Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Fish Crow at Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve, 1991
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Administrative records Field notes
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1991-05-08
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1997-10-03
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Fish Crow at Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve in Muscatine County, IA on May 8, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Brush, Tim
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Fish Crow
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Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve
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Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve, extreme NE Louisa + SE Muscatine Counties - approximately on boundary
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bottomland forest/pond
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The documentation form by Tim Brush is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Calls eliminated American Crows, which were calling at the same time. I am familiar with both adult + young crow calls of both American + Fish Crows. The calls were identical to those of Fish Crows in New Jersey. The circling behavior is unique to Fish Crows + the upriver migration is typical of Fish Crows in NJ - overmigration | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:53:00/09:54:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Fish Crow at Big Timber Unit of Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge , 1994
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1994-04-25
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1997-10-03
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Fish Crow at Big Timber Unit of Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Louisa County, IA on April 25, 1994. Includes a record review document with votes and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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McKay, Kelly
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Fish Crow
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Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Big Timber Division
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Big Timber Unit of Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge approx. 2.0 miles downstream of Kilpeck landing. This landing is located 8.0 miles South of Muscatine, Ia. on County Road X61.
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Bottomland Hardwood Forest
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The documentation form by Kelly McKay forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Peter C. Petersen was submitted. Other observers include Brian Blevins, Michael Bornstein, and Gerald White. | Elimination of similar species: American Crow: different sounding calls; This bird was smaller than American Crows | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:00:00/10:05:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Fish Crow at Cone Marsh, 1996
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1996-03-28
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2000-11-22
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Fish Crow in Cone Marsh in Louisa County, IA on March 28, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Fuller, James L
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Fish Crow
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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In the woods along the edge of Cone Marsh (Louisa County.
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Jane Fuller, Chuck Fuller, John Rutenbeck, Rick Hollis, and Jim Durbin. | Elimination of similar species: The call this bird was making was not that of a Common Crow, and the bird making the call (as well as the other bird) appeared to have a smaller bill and was more glossy than I would expect a Common Crow to be. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:48:00/09:50:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Fish Crow at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge, 1995
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1995-04-21
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2000-11-18
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for four Fish Crows at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Louisa County, IA on April 21, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes and three documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Fish Crow
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Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Louisa Division
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Louisa Refuge, Mark Twain NWR, Louisa Co., IA
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Mississippi River bottoms
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Ann Johnson and Jim Fuller were submitted later. Other observers include Dick Tetrault, Chuck Fuller, and Tim Schantz. | Elimination of similar species: The Records Committee has not accepted two previous records of Fish Crow along the Mississippi River in Louisa County because of the difficulty in substantiating the identification. I was well aware of this, and like other committee members, I believed that they were likely present in this area. I can only say that I was watching the birds when I heard them, which eliminates the possibility that they were young American Crows. I would not want to rely on the morphologic features. I was impressed that this group stayed together in the flooded woods, which was unlike the behavior of the American Crows. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:40:00/09:30:00 and 10:25:00/10:35:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Fish Crow southwest of Oakville, 1996
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1996-05-11
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2000-11-22
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Fish Crow southwest of Oakville in Louisa County, IA on May 11, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Fish Crow
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Oakville
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1/2 mi SW Oakville, Louisa Co, IA
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Bottomland Forest along Iowa River
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The documentation form by Peter C. Petersen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Brian Blevins. | Elimination of similar species: Am. Crow - larger, different call, flight stronger. Due to late season no Am. Crows have fledged. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/10:31:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Fulvous Whistling-Duck at Dewey's Pasture in 1963
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1965-03-01
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1993-08-16
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Records Committee review for a Fulvous Whistling-Duck at Dewey's Pasture in Palo Alto County, IA on June 11, 1963. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Fulvous Tree Duck in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 35:29 by Gerald Horak and Gerald Kaufmann, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck
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Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Fulvous Whistling-Duck at Estherville in 1931
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Administrative records Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1932-09-01
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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 Fulvous Whistling-Duck at Estherville in Emmet County, IA in the fall of 1931. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Two Iowa duck records in Wilson Bulletin 44:180 by Francis L.R. Roberts and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck
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Estherville
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Glossy Ibis at Thorpe Park in 1998
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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1998-05-26
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2000-11-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Glossy Ibis at Thorpe Park in Winnebago County, IA on May 26, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, e-mail correspondence from Gian Dodici to James Dinsmore about the sighting and the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Life by Gian Dodici.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Glossy Ibis
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Thorpe Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Glossy Ibis at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in 1992
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Photography of birds Rare birds Ornithological illustration
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1992-05-04
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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 Glossy Ibises at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in Kossuth County, IA on May 4, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter from J.V. Remsen to Tom Kent, letters between Tom Kent and Bob Janssen, a letter from Matt Kenne to Tom Kent, a letter from Bruce Fall to Tom Kent, five photographs, a page with two ibis head sketches, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Life 53:68 by Matthew Kenne, and the article Field identification of White-faced and Glossy Ibises by H. Douglas Pratt, published in Birding 8(1):1-5. The Glossy Ibises were seen by Bobbi Webber and photographed by Dave Bunkofske.
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Glossy Ibis
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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow at Forest City before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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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 Golden-crowned Sparrow at Forest City in Winnebago County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by M.E. Halvorsen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Forest City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow at Jamaica, 1977
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1977-05-03
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1993-08-26
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Golden-crowned Sparrow at Jamaica in Guthrie County, IA on May 3, 1977. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Burns, R. E. (Rollin Eugene)
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Jamaica
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Jamaica, Iowa (Guthrie County), in my back yard.
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Our back yard, which is kept closely mowed, surrounded by many different kinds of trees and bushes. I keep 4 ground waterers filled at all times and had my garden hose dripping into one of them. He was feeding close to our ground feeders, but not actually in them.
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The documentation form by Gene Burns is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marilyn Burns, Woodward H. Brown, Dick Mooney, Margaret Brooke, Ruth Buckles, Eugene Armstrong, Barney Cook, Dean Mosman, and Diane Mosman. | Elimination of similar species: My first sight told me it was something different than a White-throated, White-crowned or Harris Sparrow. I immediately called for my wife to come quickly and observe him with me. We sit by the hour at our large window where I have my desk and bird books and binoculars, scope, recorders and camera. We had an excellent view of him at close range in good light. | The original documentation form event lasted from 17:15:00/17:20:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow at Lake Mills in 1872
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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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 Golden-crowned Sparrow at Lake Mills in Winnebago County, IA in September 1872. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by John Krider, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Lake Mills
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow east of Little Wall Lake, 1995
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1995-05-04
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2000-11-20
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for at least three Golden-crowned Sparrows east of Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County, IA on May 4, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, correspondence about the sighting and documentation, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Wilcox, Dorothy
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Little Wall Lake
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At platform feeder and on the ground
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Lg. oak trees, shrubs (Rural)
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The documentation form by Dorothy Wilcox is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include family and friends. | Elimination of similar species: white crowned and white throat, definite difference in eye line and crown. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 11:00:00/17:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Hawk at Van Buren County in 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Copy prints Descriptions (documents)
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological illustration
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1895-07-01
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2000-07-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gray Hawk in Van Buren County, IA on May 25, 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, a reproduction of a painting of the bird by William Savage, the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Walter G. Savage, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gray Hawk
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Van Buren County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Cedar Falls, 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1976-11-01
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1994-02-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for one to two Gray Jays at Cedar Falls in Black Hawk County, IA in November 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Lilja, Marilyn H.
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Gray Jay
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Cedar Falls
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acreage, Cedar Falls, Ia
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The documentation form by Marilyn A. Lilja is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Blue jay size, [...] | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:00:00/08:30:00 for one day.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Linn County in 1918
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1977-06-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gray Jay at Linn County, IA on December 2, 1918. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication More Gray Jays in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 47:65 by Nicholas Halmi and seen by George Berry.
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Gray Jay
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Linn County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Mason City, 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1976-11-01
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1994-02-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Gray Jay at Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, IA in early November 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life as well as a letter and documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Tanner, Fern L.
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Gray Jay
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Mason City
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415 N. Jeff Mason City Iowa
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spotted in Spruce tree several times - also once on small bush.
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The documentation form by Fern L. Tanner is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marvin Tanner, Luella Olsen, and Albert Ewers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Looked larger than Blue Jay that was 18 in. away at time. Little shorter beak than Blue Jay. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:00:00/15:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay east of Decorah in 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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1977-01-15
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gray Jay east of Decorah in Winneshiek County, IA on October 30, 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, two articles in Iowa Bird Life, and an article in the Des Moines Register.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gray Jay
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Decorah
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray-cheeked Thrush at Waubonsie State Park, 1983
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Gray-cheeked Thrush at Waubonsie State Park in Fremont County, IA on April 24, 1983. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence about bird sightings and documentations, a summary of the review, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Scott, Charlotte
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Gray-cheeked Thrush
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Waubonsie State Park
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Waubonsie State Park
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Near a trail through a high wooded section
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The documentation form by Charlotte Scott is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Dick Scott. | Elimination of similar species: [...] I had time to observe a smaller than robin-sized, plump-looking bird--evenly brown-gray. I had my glasses on him long enough to check that there was not a distinct eye ring and that the splotches on his breast were distinct and separate--not blurry--and fairly bold. [...] There was no question in my mind but that he was a thrush, but I thought this bird more brown on his back than I remembered Gray-cheeked to be. I considered Veery, but stayed with my original call. | The original documentation form event occurred from approximately 09:45:00/09:45:15.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great Black-backed Gull at Moline, IL in 1963
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1963-12-01
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1993-08-19
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Records Committee review for two Great Black-backed Gulls at Moline, IL on February 10, 1963. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Audubon Field Notes 17:328 seen by Elton Fawks and Sergej Postupalsky.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Great Black-backed Gull
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Moline
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great Black-backed Gull east of Lock and Dam 15 in Davenport, 1988
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1988-12-18
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1993-08-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Great Black-backed Gull at Lock and Dam 15 in Davenport in Scott County, IA on December 18, 1988. Includes a record review document with votes and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Great Black-backed Gull
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Lock and Dam 15
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Missisippi River just E (upstream) of Lock 15 in Davenport
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river ice
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The documentation form by Peter C. Petersen is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Jim Fuller was submitted later. Other observers include Mary Lou Petersen, Walter Zuurdeeg, Ann Barker, and Don Moeller. | Elimination of similar species: Lesser Black-backed Gull - this bird too large, mantle color too dark, legs color was pink, not yellow. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:40:00/11:50:00 and 13:00:00/13:05:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great Black-backed Gull in Iowa before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1870-01-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Great Black-backed Gulls in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen, and referenced by another publication.
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Great Black-backed Gull
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great Black-backed Gull near the Keokuk Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1993
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1993-12-25
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1995-07-08
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Great Black-backed near the Keokuk Wastewater Treatment Plant in Lee County, IA on December 25, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Great Black-backed Gull
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Keokuk Wastewater Plant
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Near Sewage treatment plant, Mississippi River, Keokuk, Lee Co. IA
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River
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The documentation form by Bob Cecil is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include John Cecil. | Elimination of similar species: All other gulls eliminated based upon size alone. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:00:00/14:30:00 and around 16:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great Gray Owl at Big Marsh, 1996
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1996-02-11
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2000-11-22
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Great Gray Owl at Big Marsh in Butler County, IA on February 11, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, an article in Field Notes, and seven documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Great Gray Owl
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Big Marsh Wildlife Area
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Big Marsh, Butler Co., Iowa
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At north edge of large man-made marshy area near the Cedar River.
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Fuller, Stephen J. Dinsmore, Jim Dinsmore, Mary Lou and Peter Petersen, Chris Edwards, and Mark Proescholdt were submitted. Other observers include Francis Moore, Beth Proescholdt, Carl Kurtz, Linda Kurtz, Carolyn Fischer, Pat Hansen, Alan Martin, Rita Pedelty, Rita Goranson, Jan Walter, Tim Gedler, Dennis Henrickson, Bruce DeLong, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Tom Stone, James Scheib, and many unidentified other observers. | Elimination of similar species: Only Barred Owl is remotely similar. The most impressive marks were the yellow eyes, bow tie mark, and large gray facial disks. | The original documentation form event lasted from 16:59:00/17:30:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great Gray Owl at Claybanks Forest, 1997
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Administrative records Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1997-02-08
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Great Gray Owl at Claybanks Forest in Cerro Gordo County, IA on February 8, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, a photocopy of a photograph, and four documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Allen, Pam Allen, Reid I.
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Great Gray Owl
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Claybanks Forest
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Cerro Gordo County, 1/4 mile west of the intersection of Wren and 225th Street; on 225th St.
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The documentation form by Pam and Reid Allen forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Carolyn Fischer, Jim Fuller, and Stephen J. Dinsmore were submitted. Other observers include Mark Proescholdt, Beth Proescholdt, James J. Dinsmore, Dick Tetrault, Chris Caster, Dale Fye, Diane Porter, Ron Muilenberg, Gerald White, Jan Walter, Rita Pedelty, Tom Fischer, and many unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: There really is no other owl except a Barred Owl which could be confused with this bird. The yellow eyes of the Great Gray Owl eliminated the possibility of a Barred Owl which has dark eyes. Also, size would eliminate the Barred Owl. The Great Gray Owl looked almost twice as large as a Barred Owl. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:52:00/16:09:00.
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