Iowa RBA, July 31-August 3, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1995-07-31
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1995-08-03
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Iowa RBA update for July 31-August 3, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of a juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Piping Plover, an immature Snowy Egret, a white immature Little Blue Heron, Ruddy Turnstone, Short-billed Dowitcher and a Willet.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Little Blue Heron Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Barn Owl Snowy Egret Trumpeter Swan Piping Plover Willet Ruddy Turnstone Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Guthrie County Mills County Waubonsie State Park Casey Barrow Landing Island View Park Bedford Babcock Access Cosgrove
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Jim Fuller
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Jim Fuller and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Fuller, James L
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Mississippi Kite Bewick's Wren Common Moorhen Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Hooded Merganser Gray Partridge Cerulean Warbler Hooded Warbler Prairie Warbler
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Iowa County Burlington Clive Goose Lake Johnson County Lake Macbride State Park Lee County Yellow River State Forest Green Island Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Eva Wiedemeyer letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding Upland Sandpiper sighting, summer 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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Undated letter from Eva Wiedemeyer to Jim Dinsmore. Wiedemeyer reports a couple sightings of Upland Sandpipers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Wiedemeyer, Eva B.
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Upland Sandpiper
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Carroll
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Field reports, Iowa Bird Life, summer 1995, Lee Schoenewe
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Lee Schoenewe. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Schoenewe, Lee A.
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Eastern Towhee Wood Thrush Black-crowned Night Heron Blue Grosbeak Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Common Tern Black Tern Northern Harrier
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Clay County Dickinson County Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Lyon County
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Mark Proescholdt
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Mark Proescholdt and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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Alder Flycatcher Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ruby-throated Hummingbird MacGillivray's Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Cerulean Warbler Blue Grosbeak Common Tern Great-tailed Grackle
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Eagle City Lake Macbride State Park Liscomb Percival Waubonsie State Park Yellow River State Forest Union Grove State Park Holst State Forest Volga River State Recreation Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds Backbone State Park Pikes Peak State Park Leverton Timber Bearbower Sand Prairie Area Deep River Timber Reserve
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Summer 1995 note listing miscellaneous bird sightings
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Field notes
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Bird watching
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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Note listing birds sighted in different places by different people. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Bray, Tanya Priebe, Carl Rolfes, Scott
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Least Bittern Osprey Snow Goose
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Forneys Lake Riverton Wildlife Management Area Saylorville Lake
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Summer 1995, Peter Petersen
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Field notes
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Bird watching
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Peter Petersen and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Upland Sandpiper White-eyed Vireo Chuck-will's-widow American Woodcock Eurasian Tree Sparrow Wood Duck Northern Mockingbird Prothonotary Warbler Great Blue Heron
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Huron Island Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve Green Island Wildlife Management Area Hawkeye-Dolbee Diversion Channel Elvira
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Iowa summer bird reports, 1995, Babs & Loren Padelford
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Babs and Loren Padelford. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Bell's Vireo Black-and-white Warbler Carolina Wren Red-breasted Merganser Trumpeter Swan Least Tern Piping Plover Lesser Scaup Kentucky Warbler
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Folsom Lake Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Lake Manawa State Park Waubonsie State Park MidAmerican Energy Ponds West Oak Forest
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Fred Lesher
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Fred Lesher. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Lesher, Fred
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Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Phoebe Wood Thrush Acadian Flycatcher Red-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Ovenbird Hairy Woodpecker American Redstart
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Effigy Mounds National Monument Lonning's Landing Campground and Canoe Site
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Matt Kenne
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Matt Kenne. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Kenne, Matthew C.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Short-eared Owl Forster's Tern Ruddy Turnstone Great Crested Flycatcher Green-winged Teal Gadwall King Rail Northern Harrier
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Algona Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Copp Prairie Area
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Tom Johnson
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Tom Johnson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Johnson, Thomas N.
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American Avocet Bald Eagle Franklin's Gull Red Knot American Coot Short-billed Dowitcher Black Tern
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Rathbun Lake
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IA summer 1995 report, Bill Huser
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Bill Huser. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Huser, Bill F.
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Bell's Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-billed Cuckoo Franklin's Gull Least Tern Piping Plover Willet Black-billed Cuckoo Least Sandpiper
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Stone State Park New Lake Sioux City State Prairie Preserve
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Rita Goranson
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Rita Goranson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Goranson, Rita
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-billed Cuckoo Virginia Rail Greater Yellowlegs Wood Thrush Blue-winged Warbler Scarlet Tanager American Redstart Bank Swallow
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Cerro Gordo County Claybanks Forest Lime Creek Nature Center Mason City Pilot Knob State Park Rice Lake Myre Slough State Game Management Area Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area Mathers Woods Kingfisher Hollow Access
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Carolyn Fischer
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Carolyn Fischer and two others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Fischer, Carolyn J.
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Loggerhead Shrike Wood Thrush Solitary Sandpiper Blue-winged Warbler
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Lime Creek Nature Center Mason City Ventura
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Dan Dorrance
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Dan Dorrance and two others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Dorrance, Dan
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Chuck-will's-widow Least Tern Piping Plover Sandhill Crane
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Goose Lake Green Island MidAmerican Energy Ponds Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve
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Summer 1995 Iowa field reports form, Chris Edwards
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Field notes
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Bird watching
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Chris Edwards. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Edwards, Chris
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Cooper's Hawk Little Blue Heron White-eyed Vireo Henslow's Sparrow Acadian Flycatcher Blue-winged Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler Prairie Warbler Great-tailed Grackle
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lake Macbride State Park Shimek State Forest MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Summer field reports, 1995, Jim Dinsmore
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Weather
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Jim Dinsmore and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Least Bittern Ring-billed Gull Willow Flycatcher Carolina Wren Greater Prairie-Chicken Least Tern Northern Shoveler Winter Wren Bonaparte's Gull
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Dallas County Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area Harrier Marsh Kossuth County Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Grovers Lake McBreen Marsh Gilmore City MidAmerican Energy Ponds Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area Pikes Peak State Park New Lake Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Giard Dugout Creek Wildlife Management Area
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Jeff Dankert
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Jeff Dankert and Dave Dankert. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Dankert, Jeffrey B.
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Semipalmated Sandpiper Willow Flycatcher Bell's Vireo Wood Thrush Veery Cerulean Warbler Yellow Warbler Horned Lark Least Sandpiper
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Linn County Pleasant Creek State Park Backbone State Park
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David Dankert note to Jim Dinsmore regarding additional sighting, summer 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1995-07-31
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Undated note from David Dankert to Jim Dinsmore. Dankert says he is sending an additional bird sighting that he encountered four hours after mailing his summer field report. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Dankert, David L.
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Linn County
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, David Dankert
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by David Dankert. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Dankert, David L.
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Willow Flycatcher Bell's Vireo Loggerhead Shrike Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Meadowlark Spotted Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Sedge Wren Scarlet Tanager Yellow Warbler
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Coralville Lake Linn County Pleasant Creek State Park Matsell Bridge Public Access
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Ray Cummins
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Ray Cummins. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Cummins, Raymond L.
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Cooper's Hawk Willow Flycatcher Eastern Towhee Savannah Sparrow Western Sandpiper Piping Plover Baird's Sandpiper American Coot Kentucky Warbler
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Appanoose County Wayne County
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Summer 1995 report from Jane R. Clark
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Jane Clark and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Clark, Jane
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Summer Tanager Yellow-billed Cuckoo Peregrine Falcon Cerulean Warbler Ovenbird Canada Warbler
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Des Moines Holst State Forest Brown's Woods
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Bob Cecil
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Bob Cecil. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Broad-winged Hawk Hooded Warbler
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Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Farmington Unit
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Field reports, June 1 through July 31, 1995, Pam and Reid Allen
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Photography of birds
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Pam and Reid Allen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Allen, Pam Allen, Reid I.
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Mississippi Kite Upland Sandpiper Western Grebe Least Tern Piping Plover Short-billed Dowitcher Great-tailed Grackle Black Tern
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Harrier Marsh Windsor Heights MidAmerican Energy Ponds Badger Creek State Recreation Area Bartlett
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir, 1993
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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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1993-12-19
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1995-07-25
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Mew Gull at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on December 19, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and three documentations submitted to the committee.
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Johnson, Ann
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Mew Gull
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Whitebreast Recreation Area
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Whitebreast Recreation Area, Red Rock Reservoir, Marion Co., IA
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Sandy area at edge of open water
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The documentation form by Ann Johnson forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Russ Widner and Jim Fuller were submitted. Other observers include Dick Tetrault and Roy Godwin. | Elimination of similar species: Size eliminated any gull larger than a Ring-billed. Although structurally the bird more closely represented one of the larger hooded gulls, they were eliminated by the lack of any hood or auricular spot. Furthermore, most hooded gulls with a tail band would also show a strong carpal bar. Laughing Gull could be eliminated by the more diminuative [sic] bill and leg color. Although some individuals seem to carry a vestige of their more motley juvenile plumage into first winter, Ring-billed Gull was eliminated by size, head and bill structure, and clear-cut as opposed to more diffuse tail band. I originally identified this bird as a Mew Gull based on my experience studying structural differences between Ring-billed and Mew gulls on the west coast. I have never seen a first-year Mew Gull, however. In researching the Mew on my return home, I concluded that the bird in question was not dark enough, nor brown enough, to be of the west coast sub-species. By virtue of its strong similarity to a Ring-billed Gull, this bird was most likely the European sub-species known as the Common Gull. Although according to Grant the bill description comes closer to L.c. brachyrhynchus, I assume that this bird's bill coloration was still changing from juvenile plumage. Apparently the Common Gull appears on occasion on the east coast and is therefore probably as likely a vagrant to Iowa as is the western form. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/10:40:00.
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