Notes on birds observed on May 11 big day
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1993-05-09
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1993-05-11
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Unsigned note containing an annotated list of birds sighted on May 9 and May 11. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Yellow Rail Chuck-will's-widow Merlin Greater Scaup Peregrine Falcon Common Tern King Rail
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Clinton Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lock and Dam 13 Sabula Wapello Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve
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Rare bird documentation form for Snowy Egret west of Boone on the Des Moines River, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-05-09
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1993-05-12
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Snowy Egret west of Boone on the Des Moines River in Boone County, IA on May 9, 1993.
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Jackson, Maridel
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Snowy Egret
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Boone
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Found on Route 30, west of Boone, SW side of Des Moines River
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It was in a flooded, flood plain field
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The documentation form by Maridel Jackson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Ann Johnson, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, and Jane Clark. | Elimination of similar species: I have seen lots of Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets (which were there also) and this bird was much smaller. A white phase Little Blue has a bluish bill and blue-greenish legs. A white phase Reddish is very unlikely but does not have a totally black bill. A Cattle Egret has a differ [sic] stance and I have seen lots of them also. | The original documentation form event occurred approximately around 09:30:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Chuck-will's Widow at Ida Grove, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-05-17
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1993-05-18
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Chuck-will's Widow at Ida Grove in Ida County, IA on May 17, 1993.
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Ernzen, Peter
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Chuck-will's-widow
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Ida Grove
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Ida Grove Iowa
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In migration?
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The documentation form by Peter Ernzen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: None with this song. Whip Poor Will similar, but each song is distinctive and identifiable on its own. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:05:00 - approximately 11:10:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Black Rail at Zirbel Slough, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-05-02
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1993-05-23
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Black Rail at Zirbel Slough in Cerro Gordo County, IA on May 2, 1993.
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Nelson, Curtis
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Black Rail
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Zirbel Slough
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Rare bird documentation form for Hooded Warbler at Ida Grove, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-05-27
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1993-05-28
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Hooded Warbler at Ida Grove in Ida County, IA on May 27, 1993.
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Ernzen, Peter
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Hooded Warbler
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Ida Grove
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401 Taylor Ida Grove Iowa
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In migration?
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The documentation form by Peter Ernzen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Wilson's Warbler female No gray around the black eye, Wilson's has a black tail and darker back. | The original documentation form event lasted from 20:13:00/20:13:15.
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Annotated bird sighting list for Spring 1993 compiled by Dick Bierman
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Dick Bierman. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Bierman, Dick
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Swainson's Hawk Eastern Bluebird Ross' Goose Northern Mockingbird Blue-winged Warbler Cape May Warbler Great-tailed Grackle
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Cherokee County Osceola County Storm Lake Wright County
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Jan Walter, Spring 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Jan Walter. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Walter, Janice L.
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Northern Flicker Swainson's Hawk Brewer's Blackbird Summer Tanager Loggerhead Shrike Carolina Wren Red-breasted Merganser Greater Scaup King Rail
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Cerro Gordo County Lime Creek Nature Center Mason City McIntosh Woods State Park Clear Lake
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Jim Sinclair, Spring 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Photography of birds
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Jim Sinclair. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Sinclair, Jim
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American Avocet Cooper's Hawk Iceland Gull Eastern Meadowlark Green-winged Teal Cape May Warbler Common Tern Northern Harrier
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Grays Lake Lake Red Rock Polk County Van Buren County Lakin Slough State Game Management Area
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Mark Proescholdt, Spring 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Mark Proescholdt and three others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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Marbled Godwit Brewer's Blackbird Varied Thrush Henslow's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Western Kingbird Trumpeter Swan Peregrine Falcon Connecticut Warbler Tennessee Warbler Great-tailed Grackle
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Little Wall Lake Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lake Red Rock Ledges State Park Marshalltown Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Pine Lake State Park Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Long Pond
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Beth Proescholdt, Spring 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Beth Proescholdt and two others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Proescholdt, Beth
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Alder Flycatcher Merlin Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Veery Swainson's Thrush Gray Catbird Connecticut Warbler Winter Wren Cape May Warbler
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Liscomb
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Iowa spring bird report, Babs & Loren Padelford
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Photography of birds
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Babs and Loren Padelford. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Eared Grebe Bell's Vireo Western Tanager Black-crowned Night Heron Gadwall Bonaparte's Gull Great-tailed Grackle
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Lake Manawa State Park MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Curt Nelson, Spring 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Curt Nelson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Nelson, Curtis
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Western Tanager Townsend's Solitaire Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Snow Bunting Northern Goshawk Black Rail Greater Scaup Northern Shrike
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Cerro Gordo County Lime Creek Nature Center Worth County Clear Lake Elk Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area Shell Rock River Greenbelt
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Matt Kenne, Spring 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Matt Kenne. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Kenne, Matthew C.
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Double-crested Cormorant Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Greater Scaup Swainson's Thrush Chestnut-sided Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Tennessee Warbler Cape May Warbler Dark-eyed Junco
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Algona Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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Spring 1993 field reports, Ann Johnson
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Ann Johnson and two others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Johnson, Ann
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Swainson's Hawk Upland Sandpiper Yellow Rail Eastern Wood-Pewee Baltimore Oriole Solitary Sandpiper Prothonotary Warbler Connecticut Warbler Blue Grosbeak Blackburnian Warbler
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Appanoose County Dallas County Greene County Guthrie County Lee County Marion County Polk County Van Buren County Warren County Walnut Woods State Park
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Annotated bird sighting list for Spring 1993 compiled by Peter Ernzen
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Peter Ernzen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Ernzen, Peter
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Virginia Rail Marsh Wren Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Veery Swainson's Thrush Hooded Warbler Tennessee Warbler Northern Shoveler Blackburnian Warbler Short-billed Dowitcher American Redstart
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Ida Grove Moorehead Pioneer Park Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Field reports, Spring 1993, Jim Dinsmore
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Collection and preservation
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Jim Dinsmore and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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American Bittern Eared Grebe Henslow's Sparrow Cinnamon Teal Red-necked Phalarope Northern Parula Green-winged Teal Black Tern
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Ames Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Ruthven Spirit Lake Smiths Slough Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Bob Cecil, Spring 1993
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Bob Cecil. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Least Flycatcher Bewick's Wren Goldeneye Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Common Nighthawk Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Hooded Warbler Yellow-throated Vireo
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Polk County Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Pool 19
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Spring 1993 field report, Gordon Brand
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers Weather
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Gordon Brand. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Brand, Gordon James
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Golden-winged Warbler Common Loon Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Cape May Warbler
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Des Moines Newton Lambs Grove
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Field reports, Pam and Reid Allen, March 1 through May 31, 1993
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Photography of birds
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1993-03-01
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1993-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Pam and Reid Allen and three others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Allen, Pam Allen, Reid I.
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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow Cinnamon Teal Brown Pelican Western Kingbird Snowy Egret Rock Wren Peregrine Falcon Piping Plover Great-tailed Grackle Sandhill Crane
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Rathbun Dam Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Lakin Slough State Game Management Area West Des Moines MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Birdline update, May 20-June 7, 1993
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Field notes
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Recurvirostridae | Avocets and Stilts Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Laridae | Gulls and Terns Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Charadriidae | Plovers Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Thraupidae | Tanagers Parulidae | Warblers Pelecanidae | Pelicans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-05-20
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1993-06-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Birdline updates for May 20-June 7, 1993. The highlights for the seven updates include sightings of groups of Stilts, Plovers, Sandpipers, Pelicans, Hawks and Eagles, Gulls and Terns, Warblers, Tanagers and Bitterns.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Iowa
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Rare bird documentation form for Red-necked Grebe at Four Mile Lake, 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-06-09
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1993-06-23
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for two Red-necked Grebes at Four Mile Lake in Emmet County, IA on June 9, 1993.
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Ehresman, Bruce Flaherty, Molly
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Red-necked Grebe
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Four Mile Lake Wildlife Management Area
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T99N, R34W, Sec 8 SE 1/4 at Four Mile Lake Restored Area. ~150 yds NW of NW corner of furthest east parking lot along County Rd. A22.
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Restored wetland w/ emergent vegetation - surrounded by grassland
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The documentation form by Bruce Ehresman and Molly Flaherty is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Head similar to Western Grebe, but this grebe's neck is rusty red color. Body also smaller than western grebe, and bill not as long and pointed. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:15:00/11:15:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Great-tailed Grackle at MidAmerican Energy Ponds, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-06-20
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1993-06-26
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for at least five Great-tailed Grackles at MidAmerican Energy Ponds at Pottawattamie County, IA on June 20, 1993. There are details of another sighting of another Great-tailed Grackle near Osceola in Clark County, IA on June 26, 1993 on the documentation form.
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Pinkston, Randall, 1956-
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Great-tailed Grackle
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MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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South IPL pond, Pottawattamie County, Iowa (4+ males, 1 female); along Hwy. 2 in Nebraska City bridge area, Fremont County, Iowa (1 male)
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[...] Observed in cattails at edge of IPL pond in Pottawattamie County [...]
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The documentation form by Randall Pinkston is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | The original documentation form event occurred in the afternoon.
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Rare bird documentation form for Stilt Sandpiper east of Ames, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-06-26
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1993-06-28
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Stilt Sandpiper east of Ames in Story County, IA on June 26, 1993.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Stilt Sandpiper
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Ames
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one mile east of Ames on 13th Street (by Holub Greenhouse)
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flooded field
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The documentation form by Jim Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Lesser Yellowlegs-bill shape, thickness, leg length, head markings. Solitary Sandpiper-eye line rather than eye ring | The original documentation form event occurred twice around 10:00:00 and 18:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-headed Grosbeak at Booneville in 1990
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Administrative records Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1990-05-30
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1993-07-17
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Black-headed Grosbeak at Booneville in Dallas County, IA on May 30, 1990. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the field report by Eloise Armstrong.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black-headed Grosbeak
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Booneville
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Pipit at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir in 1990
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Administrative records Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1990-02-28
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1993-07-17
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Records Committee review for an American Pipit at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on February 23, 1990. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the Field Reports Form for Winter 1989-1990 by Ann Johnson.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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American Pipit
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Whitebreast Recreation Area
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