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Title	Genres	Topics	Date (Start)	Date (End)	Type	Description	Creator/Author	Birds	Locations	Locality	Habitat	Remarks

Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, June 15, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Nests Weather	1941-06-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at Ledges State Park by Walter Rosene, June 15, 1941. Also notes the sighting of a Bell's Vireo nest with four eggs.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-headed Woodpecker Red-tailed Hawk Bell's Vireo Indigo Bunting Chimney Swift Eastern Phoebe Red-eyed Vireo American Redstart Black-capped Chickadee Western Meadowlark	Ledges State Park				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 9, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1941-05-09	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Robert Walker, May 9, 1941. Also notes a detailed description of a Piping Plover.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Forster's Tern Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Stilt Sandpiper Green-winged Teal	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 11, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1941-05-11	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene, May 11, 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer Common Grackle Brown Thrasher Pectoral Sandpiper Western Meadowlark Black Tern	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 12, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1941-05-12	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Robert Walker, May 12, 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Wilson's Phalarope Eastern Meadowlark American Wigeon Lesser Yellowlegs Common Nighthawk Black Tern	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 13, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Nests Weather	1941-05-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and a biology class, May 13, 1941. Includes notes on his observations of several species of bird nests.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-shouldered Hawk American Crow Warbling Vireo Rose-breasted Grosbeak Eastern Bluebird Eastern Towhee Western Kingbird Eastern Phoebe Ovenbird	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 14, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Food Weather	1941-05-14	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Paul Clausen, May 14, 1941. Also notes a Red-shouldered Hawk carrying food towards a nest.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-shouldered Hawk Northern Cardinal Loggerhead Shrike Sora Pectoral Sandpiper Common Snipe American Coot Yellow Warbler Red-winged Blackbird Barn Swallow	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 15, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Nests Weather Birds--Infancy	1941-05-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Paul Clausen, May 15, 1941. Also notes young Red-shouldered Hawks moving around in a nest.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-shouldered Hawk Grasshopper Sparrow Franklin's Gull Northern Rough-winged Swallow Scarlet Tanager Northern Pintail Tennessee Warbler Yellow Warbler Common Pheasant Least Sandpiper	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 18, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Nests Weather	1941-05-18	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at Ledges State Park by Walter Rosene and Paul Clausen, May 18, 1941. Also notes three Red-shouldered Hawks in a nest.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-shouldered Hawk Pied-billed Grebe Brown-headed Cowbird Warbling Vireo Great Crested Flycatcher Gray Catbird Ovenbird American Redstart Red-bellied Woodpecker Common Starling	Ledges State Park				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 18, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1941-05-18	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene, Robert Walker and Merle Sherbring, May 18, 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	American Kestrel Semipalmated Sandpiper Bobolink Loggerhead Shrike Wilson's Phalarope American Coot Eastern Whip-poor-will Horned Lark Northern Harrier Mallard	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 23, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching	1941-05-23	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene, May 23, 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Yellow-headed Blackbird Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover White-rumped Sandpiper Common Nighthawk Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Least Sandpiper	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 24, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Weather	1941-05-24	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene, May 24, 1941. Also notes a deceased young Red-shouldered Hawk at the base of a tree and two other young Red-shouldered Hawks standing in a nest.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-shouldered Hawk American Kestrel Brown-headed Cowbird Cedar Waxwing Eastern Phoebe Common Yellowthroat Baltimore Oriole Lesser Yellowlegs Red-eyed Vireo Belted Kingfisher Yellow Warbler Black Tern	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 29, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Weather	1941-05-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Robert Walker, May 29, 1941. Also notes their observation of a Ruddy Turnstone.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Semipalmated Sandpiper Vesper Sparrow Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon Sora Semipalmated Plover Ruddy Turnstone Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird American Robin	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 30, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Weather	1941-05-30	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Robert Walker, May 30, 1941. Also notes two Red-shouldered Hawks on a nest and a Lark Sparrow nest with three eggs.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer Red-shouldered Hawk Brown-headed Cowbird Field Sparrow Lark Sparrow American Wigeon Great Crested Flycatcher Yellow Warbler Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-winged Blackbird	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Dubuque, 1983	Administrative records Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1983-12-17	1993-09-01	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Common Raven at Dubuque in Dubuque County, IA on December 17, 1983. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence relevant to bird sighting and review, a summary of review, and a documentation submitted to the committee.	Herrman, William	Common Raven	Dubuque	Location was about three miles south of Dubuque city limits, in narrow valley with scattered cedar trees, with bird in a leafless tree		The documentation by William Herrmann is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include John Feller and John Stampe. \| Elimination of similar species: One half larger than a dozen Am. crows about 100 feet away from the raven at same distance \| The original documentation form event occurred around 14:00:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	47
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, June 18, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1941-06-18	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at Ledges State Park by Walter Rosene and park naturalist, June 18, 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-shouldered Hawk Brown-headed Cowbird Rose-breasted Grosbeak Franklin's Gull Eastern Phoebe Wood Thrush Dickcissel Ovenbird Common Starling Northern Bobwhite	Ledges State Park				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, June 29, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1941-06-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at Ledges State Park and Ames by Walter Rosene, June 29, 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Turkey Vulture White-breasted Nuthatch Bell's Vireo Northern Cardinal Brown Thrasher Eastern Wood-Pewee Gray Catbird Yellow Warbler American Robin Mourning Dove Barn Swallow Northern Bobwhite	Ames Ledges State Park				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, July 13, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Eggs Weather Birds--Infancy Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1941-07-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list includes birds observed at Ledges State Park by Walter Rosene, July 13, 1941. Also notes the sighting of a Bell's Vireo nest with three newly hatched young and a Black-billed Cuckoo nest with two eggs.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Blue Jay Common Grackle Bell's Vireo Song Sparrow Eastern Kingbird Black-billed Cuckoo Great Crested Flycatcher House Wren Downy Woodpecker Northern Bobwhite	Ledges State Park				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, August 2, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather Piciformes \| Woodpeckers and allies	1941-08-02	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at Camp Hantesa by Walter Rosene and others, August 2, 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Northern Flicker Purple Martin Indigo Bunting Field Sparrow Eastern Wood-Pewee Dickcissel Black-capped Chickadee Western Meadowlark American Robin Mourning Dove Barn Swallow	Camp Hantesa				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, August 10, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1941-08-10	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene, August 10, 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Red-headed Woodpecker Killdeer Blue Jay Purple Martin Indigo Bunting Eastern Bluebird Blue-winged Teal Eastern Kingbird Brown Thrasher Dickcissel Pectoral Sandpiper Black-capped Chickadee Western Meadowlark Black Tern	Boone County				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, 1941	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Icteridae \| Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Accipitridae \| Hawks and Eagles Charadriidae \| Plovers Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae \| Swallows Parulidae \| Warblers Piciformes \| Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes \| Owls Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1941-01-01	1941-12-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list includes birds observed by Walter Rosene in 1941.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941		Iowa				Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pygmy Nuthatch at Des Moines, 1977	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1977-01-26	1993-08-26	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Pygmy Nuthatch at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on January 26, 1977. Includes a record review document with votes, multiple articles from Iowa Bird Life, correspondence related to bird sighting and review, and two documentations submitted to the committee.	Brown, Woodward H.	Pygmy Nuthatch	Des Moines	[...] 5400 Woodland Ave.		The documentation form by Woodward H. Brown is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Nicholas Halmi was submitted later. Other observers include Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Mary Brown, Dorothy Ely, Peter C. Petersen, Mary Lou Petersen, Margaret Brooke, Lillian Serbousek, Allen Mueller, and many unidentified observers. \| Elimination of similar species: [...] According to plumage descriptions of the Pigmy and Brown-headed Nuthatches, the only noticeable difference between the two (short of having the bird in hand) is in the color of the crown and nape. The field guides are agreed that the crown of the Brown-headed is brown, but there is a lack of unanimity in their descriptions of the crown of the Pigmy. [...] Margaret Brooke, in writing up the observation for IBL, describes the cap as being "brownish" but has no doubt about this nuthatch being a Pigmy. Mary and I feel the grayish olive description comes closest and cinches the Pigmy identification. \| The original documentation form event occurred around 09:30:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	51
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Chickadee at Osage, 1978	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1978-11-24	1993-08-26	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for two Boreal Chickadees at Osage in Mitchell County, IA on November 24, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.	Woolfries, Andy	Boreal Chickadee	Osage	Osage, Iowa Home Feeder board	Home bird feeder - back yard - shrubs and trees.	The documentation form by Andy Woolfries is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: Associated with other chickadees but noticable [sic] because of distinctive brown cap. There appeared to be only two. They were positively identified at least 20 times from a distance of about six feet. Reference: "Birds of North America". \| The original documentation form event occurred at least 20 times over November 24 to 26, 1978.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	49
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Chickadee at Des Moines, 1976	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1976-11-17	1996-04-24	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Boreal Chickadee at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on November 17, 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, multiple articles from Iowa Bird Life, a request for reconsideration of record, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.	Brown, Woodward H.	Boreal Chickadee	Des Moines	Des Moines, IA	General: urban, residential Specific: large back yard with both evergreen and deciduous trees and large stand of yew adjacent to feeders	The documentation form by Woodward H. Brown is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Dick Mooney, Nicholas Halmi, Lurene Warters, and many unidentified observers. \| Elimination of similar species: Superficially similar to any of the chickadees \| The original documentation form event lasted from 15:45:00/16:15:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	49
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Lake Manawa State Park, 1998	Administrative records Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1998-02-05	2000-11-24	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Common Raven at Lake Manawa State Park in Pottawattamie County, IA on February 5, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation letter submitted to the committee.	Bunnimit, Manit	Common Raven	Lake Manawa State Park	[...] Lake Manawa State Park, near Council Bluffs, IA. [...] was travelling south on the road that follows the west edge of Lake Manawa.		The documentation letter by Manit Bunnimit is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: [...] It flew for most of the time by soaring with its wings held very flat, only twice flapping its wings momentarily (shallow wingbeats) and once folding its wings rather tightly and gliding. All of the crows I have seen flap steadily, gliding only occasionally. [...] It could not have been mistaken even for the tails of the occasional American Crows that appear quite rounded. The sheer size of the bird and the wedge-shaped tail were enough to distinguish it from any of the crows, but what about the Chihuahuan Raven? Fortunately, as it flew by, the bird made two brief call notes that were very hoarse (sounding much more like grrrawgk than the gaw of the American Crow), and much deeper than the Chihuahuan Raven that I heard in northern Texas. However, because it has been a few years since I had seen or heard the Chihuahuan, I decided to double check the calls on a tape I had at home. The tape and I agree that the call was that of a Common Raven. \| The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 11:10:00/11:11:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	47
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Common Raven west of Mason City, 1966	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1966-12-28	1994-11-04	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Common Raven west of Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, IA on December 28, 1966. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation article submitted to the committee.	Roosa, Dean M.	Common Raven	Mason City	[...] driving from Clear Lake to Mason City		The documentation article by Dean M. Roosa forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Paul Bailey. \| Elimination of similar species: [...] Its flight pattern, size, and rounded or wedge-shaped tail distinguished it from nearby Crows.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	47