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

Iowa Birdline update, August 10, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-10	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 10, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of the juvenile Laughing Gull and two Western Grebes. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a possible Black Vulture and a confirmed sighting of a Ruddy Turnstone.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Black-and-white Warbler Western Grebe Ruddy Turnstone Philadelphia Vireo Blackburnian Warbler American black vulture Laughing Gull	Davenport Iowa City Red Rock Dam MidAmerican Energy Ponds Casey Barrow Landing Silver Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, October 26, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-10-26	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for October 26, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a female Vermilion Flycatcher a bird that has been seen only twice before in the state, a Black-bellied Plover, Sanderling and Dunlin. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Cattle Egret and three female Surf Scoters.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Vermilion Flycatcher Harris' Sparrow Cattle Egret Black Scoter Dunlin Common Loon Surf Scoter Black-bellied Plover Sanderling Lesser Scaup	Lake Manawa Pleasant Creek State Park Rathbun Lake Bays Branch State Wildlife Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds Mohawk Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, October 17-20, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriidae \| Plovers Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-10-17	1992-10-20	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for October 17-20, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Lewis's Woodpecker, Pine Siskins, Winter Wrens and two Clay-colored Sparrows. . Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a female Vermilion Flycatcher and a first year Thayer's Gull.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Lewis's Woodpecker Thayer's Gull Vermilion Flycatcher Clay-colored Sparrow Franklin's Gull Black Scoter Pine Siskin Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Bonaparte's Gull	Moorehead Pioneer Park Pleasant Creek State Park Rathbun Lake Saylorville Dam Washta Winneshiek County	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, October 12, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriidae \| Plovers Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Emberizidae \| Sparrows Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-10-12	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for October 12, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Red Knot, eleven American Avocets and the continued presence of several Shorebird species. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Lewis's Woodpecker and 28 Pine Siskins.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Lewis's Woodpecker American Avocet Rough-legged Hawk Horned Grebe Red Knot Dunlin White-crowned Sparrow Common Loon Lincoln's Sparrow Pine Siskin	Lake Red Rock Lock and Dam Number 18 Moorehead Pioneer Park Rathbun Lake Warren County Washta	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, October 5, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-10-05	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for October 5, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a first year Sabine's Gull and a late Magnolia Warbler. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of nine shorebird species, such as a Sanderling, Long-billed Dowitcher and a Merlin.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Bittern Ring-billed Gull Short-eared Owl Franklin's Gull Northern Goshawk Merlin Long-billed Dowitcher Sabine's Gull Sanderling Magnolia Warbler	Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Cedar Lake Iowa City Pleasant Creek State Park Rathbun Lake Woodbury County	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, September 28, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Accipitridae \| Hawks and Eagles Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-09-28	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for September 28, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of a Yellow Rail and two immature Red Crossbills. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Short-eared Owl and an immature Golden Eagle.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Short-eared Owl Yellow Rail Black-crowned Night Heron Golden Eagle Pileated Woodpecker Lincoln's Sparrow Yellow-throated Vireo Winter Wren Red Crossbill	Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Iowa City Moorehead Pioneer Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Pottawattamie County Snake Creek State Game Management Area Woodbury County Sandpiper Recreation Area Crawford Creek County Recreation Area Granger	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, September 21, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Accipitridae \| Hawks and Eagles Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-09-21	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for September 21, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Red Phalarope, Yellow Rail and a road-killed Burrowing Owl. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of as many as 227 raptors counted over a five-day period in Johnson County. The majority of the raptors consisted of Broad-winged Hawks.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Yellow Rail Red Phalarope American Pipit Sanderling Stilt Sandpiper Blackburnian Warbler Burrowing Owl	Hickory Hill Park Hitchcock Nature Area Johnson County Lake Red Rock Snake Creek State Game Management Area Pocahontas County Sandpiper Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, September 14, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Accipitridae \| Hawks and Eagles Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-09-14	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for September 14, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings from the fall IOU meeting, a Black-throated Blue Warbler, Cape May Warbler, American White Pelicans and a good number of raptors, especially Ospreys and Accipiters. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Le Conte's Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow and a Yellow Rail.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow American White Pelican Yellow Rail Le Conte's Sparrow Osprey Peregrine Falcon Black-throated Blue Warbler Scarlet Tanager Cape May Warbler Black Tern	Hickory Hill Park Hitchcock Nature Area New Albin Snake Creek State Game Management Area Yellow River State Forest Casey Barrow Landing Oak Grove Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, September 7, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-09-07	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for September 7, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a King Rail, Red-necked Phalarope, Mississippi Kite, Black-throated Blue Warbler and a Sandhill Crane.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Cooper's Hawk Mississippi Kite American White Pelican Red-necked Phalarope Caspian Tern Black-throated Blue Warbler Mourning Warbler Cape May Warbler Sandhill Crane King Rail	Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Hickory Hill Park Lake Red Rock Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Casey Barrow Landing Oakland Cemetery Cordova Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, August 31, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-31	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 31, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of twenty American Golden-Plovers and an early Broad-winged Hawk. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a flyover Mississippi Kite at Cordova Park and a male Black-throated Blue Warbler at Hickory Hill Park.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Broad-winged Hawk Mississippi Kite Willow Flycatcher Western Kingbird Eurasian Tree Sparrow Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Olive-sided Flycatcher Black-throated Blue Warbler American Golden Plover	Burlington Hickory Hill Park Moorehead Pioneer Park West Des Moines Des Moines County Sandpiper Recreation Area Cherry Glen Recreation Area Cordova Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, August 24, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-24	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 24, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of Least Bittern, Ruddy Turnstone, American Avocet, Willet and a Black-bellied Plover. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of two Piping Plovers at the Sandpiper Recreation area and fourteen additional species of shorebirds at Red Rock Reservoir.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Least Bittern Harris' Sparrow Ringed Turtle-Dove Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Willet Ruddy Turnstone Blue-winged Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler	Hickory Hill Park Jester Park Lake Red Rock Muscatine Casey Barrow Landing Sandpiper Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, August 17, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-17	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 17, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of King Rails and indications that the Passerine migration is underway. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Ringed Turtle-Dove near downtown Muscatine and six warbler species at Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Bald Eagle Carolina Wren Golden-winged Warbler Western Sandpiper Ringed Turtle-Dove Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher Canada Warbler King Rail	Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Hickory Hill Park Muscatine Effigy Mounds National Monument Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Casey Barrow Landing Ambrose A Call State Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, August 4, 1992	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-04	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa Birdline updates for August 4, 1992. The highlights for the update include sightings of the continued presence of the juvenile Laughing Gull at Red Rock Reservoir and American Avocets at Saylorville Lake.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet American White Pelican Snowy Egret Forster's Tern Osprey Sanderling Baird's Sandpiper Caspian Tern Buff-breasted Sandpiper Laughing Gull	Lake Red Rock Lake Manawa Saylorville Lake Lake MacBride MidAmerican Energy Ponds Casey Barrow Landing Des Moines County Sandpiper Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Christmas census, Des Moines Audubon Society, December 26, 1925	Field notes Reports Drafts (documents)	Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Counting Weather	1925-12-26	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Report dated December 26. This report conveys the results of the 1925 Christmas bird count from the Des Moines Audubon Society and was published in Bird-Lore vol. 28, no. 1.	Des Moines Audubon Society		Des Moines	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	6	2
Iowa Birdline update, July 20, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-07-20	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for July 20, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a juvenile Laughing Gull, Little Blue Heron and 40 American White Pelicans. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of three Least Bitterns and two Common Moorhen families.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Bald Eagle Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Willow Flycatcher Common Moorhen American White Pelican Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Horned Lark Laughing Gull King Rail	Forneys Lake Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Big Timber Division Fairfield MidAmerican Energy Ponds Green Island Wildlife Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, July 13, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-07-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for July 13, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a family of Western Kingbirds in Des Moines and a Swainson's Hawk nest with young in it east of Mason City. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of two adult and two young Western Grebes on Silver Lake in Worth County.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Swainson's Hawk Western Grebe Western Kingbird Snowy Egret Solitary Sandpiper Acadian Flycatcher Northern Parula Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper Great Egret	Des Moines Elk Rock State Park Hendrickson Marsh Lake Mason City Red Rock Dam Casey Barrow Landing Green Island Wildlife Management Area Silver Lake Roberts Creek	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, July 6, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-07-06	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for July 6, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a King Rail, four adult and five young Common Moorhens and ten species of Warblers. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Solitary Sandpiper and a Least Sandpiper along with a Kentucky Warbler at the north end of Robert's Creek Park.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Ruffed Grouse Common Moorhen American White Pelican Lark Sparrow Solitary Sandpiper Worm-eating Warbler Kentucky Warbler Prairie Warbler King Rail Least Sandpiper	Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Fish Farms Mounds Wildlife Management Area Stephens State Forest - White Breast Unit Green Island Wildlife Management Area Roberts Creek Park Sand Point	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, June 29, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-06-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 29, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of Bell's Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Sedge Wren and ten Black Terns. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of two adults and one immature Yellow-crowned Night Herons, six American Avocets and a one-legged Marbled Godwit.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Marbled Godwit Willow Flycatcher Bell's Vireo Orchard Oriole Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Lesser Yellowlegs Baird's Sandpiper Sedge Wren Black Tern	Little Wall Lake Doolittle Prairie State Preserve Hendrickson Marsh Lake Lake Macbride State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Casey Barrow Landing Bob Pyle Marsh Wildlife Management Area West Bend	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, June 23, 1992	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-06-23	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa Birdline updates for June 23, 1992. The highlights for the update include sightings of many of the same birds reported before, Upland Sandpipers, Sandhill Cranes, Least Bittern, Warblers and Bewick's Wrens. A sighting of two pairs of Blue Grosbeaks and a Northern Mockingbird were also reported.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Least Bittern Upland Sandpiper White-eyed Vireo Summer Tanager Bewick's Wren Northern Mockingbird Black-throated Green Warbler Blue Grosbeak Eastern Whip-poor-will Sandhill Crane	Ames Homestead Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Green Island Wildlife Management Area Turkey Run Wildlife Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, June 8, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Birds--Infancy Pelecanidae \| Pelicans Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-06-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 8, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of many of the same birds as last week, the Prairie Warbler, Sandhill Crane and Henslow's Sparrow. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Northern Mockingbird and a nesting colony of 60 Black Terns.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Henslow's Sparrow Barn Owl Franklin's Gull Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Caspian Tern Northern Mockingbird Prairie Warbler Great-tailed Grackle Sandhill Crane Black Tern	Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Bedford Silver Lake Sullivan Slough Big Wall Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, June 1, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-06-01	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 1, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of Sandhill Cranes, a Prairie Warbler and Least Tern. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of an Alder Flycatcher for three days in a row in Iowa City, and Black-bellied Plovers and White-rumped Sandpipers at the Riverton Area.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Alder Flycatcher Chuck-will's-widow Wilson's Phalarope Least Tern Black-bellied Plover White-rumped Sandpiper Blue-winged Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Prairie Warbler Sandhill Crane	Iowa City Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Riverton Wildlife Management Area Eddyville Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Macbride Nature Recreation Area Babcock Access	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Gordon Brand, fall 1987	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Parulidae \| Warblers	1987-08-01	1987-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Fall report of birds contributed by Gordon Brand. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.	Brand, Gordon James	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Rough-legged Hawk Cooper's Hawk Loggerhead Shrike American White Pelican Osprey Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk	Lake Red Rock Newton Pella	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	2
Field notes contributed by Dick Bierman, fall 1987	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Weather	1987-08-01	1987-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Fall report of birds found in and around Cherokee County contributed by Dick Bierman. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.	Bierman, Dick	Bald Eagle Eastern Bluebird Yellow Rail Purple Finch Red-breasted Nuthatch	Cherokee County Cherokee	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	2
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Russell P. Baldner, fall 1987	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting	1987-08-01	1987-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Fall report of birds contributed by Russell P. Baldner. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.	Baldner, Russell P.	Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk	Lansing New Albin Pilot Knob State Park Fish Farms Mounds Wildlife Management Area Waukon	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	2
Field notes contributed by Eugene Armstrong and Eloise Armstrong, fall 1987	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs	1987-08-01	1987-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Fall report of birds contributed by Eugene Armstrong and Eloise Armstrong. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.	Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Eugene	Northern Flicker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Barn Owl Black Scoter Northern Goshawk Le Conte's Sparrow Dickcissel House Finch Golden Eagle Ruddy Turnstone Pileated Woodpecker Philadelphia Vireo Bonaparte's Gull Northern Shrike Pine Warbler	Booneville Red Oak Saylorville Lake Snake Creek State Game Management Area Waterworks Park Nebraska City Badger Creek State Recreation Area Glendale Cemetery	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	2