John Bath letter to Thomas Kent regarding an Ovenbird sighting and birding in general, unknown date
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds
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Letter from John Bath to Thomas Kent about seeing an Ovenbird in Ames from December 10 to January 10, unknown year. Bath also discusses other birds he'd recently seen.
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Bath, John
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Red-headed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Northern Cardinal Purple Finch House Finch Ovenbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker
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Ames
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Lanny Haldy letter to Stephen Dinsmore regarding Trumpeter and Tundra Swans at Amana Lake
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Rare birds
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N/A
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N/A
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Letter from Lanny Haldy to Stephen Dinsmore regarding Trumpeter Swans at Amana Lake on November 5 in an unknown year. Sightings of a Tundra Swan is also mentioned.
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Haldy, Lanny
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Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan
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Lily Lake
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Nettie Funk letter to LeRoy Weeks regarding migratory birds
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Correspondence
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Birds--Migration Rare birds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated letter from Nettie Funk to LeRoy Weeks. In this letter Funk asks Weeks to supply the annotation Rare or Not Common to a list of water birds Weeks had sent her noting their arrival dates at Emmetsburg.
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Funk, Nettie S.
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Emmetsburg
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Burlington circa 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Ornithological illustration Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1894-12-31
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1994-11-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Pacific Loon at Burlington, IA, on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, around 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of the specimen, notes about the specimen, two letters about the sighting from George Schrimper to Ronald E. Goetz, a letter from Ronald Goetz to Tom Kent, the original sighting record found in the publication Report of the committee on state fauna in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences 2:43-51 by C.C. Nutting seen by Paul Bartsch, and referenced in four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Burlington
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Sabula, 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Fowling Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1895-11-16
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1998-04-11
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records committee review for a Pacific Loon at Sabula in Jackson County, IA on November 15, 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of a specimen, correspondence about the sighting from Ronald Goetz to Tom Kent, comments by the IOU Records Committee on the bird sighting, notes about the specimen, an article in Iowa Bird Life about the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Ornithologist 2:73. by H.J. Giddings seen by W. Eldridge, and referenced by six other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Sabula
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brown Pelican at Boone in 1900
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Reports
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1900-07-01
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1993-09-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican near Boone in Boone County, IA in July 1900. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter from David A Newhouse to IOU Records Committee, the original sighting record found in the publication A Southern bird in central Iowa by C.F. Henning seen by Fritcher brothers, and referenced in three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Brown Pelican
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Boone
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Cedar Falls in 1901
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Ferruginous Hawks at Cedar Falls in Black Hawk County, IA on June 25, 1901. Includes a record review document with votes, letter from Dave Conrads to Barb Wilson, the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Iowa published by Davenport Academy of Science by Rudolph M. Anderson in 1907 seen by G.W. Walters, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Cedar Falls
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Chickadee in Keokuk in 1888
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Carolina Chickadee in Keokuk in Lee County, IA on May 4, 1888. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter about the specimens, notes and details about the specimens, photographs of the specimens, the original sighting record found in the publication the Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Carolina Chickadee
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Keokuk
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Walter C. Henderson letter to Walter Rosene regarding a Duck Hawk shot near Ogden, October 21, 1921
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Rare birds Birds--Mortality
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1921-10-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Walter C. Henderson to Walter Rosene regarding a Duck Hawk shot near Ogden, October 21, 1921. The letter also includes a request from Henderson for further records on the breeding of Duck Hawks in Iowa if Rosene is able to obtain more information.
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United States. Bureau of Biological Survey Henderson, Walter C.
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Peregrine Falcon
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Ogden
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Walter Rosene letter to the United States Bureau of Biological Survey regarding Arkansas Kingbird and American Woodcock sightings, July 20, 1925
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1925-07-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Walter Rosene to the United States Bureau of Biological Survey regarding Arkansas Kingbird and American Woodcock sightings, July 20, 1925. Rosene provides details on two unusual bird species observations, Arkansas Kingbirds and nesting American Woodcocks. Rosene requests any recent records of either of these species being found in Iowa. This document is related to a reply from Albert K. Fisher: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9133/view
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Western Kingbird American Woodcock
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Ledges State Park Ogden
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Albert K. Fisher letter to Walter Rosene regarding Arkansas Kingbird and American Woodcock records, July 27, 1925
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Rare birds
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1925-07-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Albert K. Fisher to Walter Rosene regarding Arkansas Kingbird and American Woodcock records, July 27, 1925. Fisher provides details on the occurrence of Arkansas Kingbird and the American Woodcock observations in the state of Iowa. This document is in response to a letter from Walter Rosene: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/10051/view
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United States. Bureau of Biological Survey Fisher, Albert K., 1856-1948
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Western Kingbird American Woodcock
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Ogden Spirit Lake Wall Lake
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding creating a new Birds of Iowa list, January 17, 1928
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds
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1928-01-17
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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 January 17, 1928. Rosene sends DuMont a list of birds he has never sighted in Boone County, those he has sighted and thinks are common although DuMont considers them rare, and those he has sighted but considers to be rare.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Boone County
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding rare bird sightings, September 22, 1931
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation
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1931-09-22
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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 September 22, 1931. Rosene tells DuMont about some birds that he has sighted and collected that are rare for Iowa.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Marbled Godwit Great Horned Owl Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Peregrine Falcon Hudsonian Godwit Red-necked Phalarope
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Iowa Ogden Boone County Grand Junction Long Pond
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding birds not included in his book, December 4, 1931
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Correspondence
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Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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1931-12-04
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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 December 4, 1931. Rosene discusses "Birds of Polk County, Iowa," mentions four species he has sighted that DuMont did not list, and discusses Wilson Ornithological Club business, including his desire to attend the group's 18th annual meeting in New Orleans.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Great Horned Owl Snow Goose Burrowing Owl
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Dallas County Greene County Boone County
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Frank Ellis letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird specimens, January 13, 1933
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Rare birds
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1933-01-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Frank Ellis to Philip DuMont dated January 13, 1933. In this letter Ellis clarifies his response to DuMont's request for details regarding specimens housed in the Ellis Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. Ellis also mentions a couple of species nesting around Maquoketa that are new to the area.
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Ellis, Frank E.
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Pileated Woodpecker Northern Mockingbird
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Maquoketa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Chickadee in Buchanan County in 1929
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1933-12-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Carolina Chickadee in Buchanan County on October 7, 1929. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Fred J. Pierce and Charles J. Spiker, and a letter from Fred J. Pierce to Thomas Kent describing the bird sighting on October 29, 1981.
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Carolina Chickadee
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Buchanan County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Snowy Egret at Elk Lake in 1934
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1934-07-24
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1996-04-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Snowy Egrets at Elk Lake in Clay County, IA on July 24, 1934. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration, a letter from Jim Dinsmore to Department of Animal Ecology in Iowa State University, the original sighting record found in the publication Little Blue Herons in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 5:13 by Logan J. Bennett, and referenced in another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Snowy Egret
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Elk Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Phalarope at Amana Lake in 1940
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1940-06-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for three Red Phalaropes at Amana Lake in Iowa County, IA on May 17, 1940. Includes a record review document with votes, letters between Thomas Kent and Lillian Serbousek about the sighting, and the original sighting record found in the publication Shore Birds at Amana Lake in Iowa Bird Life 10:27 by Lillian Serbousek.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Phalarope
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Lily Pond
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Philip DuMont letter to George Hendrickson regarding updates to the Revised List of the Birds of Iowa, February 9, 1944
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Correspondence
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Rare birds Ornithological literature Zoological specimens
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1944-02-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to George Hendrickson dated February 9, 1944. DuMont responds to Hendrickson's request for updated information to the 1935 publication of the Revised List of the Birds of Iowa by listing journal articles where additions can be found. This document is in response to two letters from Hendrickson: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4111/view and https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4110/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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American Dipper
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Iowa Macedonia
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Myrle Jones letter to Philip DuMont regarding rare birds, March 3, 1944
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Correspondence
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Bird banding Bird watching Photography of birds Rare birds
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1944-03-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Myrle Jones to Philip DuMont dated March 3, 1944. Jones tells DuMont that some of the birds listed as uncommon for Iowa may be fairly common and just not properly documented. In particular, he has frequently seen Summer Tanager around Fremont County. This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4119/view
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Jones, Myrle L.
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Bell's Vireo Summer Tanager Yellow-breasted Chat Scarlet Tanager Kentucky Warbler
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Waubonsie State Park
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Philip DuMont letter to Myrle Jones regarding the reporting of sightings of rare birds, April 29, 1944
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Correspondence
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Bird watchers Bird watching Rare birds
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1944-04-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to Myrle Jones dated April 29, 1944. DuMont responds to Jones about the sighting of a Summer Tanager by saying that many birds listed as rare in Iowa may have more to do with the lack of observers rather than the lack of the species. He encourages Jones to publish his observations so that more accurate records can be developed. This document is in response to a letter from Jones: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4120/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Summer Tanager Kentucky Warbler
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Des Moines Iowa Waubonsie State Park
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Philip DuMont letter to Fred Pierce regarding Swallow-tailed Kites, June 29, 1945
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Rare birds
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1945-06-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to Fred Pierce dated June 29, 1945. DuMont responds to Pierce's request to review a questionable sighting by saying that sightings of rare birds should only be published if they were made under ideal conditions. This document is in response to a letter from Pierce: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4136/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Davenport
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sage Thrasher west of Browns Woods in West Des Moines in 1964
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1956-03-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Sage Thrasher west of Browns Woods in West Des Moines in Polk County, IA from December 26, 1964 to January 2, 1965. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence about the bird sighting, and the original sighting record found in the publication The 1964 Christmas Bird Census in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 35(1):6 compiled by Woodward H. Brown also seen by Albert Berkowitz, Margaret Brooke, Joe Kennedy, Dick Mooney, Robert Norton, and Mary Ellen Warters.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sage Thrasher
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Brown's Woods
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Roseate Spoonbill at Union Slough National Wildlife Slough in 1960
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Ornithology--Technique Rare birds
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1960-08-16
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Roseate Spoonbill at Union Slough National Wildlife Slough in Kossuth County, IA on August 16, 1960. Includes a record review document with votes, letters from Thomas Kent to Harold Burgess, two letters from Harold Burgess to Thomas Kent, a letter from John Guthrie to Harold Burgess, a memo from Roswell D. Van Duesen to Harold Burgess, and the original sighting record found in the publication Roseate Spoonbill Observed at Union Slough by Harold Burgess in Iowa Bird Life 30(3):67-68. Roseate Spoonbill seen by Harold Burgess, Roswell D. Van Deusen, and Charles Van Kirk.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Roseate Spoonbill
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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at Solon in 1961
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1961-09-01
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1995-02-23
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at Solon in Johnson County, IA during the Spring of 1961. Includes a record review document with votes, letters between Tom Kent and G. Edgar Folk about the sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication Audubon Field Notes 15:414 seen by G. Edgar Folk as reported by F.W. Kent seen by Marion Huit as well, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Solon
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