Field notes, Amaqua Township and Council Bluffs, fall 1974
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration
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1974-08-01
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1974-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fall 1974 field notes for Amaqua Township and Council Bluffs. The letter from Janice Powers to Vernon Kleen describes sightings in Amaqua Township, Boone County, Iowa. The second document is from Melba Wigg and lists birds migrating through the Council Bluffs area during the fall. These items were used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1974.
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Powers, Janice Wigg, Melba
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Black-billed Magpie Cattle Egret
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Council Bluffs Amaqua Township
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Iowa Birdline update, October 22, 1990
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Emberizidae | Sparrows Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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N/A
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for October 22, 1990. Highlights of the update include the continued presence of a California Gull, a Mute Swan, and a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Also of note was the large numbers of waterfowl spreading across the state. Other interesting observations were of Carolina Wrens, a Short-eared Owl, and numerous Sparrow species, including a Harris' and a Le Conte's
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Rough-legged Hawk Eared Grebe Smith's Longspur Snow Bunting Carolina Wren Short-eared Owl Mute Swan Harris' Sparrow Western Grebe California Gull Eastern Phoebe Le Conte's Sparrow Baird's Sandpiper Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Gray Catbird Buff-breasted Sandpiper Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Big Creek State Park Hickory Hill Park Iowa City Ledges State Park Marion County Red Rock Dam Saylorville Dam Badger Creek State Recreation Area Lovilia Osceola Sandpiper Recreation Area Oak Grove Recreation Area
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Iowa Birdline update, October 11, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-10-11
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N/A
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for October 11, 1993. Highlights include sightings of Red-shouldered Hawk and the end of the early passerine migration and reports of later migrants. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-shouldered Hawk American Pipit Black-throated Blue Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Pine Siskin Winter Wren Great-tailed Grackle Brown Creeper Pine Warbler
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Grimes Lake Macbride State Park Twin Springs Park Wolf Creek Recreation Area Babcock Access
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Iowa Birdline update, October 10, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Threskiornithidae | Ibises Emberizidae | Sparrows Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1994-10-10
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N/A
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for October 10, 1994. Highlights of the update include details on the later passerine migration, including sightings of Yellow-rumped Warblers and White-throated Sparrows. Also of note was the observation of thirteen species of Sparrows in central Iowa and a report from a hawk watch held at Grammer Grove Park, including sightings of 26 Swainson's Hawks and 55 Red-tailed Hawks. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of an Ibis and a Red-necked Grebe.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-tailed Hawk Swainson's Hawk Red-necked Grebe Indigo Bunting Clay-colored Sparrow Mute Swan White-throated Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Peregrine Falcon Yellow-rumped Warbler Winter Wren
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Coralville Lake Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Hickory Hill Park Pleasant Creek State Park Polk County Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area Warren County Mehaffey Bridge
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Iowa Birdline update, May 6, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-05-06
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N/A
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for May 6, 1991. Highlights include a Tricolored Heron and several new arrivals particularly in the southeast part of the state. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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White-eyed Vireo Bewick's Wren Cinnamon Teal Tricolored Heron Eastern Wood-Pewee Blue-winged Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler
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Little Wall Lake Kossuth County Lee County MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Birdline update, May 27, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-05-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for May 27, 1991. Highlights include spring migration winding down with late warblers and sightings of a Ruff and Western Kingbirds. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Western Kingbird Cattle Egret Dunlin Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Connecticut Warbler Canada Warbler Mourning Warbler Ruff
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Amana Des Moines Greene County Hickory Hill Park Snake Creek State Game Management Area
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Iowa Birdline update, May 13, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-05-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for May 13, 1991. Highlights include sightings of a Fish Crow, a Prairie Warbler, a Townsend's Warbler, Western Tanagers, and a Black-headed Grosbeak. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Fish Crow Bell's Vireo Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Carolina Wren Townsend's Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler Prairie Warbler
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lake Red Rock Mason City Stone State Park Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve
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Iowa Birdline update, March 25, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-03-25
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N/A
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for March 25, 1991. Highlights include early Eastern Phoebes, a Varied Thrush, a Cinnamon Teal and continued waterfowl migration. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Double-crested Cormorant Turkey Vulture Rusty Blackbird Purple Martin Varied Thrush Cinnamon Teal Eastern Phoebe Greater Scaup Lesser Yellowlegs
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Marion County Mason City Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Hubbard Hendrickson Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Birdline update, March 11, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-03-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for March 11, 1991. Highlights include a Cinnamon Teal and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Waterfowl migration is peaking for diving ducks and geese.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Ring-billed Gull Turkey Vulture Brewer's Blackbird Cinnamon Teal Red-breasted Merganser Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Greater Scaup Great Blue Heron
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Riverton Wildlife Management Area Sabula Union Grove State Park Lake MacBride
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Iowa Birdline update, June 3, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for June 3, 1991. Highlights include the conclusion of the spring migration except for many shorebirds, White-rumped Sandpipers in particular. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Little Blue Heron Virginia Rail Black-bellied Plover Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone White-rumped Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher Hooded Warbler Blue Grosbeak
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Coralville Lake Perry Sweet Marsh Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Moeckley Prairie
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Iowa Birdline update, August 30, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-08-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for August 30, 1993. Highlights include reports on the warbler and shorebird migration. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Little Blue Heron White-eyed Vireo Snowy Egret Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Willet Bay-breasted Warbler Hooded Warbler Mourning Warbler
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Burlington Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Hickory Hill Park Ida County Lee County Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Casey Barrow Landing Oakland Cemetery
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Iowa Birdline update, August 16, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Water levels Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-08-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for August 16, 1993. Highlights include warbler and vireo migration. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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American Avocet American White Pelican Western Grebe Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Coralville Lake Iowa City Rathbun Lake Grovers Lake
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Iowa Birdline update, April 22, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-04-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for April 22, 1991. Highlights include the continued presence Great-tailed Grackle, Long-tailed Duck, Eared Grebe, Cinnamon Teal and Bewick's Wren. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Upland Sandpiper Eared Grebe Bewick's Wren Cinnamon Teal Yellow-throated Warbler Long-tailed Duck Black-crowned Night Heron Great Crested Flycatcher Great-tailed Grackle
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Little Wall Lake Guthrie County Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lee County Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa RBA, February 15, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Weather Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-02-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for February 15, 1999. Highlights include Mountain Bluebird, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Long-tailed Duck, and Eurasian Collared Dove.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mountain Bluebird Eurasian Collared Dove Short-eared Owl Mute Swan Long-tailed Duck Lesser Black-backed Gull Long-eared Owl Canada Goose Greater White-fronted Goose
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Montrose O'Brien County Grinnell Country Club Iowa Arboretum
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Iowa Birdline update, March 7, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1994-03-07
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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 March 7, 1994. Highlights include Mountain Bluebird, Greater Prairie-Chicken and Varied Thrush. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-shouldered Hawk Varied Thrush Mountain Bluebird Northern Goshawk Greater Prairie-Chicken Peregrine Falcon Long-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Cedar Lake Cedar Rapids Greene County Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Cherokee Municipal Airport F W Kent County Park Macbride Nature Recreation Area
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Iowa Birdline update, March 17-25, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ardeidae | Herons Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-03-17
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1993-03-25
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for March 17-25, 1993 Highlights of the updates include sightings of the continued presence of a Black-throated Sparrow and a Cinnamon Teal, an immature Barrow's Goldeneye, a male Varied Thrush and several American White Pelicans.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Varied Thrush Black-throated Sparrow Cinnamon Teal Barrow's Goldeneye American White Pelican Common Redpoll Merlin House Finch Great Blue Heron Red Crossbill
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Lake Red Rock Sioux Center Waterloo Yellow River State Forest MidAmerican Energy Ponds Coralville Dam Union Glendale Cemetery
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Iowa Birdline update, March 14 and 16, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1994-03-14
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1994-03-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for March 14, 1994. Highlights include Mountain Bluebird, Iceland Gull, Evening Grosbeak and Varied Thrush. Includes update for March 16, 1994.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Rusty Blackbird Varied Thrush Mountain Bluebird Evening Grosbeak Northern Goshawk American Woodcock Iceland Gull Hooded Merganser Northern Mockingbird Greater White-fronted Goose
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Greene County Iowa City Madison County Saylorville Lake Mount Vernon Boone County Fairfield Roberts Creek Park Don Williams Lake
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Iowa Birdline update, June 6, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1994-06-06
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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 June 6, 1994. Highlights include Prairie Warbler, Sandhill Crane and Western Grebe. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Eared Grebe Purple Gallinule Western Grebe Chuck-will's-widow Ruddy Turnstone White-rumped Sandpiper Acadian Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler Prairie Warbler Sandhill Crane
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Waubonsie State Park Grovers Lake Sweet Marsh Hickory Grove County Park Macbride Nature Recreation Area
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Iowa Birdline update, April 6, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-04-06
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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 April 6, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a very late Northern Shrike, a Ferruginous Hawk flyover in Story County and Yellow-rumped Warblers brought in by the south winds overnight. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Northern Goshawk and 20 American White Pelicans.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Ferruginous Hawk Smith's Longspur American White Pelican Northern Goshawk Virginia Rail Yellow-rumped Warbler American Black Duck Tundra Swan Sandhill Crane Northern Shrike
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Madison County Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Princeton State Wildlife Management Area Story County
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Iowa Birdline update, April 25, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1994-04-25
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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 April 25, 1994. Highlights include Cinnamon Teal, Marbled Godwit, Piping Plover and passerine migration. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Marbled Godwit Cinnamon Teal Ross' Goose Dunlin Black-crowned Night Heron Piping Plover Hudsonian Godwit Worm-eating Warbler American Golden Plover
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Blue Lake Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Forneys Lake Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Riverton Wildlife Management Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit MidAmerican Energy Ponds Sandbar Slough Cooper Creek Wildlife Management Area
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Eldon J. Bryant letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding spring bird sightings, Akron, Iowa, May 28, 1984
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Weather
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1984-05-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Eldon J. Bryant letter to Thomas H. Kent was regarding spring bird sightings, Akron, Iowa, May 28, 1984. He looked for Say's Phoebes, which may have been killed by hail like other birds he saw. He noted that Buff-breasted Sandpipers were less than casual during spring migration, and how to identify them by their flight. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1984.
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Bryant, Eldon J.
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Cooper's Hawk Say's Phoebe Common Grackle American Robin Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Akron
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Douglas E. Trapp letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding raptor migration watch, October 3, 1986
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds of prey Birds--Migration Ornithology--Methodology Weather
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1986-10-03
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N/A
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Douglas E. Trapp letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding a raptor migration watch at War Eagle Park in Sioux City, Iowa with field biologist Kevin J. Loftus. It includes other topics such as weather conditions and raptor migration patterns. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1986.
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Trapp, Douglas E.
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Red-tailed Hawk Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk American Kestrel Turkey Vulture Osprey Peregrine Falcon
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Sioux City War Eagle Park
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Compiled supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, Spring 1970.
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Weather
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1970-03-01
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1970-06-14
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Documentation of bird sightings including Audubon field notes for spring of 1970, a Woodward H. Brown letter, June 14, 1970, regarding the spring field report and two other letters included here that he was forwarding to Peter C. Petersen. One letter was from R.D. Mooney regarding the rare sighting of a Cattle Egret, June 6, 1970. The other letter was from Ruth Thornton regarding the sighting of a Chuck-will's-widow, April 26, 1970. These items were used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1970.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Brown, Woodward H. Mooney, Richard D., 1905-1997 Thornton, Ruth
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Chuck-will's-widow Cattle Egret
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Des Moines Iowa Polk County Storm Lake
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Dick Bierman letter to Thomas Kent regarding fall field report for 1980, December 3, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration
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1980-12-03
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Dick Bierman letter to Thomas Kent contains a list of birds seen mostly around the Cherokee area during the fall of 1980 and recommends which birds should be reported with a documentation form. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1980.
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Bierman, Dick
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Red-headed Woodpecker Red-tailed Hawk Horned Grebe Eastern Bluebird Chimney Swift American White Pelican Brown Thrasher Merlin Osprey Stilt Sandpiper Common Nighthawk Red-breasted Nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet Cliff Swallow
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Cherokee County Cherokee Battle Creek
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Dean Mosman letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding bird kills at the Alleman TV tower and hawk population, November 20, 1975
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds of prey Birds--Migration Birds--Research Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Radio and television tower bird strikes
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1975-11-20
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Dean Mosman letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding birds kills at the Alleman TV tower and hawk population, November 20, 1975. Mosman also reported on fall migration of birds of prey in the Ankeny area. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1975.
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Mosman, Dean
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Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Cooper's Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Osprey Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Ankeny Alleman
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