Birding areas of Story County, Iowa, revised 1972
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Research notes
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Bird watching Birding sites Birds--Habitat Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Parulidae | Warblers Important bird areas Strigiformes | Owls
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1972-03-01
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1972-03-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A revised list of the most productive birding areas found in Story County and a few other easily accessible destinations in Hamilton, Boone, and Greene Counties compiled by Jim Rod and John Faaborg, March 1972. The list includes directions to the habitats as well as species commonly located at each destination.
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Rod, J.P. Faaborg, John, 1949-
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Little Wall Lake Dunbar Slough Hendrickson Marsh Lake Ledges State Park Story County Anderson Goose Lake Goose Lake Hickory Grove County Park Robison-Whitaker Acres Brookside Park McFarland Lake Park Ada Hayden Heritage Park Bob Pyle Marsh Wildlife Management Area Ames High Prairie/Richard W. Pohl Memorial Preserve Sopers Mill Access Area Pammel Woods River Valley Park McHose Park Lee Park
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Check list of the birds of Story County, Iowa, revised 1972
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Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Laridae | Gulls and Terns Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1972-03-01
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1972-03-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A revised list of the most regularly observed bird species found in Story County as well as at Ledges State Park and in Greene County compiled by John Faaborg and Jim Rod, March 1972.
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Rod, J.P. Faaborg, John, 1949-
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Greene County Ledges State Park Story County
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Ottumwa Bird Club meeting minutes, December 7, 1944
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Administrative records
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Captive wild birds Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings Strigiformes | Owls
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1944-12-07
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N/A
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Meeting minutes from the Ottumwa Bird Club, December 7, 1944. Charles C. Ayres, Jr. presented a talk on Owls in Iowa, accompanied by a visit from "Billy the Snapper," a Great Horned Owl.
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Ottumwa Bird Club
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Great Horned Owl
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Ottumwa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Notes on Iowa birds during the summer of 1934
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Field notes Drafts (documents) Articles
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Strigiformes | Owls
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1934-06-01
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1934-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Draft article. Sightings compiled by Philip DuMont from multiple observers containing locations, dates, numbers, and whether nests were present. Published in Iowa Bird Life, vol. 4, no. 4.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Field reports, fall 1998, Hawks through Great Horned Owls, December 11, 1998
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Laridae | Gulls and Terns Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Charadriidae | Plovers Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Strigiformes | Owls Cuculiformes | Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
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1998-12-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A list of bird sightings organized by species, December 11, 1998. The list includes sightings of Hawks, Plovers, Cranes, Sandpipers, Gulls, Terns, Cuckoos, and Owls. The list also contains the number of birds seen, date of sighting, location, and observer of each species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field reports, fall 1998, Burrowing Owl through Rusty Blackbird, December 11, 1998
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Sylviidae | Kinglets and Gnatcatchers Ornithology--Methodology Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1998-12-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A list of bird sightings organized by species, December 11, 1998. The list includes sightings of Owls, Hummingbirds, Woodpeckers, Flycatchers, Vireos, Swallows, Wrens, Thrushes, Warblers, and Sparrows. The list also contains the number of birds seen, date of sighting, location, and observer of each species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Walter Rosene bird calendar, Boone County, 1928-1937
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Field notes
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Bird watching Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1928-01-01
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1937-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A ten year calendar of three hundred and eighty-one wild birds of Iowa annotated by Walter Rosene with sighting dates of species located in Boone County for the years 1928 through 1937. Also includes a record of three birds of North America not included in the Iowa list that were observed by Rosene.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Dunlin Gray Partridge Common Pheasant
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Boone County
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Walter Rosene bird calendar, Boone County, 1918-1927
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Field notes
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Bird watching Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1918-01-01
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1927-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A ten year calendar of three hundred and eighty-one wild birds of Iowa annotated by Walter Rosene with sighting dates of species located in Boone County for the years 1918 through 1927. Also includes a record of two birds of North America not included in the Iowa list that were observed by Rosene. Bird observations from a trip to North Dakota in 1924 are included and noted with red ink.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Dunlin Common Pheasant
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Boone County North Dakota
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Ames Audubon Society February Newsletter, 1978
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Checklists Newsletters
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Counting Habitat (Ecology) Ornithology--Societies, etc Strigiformes | Owls
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1978-02-01
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1978-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, February 1978. Highlights of the newsletter include details of the next program "The Midwest Savanna" presented by Robert Dyas, an announcement of an owl calling outing, and an article on birding in Story County by Barney Cook. Also included is an annotated checklist of birds seen during the last seven Ames Christmas counts.
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Cook, Barnett C. Ames Audubon Society
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Cedar Waxwing Harris' Sparrow Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Pine Siskin Great Blue Heron
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Ames Audubon Society December Newsletter, 1976
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Counting Ornithology--Societies, etc Strigiformes | Owls
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1976-12-01
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1976-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, December 1976. Highlights of the newsletter include details on the Christmas Bird Count, an article on birding in Story County by Barney Cook, and a list of the thirty-one species observed during November 1976. Also included is a list with the birds seen during the last six Ames Christmas Counts.
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Cook, Barnett C. Ames Audubon Society
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Harris' Sparrow Great Horned Owl Mourning Dove
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Ames Brookside Park McFarland Lake Park
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding yearly bird sighting list, April 9, 1927
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls
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1927-04-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated April 9, 1927. Rosene sends DuMont a copy of his up-to-date list of birds sighted for 1927.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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White-breasted Nuthatch Mourning Dove Horned Lark
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Ogden
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 21, Number 4, December 1986
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birding sites Birds--Counting Ornithology--Societies, etc Strigiformes | Owls
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1986-12-01
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1986-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 21, Number 4, December 1986. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming Christmas Bird Counts in Story and Boone Counties, a list of the society's 1987 programs with topics and speakers, an article on the best locations to find Owls in central Iowa by Stephen J. Dinsmore, and birder's notes on the winter birds returning to the state.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Pine Siskin
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Ames Big Creek State Park Bob Pyle Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lost Lake
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 20, Number 7, March 1986
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation Strigiformes | Owls
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1986-03-01
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1986-03-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 20, Number 7, March 1986. Highlights of the newsletter include details of an April Owl calling at Ledges State Park, a note about the growing number of Northern Saw-whet Owls being discovered in the Des Moines River Valley, and updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues including information on the Garrison Diversion Project.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Ames Des Moines River Ledges State Park
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 20, Number 6, February 1986
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Newsletters
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Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings Strigiformes | Owls
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1986-02-01
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1986-02-28
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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 6, Febraury 1986. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events and an article with tips on the best places to hear and see Owls. Also included is a list of the society's programs with the topics and speakers for February through June 1986.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 15, Number 7, March 1983
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Feathers Ornithology--Societies, etc Winter Strigiformes | Owls
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1983-03-01
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1983-03-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 15, Number 7, March 1983. Highlights of the newsletter include details on an upcoming field trip to Hendrickson's Marsh, an article "Cold Weather Strategy: Ruffle Your Feathers and Look the Other Way" by Tom Davis, and a reminder that now is the time to search for and hear Owls. The newsletter is missing the bottom half of both pages.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) Roughton, Karen
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 17, Number 6, February 1984
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation Strigiformes | Owls
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1984-02-01
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1984-02-29
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 17, Number 6, February 1984. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings, events and the next program of the society "The Love Life of House Sparrows" presented by Peter Lowther, a call for participation in a 5 year project for a Breeding Bird Atlas, and a column "An Owl Night" by Tom Davis.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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House Sparrow
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Iowa Birdline update, February 8, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Strigiformes | Owls Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-02-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for February 8, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of Golden Eagles, a Prairie Falcon, two Townsend's Solitaire and an Iceland Gull. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Hermit Thrush in a pine plantation that was sustaining itself on bittersweet berries.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Prairie Falcon Townsend's Solitaire Northern Goshawk Iceland Gull Golden Eagle Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Hermit Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Winter Wren
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Allamakee County Cerro Gordo County Des Moines River Ledges State Park Lock and Dam 14 Lock and Dam 15 Moorehead Pioneer Park Buena Vista County Backbone State Park
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Walter Rosene 1924 bird sighting records
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1924-01-01
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1924-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A handwritten list of bird sighting records from 1924 compiled by Walter Rosene, organized by species and annotated with sighting dates.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Northern Flicker Blue Jay American Robin
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Missouri Iowa
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Walter Rosene bird sighting records
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Hirundinidae | Swallows Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A handwritten list of bird sighting records compiled by Walter Rosene, organized by species and annotated with sighting dates.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Walter Rosene 1923 bird sighting records
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1923-01-01
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1923-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A handwritten list of bird sighting records from 1923 compiled by Walter Rosene, organized by species and annotated with sighting dates. Also includes the number of different varieties of birds observed each month.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Bird checklist, part 1 of 3, Woodward Hart Brown
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Field notes
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Bird watching Columbiformes | Doves and Pigeons Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Mimidae | Mockingbirds, Catbirds, Thrashers, and Tremblers Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Hirundinidae | Swallows Paridae | Titmice Troglodytidae | Wrens Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Cuculiformes | Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis Caprimulgiformes | Nighthawks and Nightjars
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1946-01-01
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1979-12-13
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Sighting notes for bird species compiled by Woodward Hart Brown with date of sightings. This document is part one of three and begins with the tabbed section labeled Gulls/Terns and ends with the tabbed section labeled Mimic Thrushes. This document is continued by: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/8148/view
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Brown, Woodward H.
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Iowa
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Woodward Hart Brown Papers | MS 502
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Spring 1999, non-passerines, Laughing Gull to Pileated Woodpecker, June 11, 1999
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Field notes
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Bird watching Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls
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1999-06-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of bird sightings dated June 11, 1999. This list contains sightings of non-passerines that were submitted for the spring 1999 season. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1999.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Pileated Woodpecker Laughing Gull
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field reports Iowa, fall 1996, December 10, 1996
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Research Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Pelecaniformes | Pelicans, Cormorants, Darters, and Frigate-birds Podicipediformes | Grebes Laridae | Gulls and Terns Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Gaviiformes | Loons Ornithology--Societies, etc Charadriidae | Plovers Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Strigiformes | Owls
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1996-12-10
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A list of bird sightings organized by species, December 10, 1996. The list also contains the number of birds seen, date of sighting, location, and observer of each species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1996.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Fall 1994, Vultures through Kingfishers, December 10, 1994
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Strigiformes | Owls Coraciiformes | Kingfishers
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1994-12-10
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of bird sightings dated December 10, 1994. This list includes sightings of Vultures, Gulls, Owls, and Kingfishers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1994.
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field reports data - fall 1992, December 11, 1992
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Podicipediformes | Grebes Laridae | Gulls and Terns Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Gaviiformes | Loons Ornithology--Methodology Charadriidae | Plovers Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1992-12-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of bird sightings organized by species, December 11, 1992. The list also contains the number of birds seen, date of sighting, location, and observer of each species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1992.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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