Memo for Iowa Ornithologists' visitors, May 17
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Lecture notes
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Bird watchers Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses
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1970-05-17
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N/A
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A list of topics to discuss at a visit from members of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union compiled by Frederic Leopold, May 17. The list includes locations on his property to tour and statistics for the nesting Wood Ducks that utilize his duck houses.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 29, Number 5, January 1994
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Forms (documents) Newsletters
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Bird feeders Bird surveys Bird watchers Bird watching Birds--Counting Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1994-01-01
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1994-01-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 29, Number 5, January 1994. Highlights of the newsletter include a call for society members to write letters to Senators Grassely and Harkin urging them to oppose the "volunteer provision" in House Bill H.R. 1845 and asking them to support the use of volunteers to collect data for the National Biological Survey and the results of the 1993 Ames Christmas Bird Count. Also included is the 1994 Winter Bird Feeder Survey with instructions and a documentation form to complete.
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Edwards, David C. Dragula, Sherry Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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5
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Documents regarding the Boone County Christmas Bird Count
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Checklists Forms (documents) Instructional materials
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Bird surveys Bird watchers Bird watching Birds--Counting Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies
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N/A
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N/A
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A group of documents related to a Boone County Christmas Bird Count, including instructions for the count report form, a blank count report form, a completed field checklist of Iowa birds, a blank Big Bluestem Audubon Society field trip record form, and a list of field trip participants.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Boone County
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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5
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Photograph of an unidentified man standing next to a Red-tailed Hawk
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Photographs
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Bird watchers
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1926-11-10
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An unidentified man standing next to a Red-tailed Hawk that is perching on a fence post, November 10, 1926. Photograph originally titled "Red Tail hawk."
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Field notes contributed by Stephen J. Dinsmore, spring 1988
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Field notes
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Bird watchers Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy
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1988-03-01
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1988-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Stephen J. Dinsmore with detailed descriptions. The field notes include bird sightings from several observers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Red-shouldered Hawk Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Yellow-headed Blackbird Carolina Wren Ross' Goose Merlin Least Tern Le Conte's Sparrow Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Greater Scaup Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Willet Ruddy Turnstone Chipping Sparrow Bufflehead Short-billed Dowitcher Bonaparte's Gull Tundra Swan
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Little Wall Lake Big Creek State Park Brenton Slough Doolittle Prairie State Preserve Hendrickson Marsh Lake Lake Red Rock Oakland Polk City Riverton Wildlife Management Area Saylorville Lake Boone County Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Willow Slough State Game Management Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds McCord Pond State Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Photograph of Frederic Leopold on a ladder checking a Wood Duck house
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Photographs
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Bird watchers Birds--Research Birdhouses
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1965-01-01
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1965-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Frederic Leopold on a ladder checking a wooden Wood Duck house that is attached to a tree trunk, 1965.
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Lantern slide of Walter Rosene and Walter W. Bennett eating lunch
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Lantern slides
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Bird watchers
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Walter Rosene and Walter W. Bennett sitting next a car eating lunch. Slide originally titled "Walter Rosene and W. Bennett - Lunch." The lantern slide is hand-colored.
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Photograph of Walter W. Bennett photographing a Pintail Duck nest
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Photographs
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Bird watchers Photography of birds
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1924-06-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Walter W. Bennett photographing a Pintail Duck nest, located in a gooseberry bush on Loon Island, Stump Lake, North Dakota, June 21, 1924. Photograph originally titled "Walter W Bennett of Sioux City Photographing a nest of Pintail Duck." Rosene provides details on back of photograph. This item related to Rosene's journal: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9319/view
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Northern Pintail
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Stump Lake
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 24, Number 4, December 1989
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Bird watchers Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1989-12-01
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1989-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 24, Number 4, December 1989. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming Christmas Bird Counts, a birder identification quiz, and a bird quiz on which species are unlikely to be found at the upcoming counts and will require documentation.
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Edwards, David C. Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Ames Saylorville Lake Boone County
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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4
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 22, Number 6, February 1988
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Bird watchers Bird watching Birds--Counting Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ornithology--Societies, etc Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls
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1988-02-01
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1988-02-29
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 22, Number 6, February 1988. The highlight of the newsletter was the results of the Ames and Boone County Christmas Bird Counts with a list of participants, species seen, and total number of birds observed. Also of note was a call for society members to consider filling one of the open chapter officers or board member positions for the 1988-1989 year.
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Edwards, David C. Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Ames Boone County
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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List of names of Iowa birders
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Checklists
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Bird watchers Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of names of individuals who routinely submit field reports for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union quarterly field report. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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4
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Iowa RBA, August 2-5, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watchers Birds--Identification Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-08-02
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1999-08-05
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Five emails of Iowa RBA updates for August 2-5, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Ruff, a Western Grebe, and a Greater Roadrunner.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Little Blue Heron Greater Roadrunner Western Grebe Snowy Egret Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Greater Scaup Baird's Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff
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Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Spirit Lake Nebraska City Sunken Grove State Game Management Area Fort Madison Welch Lake Wildlife Management Area Babcock Access Sand Point
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Photograph of Walter Rosene reading poems on a field trip in McGregor Heights
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Photographs
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Bird watchers
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Walter Rosene reading poems from a paper he is holding while on a field trip in McGregor Heights. Photograph originally titled "Walter Rosene reading poems on field trip in McGregor, Iowa." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Anderson, Arthur Edwin
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McGregor Heights
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Photograph of a Yellow Warbler perching on the shoulder of Walter Rosene's grandmother
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Photographs
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Bird watchers
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1933-07-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Yellow Warbler perching on Walter Rosene's grandmother's shoulder, July 11, 1933. Photograph originally titled "Yellow Warbler on Grandma's shoulder." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Yellow Warbler
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Ogden
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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4
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Lantern slide of Walter Rosene standing next to a boat
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Lantern slides
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Bird watchers
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Walter Rosene standing next to a boat at Stump Lake, North Dakota. Slide originally titled "W.M. Rosene at boat Stump Lake, N.D." This item related to Rosene's journal: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9319/view
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Stump Lake
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Photograph of Carl Fritz Henning, Walter Rosene, and Charles J. Spiker at Ledges State Park
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Photographs
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Bird watchers
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Carl Fritz Henning (on the left with the walking stick), Walter Rosene (in the middle), and Charles J. Spiker (on the right with the lunch basket) sitting by shallow water at Ledges State Park. Photograph originally titled "Photograph of Carl Fritz Henning, Walter Rosene, and Charley Spiker at Ledges State Park." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Ledges State Park
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Rusty Blackbird, 1979-1983
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Field notes
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Bird watchers Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1979-12-01
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1983-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Rusty Blackbird submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1979-1983. The document also includes the name of the observer, date and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Rusty Blackbird
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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3
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A History of the Des Moines Audubon Bird Club
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Essays
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Bird watchers Ornithology--Societies, etc Societies--History, organization, etc
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N/A
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N/A
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Part 1 of the history of the Des Moines Audubon Society covers the period from its founding in 1923 to 1938 and describes the Society's members, meetings and conservation efforts.
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Des Moines
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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1
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3
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Lantern slide and photograph of Walter Rosene examining a Louisiana Water Thrush nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Bird watchers
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1932-05-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Walter Rosene examining a Louisiana Water Thrush nest with four young inside, located directly over Battin Spring, May 25, 1932. Slide originally titled "W. M. Rosene at Nest Site of Louisiana Water Throat." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Louisiana Waterthrush
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Boone County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Iowa RBA, October 16, 1995
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watchers Birds--Identification Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1995-10-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for October 16, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Yellow Rail, Red-necked Grebe, Surf Scoter and a Sabine's Gull. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of an American Pipit and a Horned Grebe.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Rough-legged Hawk Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Yellow Rail Merlin Sabine's Gull American Pipit Purple Finch Surf Scoter
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Lock and Dam Number 18 Pleasant Creek State Park Black Hawk Lake Lake MacBride Silver Lake Casey Barrow Landing Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Ames Audubon Society September Newsletter, 1973, pages 1 and 3
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Newsletters
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Bird watchers Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation Important bird areas
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1973-09-01
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1973-09-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Pages 1 and 3 of the newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, September 1973. Highlights of the newsletter include details of the next program, "Birds of the Southwest" presented by Dr. Barton Morgan and Margaret L. Morgan and several paragraphs of a letter written by Lotus Miller on behalf of the society to Colonel Walter H. Johnson to protest environmental changes anticipated in Ledges State Park as a result of a project at the Saylorville Reservoir. Page 2 is found at: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/10182/view.
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Ames Audubon Society Brown, Nancy E.
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Ames Ledges State Park Saylorville Lake
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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2
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Ames Audubon Society membership list, October 1973
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Checklists
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Bird watchers Conservationists Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1973-10-01
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1973-10-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of Ames Audubon Society members from the October 1973 newsletter of the society, including addresses and phone numbers.
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Ames Audubon Society
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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2
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Ames Audubon Society membership list, 1975
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Checklists
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Bird watchers Conservationists Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1975-01-01
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1975-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of Ames Audubon Society members for the year 1975, including addresses and phone numbers.
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Ames Audubon Society
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Ames Audubon Society October Newsletter, 1977
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Newsletters
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Bird watchers Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Environmental monitoring
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1977-10-01
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1977-10-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, October 1977. Highlights of the newsletter include details of the next program "Tomorrow's Energy: Where Will it Come From" presented by Dr. John C. Hill, a getting to know your society members article featuring Barney Cook, a report on birding in Story County by Barney Cook, and a list of the forty-eight species observed during September 1977.
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Cook, Barnett C. Ames Audubon Society
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Tufted Titmouse
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Ames McFarland Lake Park
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Ames Audubon Society December Newsletter, 1977
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Newsletters
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Bird watchers Bird watching Birds--Counting Conservationists Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1977-12-01
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1977-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, December 1977. Highlights of the newsletter include details on the 1977 Christmas Bird Count, news from current and former members of the society, and a report of birding in Story County.
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Cook, Barnett C. Ames Audubon Society
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Rough-legged Hawk Harris' Sparrow Northern Harrier
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Ames Saylorville Lake
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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