Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Fisher's Lake in 1952
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Fisher's Lake in Polk County, IA on May 17, 1952. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A record of the Black Rail near Des Moines in Iowa Bird Life 22:42-43 by Olivia McCabe.
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Ross Silcock letter to Thomas Kent regarding a Smith's Longspur and other bird sighting materials, August 22, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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1990-12-29
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1992-08-22
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Letter sent on August 22, 1992 about a documentation form for a Smith's Longspur west of Almont in Clinton County, IA on December 29, 1990 by Brian Blevins. It also discusses submitting other field reports and materials from multiple years to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee. It is related to https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9433/view and https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9436/view.
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Smith's Longspur
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Iowa Almont
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Hank Zaletel letter regarding Red-necked Grebes at Little Wall Lake
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1984-04-12
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1984-04-24
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Letter from Hank Zaletel regarding Red-necked Grebes at Little Wall Lake. The letter details the observation and identification of a Red-necked Grebe in comparison to a nearby Horned Grebe. A post script from Calvin A. Knight and Bernie Knight adds additional information on the sighting of two Red-necked Grebes at the same location.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Little Wall Lake
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Fall, early spring, and late spring migration dates for Iowa
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A handwritten list of fall, early spring, and late spring migration dates for numerous bird species in Iowa. The list includes the date of the sighting, the number of birds seen, as well as a key code indicating the location of the sighting. Also included is the type-written geographic location key used to decipher in which one of the 12 different observation spots the sighting was made.
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American Avocet Upland Sandpiper Horned Grebe Brewer's Blackbird Lapland Longspur Bewick's Wren Common Moorhen Western Kingbird Least Tern Baltimore Oriole Philadelphia Vireo Greater White-fronted Goose Bonaparte's Gull Dark-eyed Junco American Black Duck
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Ames Credit Island Forneys Lake Ledges State Park Pilot Knob State Park Sidney DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Anderson Goose Lake Iowa State University Nobles Lake
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Check-list of Iowa birds annotated by A. Lang Bailey
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers
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1954-04-22
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A checklist of 275 bird species commonly found in Iowa as well as an appended list of 65 additional rare or accidental species annotated by A. Lang Bailey.
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Baily, A. Lang
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Long-tailed Duck Yellow Rail Black Rail
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Iowa
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Check-list of Iowa Birds compiled by Dennis L. Carter, May 18, 1957
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1957-05-18
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Check list of birds observed in Emmet County compiled by Dennis L. Carter, May 18, 1957. Also includes handwritten notes with bird sightings from Fort Defiance State Park and Lake Cheever.
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Carter, Dennis L.
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Margaret Kohlman letter to Oscar Allert regarding Peregrine Falcon sightings, May 29, 1939
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Stamp collecting
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1939-05-29
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Letter from Margaret Kohlman to Oscar Allert dated May 29, 1939. Kohlman details her sightings of a Peregrine Falcon that she originally misidentified as a Merlin. This letter was summarized in Allert's article "Notes on Certain Raptores in Allamakee, Clayton and Dubuque Counties, Iowa," published in Iowa Bird Life, vol. 9, no. 3.
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Kohlman, Margaret
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Merlin Peregrine Falcon
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Guttenberg
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Harry Oberholser letter to Oscar Allert regarding bird sightings, March 1, 1929
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1929-03-01
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N/A
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Letter from Harry Oberholser to Oscar Allert dated March 1, 1929. Oberholser responds to a request from Allert by providing details about a couple of bird sightings. Oberholser also states that if Allert has any skins he wishes identified that he should send them to Washington with return postage.
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Oberholser, Harry C. (Harry Church), 1870-1963
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Northern Mockingbird Kentucky Warbler
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Iowa RBA, December 27, 1999 - January 1, 2000
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-12-27
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2000-01-01
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Five emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 27, 1999 to January 1, 2000. Highlights of the updates include sightings of of a male Bullock's Oriole, White-winged Crossbill, a Cape May Warbler, and the results of various Christmas bird counts.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Bullock's Oriole White-winged Crossbill Long-tailed Duck Ross' Goose Northern Goshawk Common Snipe Lincoln's Sparrow Cape May Warbler Tundra Swan Northern Shrike
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Atlantic Booneville Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Elk Horn Polk County Holst State Forest Raccoon River Lenon Mill Park
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-12-03
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Six emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 3, 19-24, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Yellow-billed Loon, Long-tailed Duck, Bullock's Oriole, Black Scoter, and a Thayer's Gull.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull Yellow-billed Loon Bullock's Oriole Evening Grosbeak Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Greater White-fronted Goose Northern Shrike
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Broken Kettle Creek in 1962
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1962-12-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Broken Kettle Creek in Plymouth County, IA on October 5, 1962. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Black Rail in Western Plymouth County in Iowa Bird Life 32:87 by Eldon J. Bryant.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Cone Marsh in 1961
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1961-05-13
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Cone Marsh in Louisa County, IA on May 13, 1961. Includes a record review document with votes, the published sighting record found in the publication General notes reports in Iowa Bird Life 31:65-68 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Tom Kent, and two unpublished field notes about the sighting.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Broken Kettle Creek in 1959
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Broken Kettle Creek in Plymouth County, IA during the summer of 1959. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Black Rail in western Plymouth County in Iowa Bird Life 32:87 by E.J. Bryant.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in 1992
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens
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1993-06-01
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1994-10-18
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Records Committee review for a Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in Lyon County, IA on December 11, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, a photo of the specimen, a letter from Jim Dinsmore to the Records Committee reporting the sighting and specimen, and the original sighting record found in the publication Greater Prairie-Chicken in Lyon County in Iowa Bird Life 63:55 by Marty Eby.
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Larchwood
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Sigourney in 1925
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Sigourney in Keokuk County, IA on October 1, 1925. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the rails in the Wilson Bulletin 39:217-219 by E.D. Nauman, and referenced by another publication.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Sigourney in 1914
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Sigourney in Keokuk County, IA on May 5, 1914. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the rails in Wilson Bulletin 39:217-219 by E.D. Nauman, and referenced by another publication.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Keokuk before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for Black Rails at Keokuk in Lee County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by William E. Praeger and referenced by another publication.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Black Hawk County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Black Hawk County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by G.W. Walters, and referenced by another publication.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Fort Dodge in 1899
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Fort Dodge in Webster County, IA on July 11, 1899. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Melvin Somes, and referenced by another publication.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Linn County in 1899
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for two Black Rail eggs at Linn County, IA during 1899. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by two other publications.
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Black Rail
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Hillsboro in 1890
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Captive wild birds Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail near Hillsboro in Henry and Van Buren Counties, IA around 1890. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by W. J. Savage, and referenced by another publication.
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Black Rail
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Hillsboro
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Burlington in 1889
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee for a Black Rail at Burlington in Des Moines County, IA in 1889. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Report of the committee on state fauna in the Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 1:39-42 by C.C. Nutting, and referenced by two other publications.
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Black Rail
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Burlington
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Records committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Iowa City in 1885
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1888-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on October 11, 1885. Includes a record review document with votes, the reviewed sighting record found in the publication Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley 1884-5 by Wells Woodbridge (W.W.) Cooke in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Division of Economic Opportunity Bulletin Number 2 p. 98, and referenced by two other publications.
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Black Rail
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Scaled Quail at Tabor in 1889
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1890-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Scaled Quail at Tabor in Fremont County, IA on May 20, 1889. Includes a record review document with votes, the reviewed sighting record found in the publication The Blue Quail (Callipepla squamata) in Iowa by J.E. Todd in the Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, and referenced by three other publications.
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Scaled Quail
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Tabor
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken at Kellerton Wildlife Area in 1999
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Records Committee review for eleven Greater Prairie-Chickens at Kellerton Wildlife Area in Ringgold County, IA on April 18, 1999. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in a report from Jim Fuller with details of a Clark's Grebe sighting as well.
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