collared Dove, Cinnamon Teal and Red-necked Grebe. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Whooping Crane Red-necked Grebe Henslow's Sparrow Bewick's Wren Eurasian Collared Dove Cinnamon Teal Evening Grosbeak Snowy Egret Black-headed Gull
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Little Wall Lake Dunbar Slough Grinnell Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Waubonsie State Park Grovers Lake Sweet Marsh Cherokee Myre Slough State Game Management Area Virgin Lake Fairfield Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Badger Creek State Recreation Area
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Iowa RBA, April 13, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-04-13
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N/A
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Email for the Iowa RBA for April 13, 1998. Highlights include Black-bellied Whistling Duck and Red-necked Grebe. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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American Avocet Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Yellow-throated Warbler Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Long-billed Dowitcher Le Conte's Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Louisiana Waterthrush
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Pleasant Creek State Park Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lily Pond Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Selma
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Iowa RBA, April 6, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-04-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for April 6, 1998. Highlights include Long-tailed Duck, Smith's Longspurs and Fish Crow. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-shouldered Hawk Eared Grebe Fish Crow Smith's Longspur Long-tailed Duck Ross' Goose Trumpeter Swan Eurasian Tree Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron
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Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Lake Odessa Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Greater Ottumwa Park Hendrickson Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa RBA, March 2, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-03-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for March 2, 1998. Highlights include Eurasian Collard Dove, Woodcock and Turkey Vultures. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Turkey Vulture Eurasian Collared Dove Franklin's Gull Trumpeter Swan American Woodcock Golden Eagle Peregrine Falcon Long-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Big Creek Lake Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area George Wyth Memorial State Park Grinnell Lake Red Rock Muscatine Muscatine County Whitebreast Recreation Area Roberts Creek Park
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Iowa RBA, February 23, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-02-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for February 23, 1998. Highlights include Sprague's Pipit, Merlins and Ross' Goose. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Sprague's Pipit White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Ross' Goose Northern Goshawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon Long-eared Owl Great-tailed Grackle
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Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area Waterman Prairie Wildlife Management Area Webb University of Iowa Graettinger Fallow Marsh Wildlife Management Area Telford Prairie Area
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Iowa RBA, February 16, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Laridae | Gulls and Terns Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-02-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for February 16, 1998. Highlights include waterfowl, Gulls, Redpolls, Prairie Falcon and Varied Thrush. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Prairie Falcon Summer Tanager Varied Thrush White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Mew Gull California Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Hoary Redpoll
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Iowa City Lake Red Rock Lock and Dam 14 Lock and Dam 15 Muscatine Woodbury County Dorchester Lock and Dam 16 Greenwood Cemetery
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Iowa RBA, February 9, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-02-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for February 9, 1998. Highlights include Common Raven, Snowy Owl, Common and Hoary Redpolls, California, Glaucous and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and Eurasian Collared Dove. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Eurasian Collared Dove Common Redpoll Snowy Owl California Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Raven Hoary Redpoll Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Clay County Grinnell Lake Red Rock Lake Manawa Muscatine Lock and Dam 16
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Iowa RBA, February 2, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-02-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for February 2, 1998. Highlights include Prairie Falcon, Glaucous Gull, and Eurasian Collared Dove. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Prairie Falcon Carolina Wren Eurasian Collared Dove Mute Swan Trumpeter Swan Merlin Eurasian Tree Sparrow Glaucous Gull Winter Wren
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Big Marsh Wildlife Area Burlington Cedar Falls Green Castle Recreation Area Grinnell Sioux City Lock and Dam 16 Dankwardt Memorial Park
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Iowa RBA, January 26, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-01-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for January 26, 1998. Highlights include Snowy Owl, Varied Thrush, Glaucous Gull, Thayer's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Eurasian Collared Dove. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Ferruginous Hawk Thayer's Gull Varied Thrush Eurasian Collared Dove White-winged Crossbill Snowy Owl Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Pileated Woodpecker
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Cerro Gordo County Fort Defiance State Park Grinnell Lock and Dam 15 West Branch Fairmont Cemetery
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Iowa RBA, January 19, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-01-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for January 19, 1998. Highlights include Varied Thrush, Dickcissel, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Carolina Wren and Winter Wren. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Varied Thrush Carolina Wren Eurasian Collared Dove White-winged Crossbill Dickcissel Eurasian Tree Sparrow Fox Sparrow Golden-crowned Kinglet Winter Wren
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Burlington Dickinson County Grinnell Lake Darling State Park Lake Park Mason City Muscatine West Branch Clinton County Dankwardt Memorial Park
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Iowa RBA, January 5, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-01-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for January 5, 1998. Highlights include Prairie Falcon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Glaucous Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Thayer's Gull.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Prairie Falcon Thayer's Gull Carolina Wren Eurasian Collared Dove White-winged Crossbill Merlin Lesser Black-backed Gull Eurasian Tree Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Glaucous Gull
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Cedar Lake Grinnell Iowa City Marshalltown Red Rock Dam Saylorville Lake Wanata State Park Aspen Grove Cemetery Graceland Park Cemetery
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