Field notes contributed by Robert K. Myers, spring 1985
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Weather
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1985-03-01
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1985-05-31
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The field notes list various bird sightings by Myers, and sometimes others, and discusses the spring's disappointing migration, including a low number of warbler sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Myers, Robert K.
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Western Sandpiper Greater Scaup Sandhill Crane
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Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Riverside Cemetery
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Field reports form, contributed by Beth Proescholdt, spring 1985
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Turdidae | Thrushes Parulidae | Warblers
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1985-03-01
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1985-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The field notes list various birds sighted in central Iowa and mentions a low number of warblers, thrushes, and ducks that spring. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Proescholdt, Beth
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Eastern Bluebird Lapland Longspur Virginia Rail Marsh Wren Hermit Thrush Fox Sparrow Winter Wren
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Grundy County Ledges State Park Marshall County Pine Lake State Park
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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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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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Ames Audubon Society March Newsletter, 1975
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1975-03-01
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1975-03-31
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, March 1975. The highlight of the newsletter was an article on birding in Story County contributed by Barney Cook.
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Ames Audubon Society
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Bald Eagle American Kestrel Cedar Waxwing Snow Bunting Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark
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Ames Boone Des Moines River Iowa State University Izaak Walton League Park
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Ames Audubon Society Newsletter, May 1973
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Ornithology--Societies, etc Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Meetings
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1973-05-01
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1973-05-31
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, May 1973. Highlights of the newsletter include details on a bird walk and the annual meeting, an announcement of the discontinuation of the Audubon Wildlife File series due to lack of funds, and a report on the slower than normal 1973 migration due to inclement weather.
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Ames Audubon Society
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Baltimore Oriole Willet Hudsonian Godwit Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler Scarlet Tanager
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Ames Brookside Park
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Ames Audubon Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 8, March 10, 1969
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Newsletters
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Birds--Migration Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation Parks--Iowa Ecological surveys
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1969-03-10
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N/A
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, Volume 1, Number 8, March 10, 1969. Highlights of the newsletter include details on an illustrated talk, "The Story County Parks and Preserves System" by Robert R. Pinneke, information on a new project of surveying the features of the parks in Ames, and notes on bird migration.
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Ames Audubon Society
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Ames Hickory Grove County Park McFarland Lake Park
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 17, Number 3, November 1983
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Newsletters
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Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation
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1983-11-01
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1983-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 17, Number 3, November 1983. Highlights of the newsletter include details of the next program "Long Term Study of Geese in the Arctic" presented by Dr. Fred Cooke, an article on Snow Goose migration, and committee updates and upcoming events of the society including a meeting to discuss the controversial Garrison Diversion Project in North Dakota.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Snow Goose
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Ames DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge North Dakota
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 17, Number 7, March 1984
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings
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1984-03-01
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1984-03-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 17, Number 7, March 1984. Highlights of the newsletter include upcoming meetings and events, updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues, a column "The Wings of Spring" by Tom Davis, and a report on places to go and birds to see including observations of many species of ducks and geese.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Canvasback Great Horned Owl Canada Goose Northern Pintail Common Merganser Mallard
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Ames Colo Hendrickson Marsh Lake
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 18, Number 9, June 1984
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Parulidae | Warblers Wildlife conservation
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1984-06-01
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1984-06-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 18, Number 9, June 1984. Highlights of the newsletter include updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues, notes on bird observations by Paul Martsching, and reports on the Iowa Ornithologists' Union and Iowa Audubon Council meetings.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover
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Ames Brookside Park Larson Marsh
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 19, Number 7, March 1985
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation Meetings
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1985-03-01
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1985-03-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 19, Number 7, March 1985. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, information about a field trip to Nebraska to view migrating Sandhill Cranes, notes on observations of late winter birds and early spring arrivals, and updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Pine Grosbeak Sandhill Crane
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Ames Nebraska Glendale Cemetery
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 19, Number 8, April 1985
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1985-04-01
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1985-04-30
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 19, Number 8, April 1985. Highlights of the newsletter include a call for participation in a 5 year project for a Breeding Bird Atlas, an article celebrating John James Audubon's 200th birthday, notes on observations of spring waterfowl migration, and updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Snowy Egret Great Egret
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Ames Hendrickson Marsh Lake Anderson Goose Lake
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 20, Number 1, September 1985
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Parulidae | Warblers Meetings
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1985-09-01
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1985-09-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 20, Number 1, September 1985. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, an announcement of the resignation of Edward Brigham as the vice president of the National Audubon Society's north midwest region, notes on the beginning of the fall Warbler migration, and updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Hooded Warbler
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Ames Ledges State Park
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 20, Number 5, January 1986
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1986-01-01
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1986-01-31
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 20, Number 5, January 1986. Highlights of the newsletter include the results from the Christmas Bird Counts in Story and Boone Counties including unusual sightings of an Eastern Bluebird and a Hermit Thrush, updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues, and details of a field trip to Nebraska to see migrating Sandhill Cranes.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Sandhill Crane
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Ames Nebraska
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 20, Number 9, May 1986
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Newsletters
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Birds--Migration Environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Parulidae | Warblers Wildlife conservation Meetings
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1986-05-01
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1986-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 20, Number 9, May 1986. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, birder's notes with observations of migrating spring Warblers, updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues including information on the Garrison Diversion Project, and a profile on Audubon member Burt Shephard.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Ames North Dakota
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 21, Number 2, October 1986
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Newsletters
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birding sites Birds--Migration Ornithology--Societies, etc Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Important bird areas
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1986-10-01
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1986-10-31
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 21, Number 2, October 1986. Highlights of the newsletter include a report on September field trips, a column by Stephen J. Dinsmore featuring Saylorville Reservoir which is the birding "hot spot" of the month, birder's notes on migrating shorebirds, and an article on bird feeding fundamentals.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Ames Ledges State Park Saylorville Lake Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, fall 1986
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Correspondence Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Water birds Weather
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1986-08-01
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1986-11-30
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The report notes the cool, wet fall season, discusses the good migrations of the season and the unusually large number of sightings of rare water birds, mostly at Saylorville Lake. Included with the report are two letters from Carl J. Bendorf to Bruce Peterjohn. The letter dated December 15, 1986, explains the presence of typesetting marks on the included fall report manuscript and notes the interesting fall season in Iowa. The letter dated December 23, 1986, notes two late reports, of a King Eider and a Swainson's Hawk, and mentions winter sightings.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Swainson's Hawk Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull King Eider Pacific Loon Red Knot Lesser Black-backed Gull Sabine's Gull Rock Wren
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Clear Lake Iowa Saylorville Lake Sioux City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, spring 1998
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Weather Waterfowl
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1998-03-01
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1998-05-31
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Thomas Kent reports that many of the usual migrants arrived late and in low numbers. Quarterly field report for the spring of 1998 titled "Field reports--spring 1998".
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Neotropic Cormorant Sprague's Pipit Eurasian Collared Dove Black-billed Magpie Glossy Ibis Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Greater Prairie-Chicken Black-headed Gull
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Iowa
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Nettie Funk letter to LeRoy Weeks regarding migratory birds
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Correspondence
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Birds--Migration Rare birds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds
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Undated letter from Nettie Funk to LeRoy Weeks. In this letter Funk asks Weeks to supply the annotation Rare or Not Common to a list of water birds Weeks had sent her noting their arrival dates at Emmetsburg.
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Funk, Nettie S.
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Emmetsburg
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Peter Ernzen letter to Thomas Kent regarding spring migration, spring 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birdsongs
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1998-03-01
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1998-05-31
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Undated letter from Peter Ernzen to Thomas Kent. Ernzen states this is one of the worst migrations in recent memory and includes a list of birds sighted for spring 1998 focusing on first and last sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1998.
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Ernzen, Peter
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Wilson's Phalarope Palm Warbler Common Loon Tennessee Warbler House Wren Blackpoll Warbler
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Moorehead Pioneer Park Sac County Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area Buena Vista County
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Principal waterfowl flyways, Fall migration
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Maps (documents)
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Birds--Migration Flyways
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Undated map. A hand-drawn map of North America shows fall bird migration pathways, and notes that the Mississippi River Valley flyway encompasses all of Iowa.
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Iowa North America
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Waterfowl conditions in the Missouri Valley
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Reports
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Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Wildlife conservation Wildlife refuges Waterfowl
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Undated report. A report about Waterfowl migration suggests possible areas for purchase in order to create wildlife refuges in Western Iowa.
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Woodbury County Monona County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Average date of arrival of migratory birds
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Research notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Rare birds
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Undated research notes. This is a list of birds organized in accordance with the American Ornithologists' Union checklist. This list was created by LeRoy Weeks and annotated with the average month and day these birds had first been sighted around Emmetsburg and further noted as Common, Very Common, Not Very Common, Rare, or Very Rare. This list was edited by Philip DuMont and published in Iowa Bird Life vol. 4, no. 3.
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Weeks, LeRoy Titus
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Arrival dates of water birds
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Undated research notes. This list of birds was compiled by LeRoy Weeks and annotated with the average date from 1915 to 1925 that these migratory birds first appeared in Emmetsburg.
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Weeks, LeRoy Titus
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Philip DuMont telegram to Burt Gresham regarding Goose migration
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration
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1936-03-01
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Undated telegram from Philip DuMont to Burt Gresham. DuMont relays that Northbound geese where sighted at Mondamin Iowa and reports on Snow and Blue Goose migration at Sand Lake Refuge for Spring 1936.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Snow Goose
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Mondamin Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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W. Ross Silcock letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding fall migration 1975, December 5, 1975
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research
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1975-12-05
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W. Ross Silcock letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding fall migration 1975, December 5, 1975. Most sightings were in Fremont County, Iowa, with one in Mills County, Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1975.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Willow Flycatcher Summer Tanager Eastern Towhee Vesper Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Carolina Wren Short-eared Owl Greater Yellowlegs Le Conte's Sparrow Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Sanderling Blue Grosbeak American Black Duck Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Mills County Thurman Waubonsie State Park Pinky's Glen
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