Notes on Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, June 26, 1986
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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1986-06-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes for a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Tomahawk Marsh in Sac County, IA on June 20, 1986 by Michael Mahn. The account was given to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union through a phone call transcribed by James Dinsmore on June 26, 1986.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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73
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Ross Silcock letter to Thomas Kent regarding a Smith's Longspur and other bird sighting materials, August 22, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-12-29
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1992-08-22
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter sent on August 22, 1992 about a documentation form for a Smith's Longspur west of Almont in Clinton County, IA on December 29, 1990 by Brian Blevins. It also discusses submitting other field reports and materials from multiple years to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee. It is related to https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9433/view and https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9436/view.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Smith's Longspur
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Iowa Almont
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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35
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67
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Lacey-Keosauqua Nature Notes
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Printed ephemera
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Birds--Identification Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Predation (Biology) Parks--Iowa Natural areas
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1940-07-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A circular prepared to inform citizens of recreational and educational opportunities available at Lacey-Keosauqua Park. Highlights include an article on birds that kill to live, tips on avoiding poison ivy, a feature on getting to know your Hawks, and a column on various fish species at the park.
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Iowa Conservation Commission Iowa State College United States. Work Projects Administration
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Keosauqua
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Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records | MS 386
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1
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10
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The Screech Owl
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Reports Essays
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Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Owls--Behavior
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A paper describing several features of Screech Owls, including appearance, habitats, and food preferences.
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Eastern Screech-Owl
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Iowa
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Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records | MS 386
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1
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10
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Winter Birds
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Speeches (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Food Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Sittidae | Nuthatches Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Odontophoridae | Quails
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1952-11-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A speech written by Margaret Herdliska for a presentation given to the Fairfield Bird Club on November 20, 1952. Included in the speech are reasons why winter is the best time to begin a study of birds as well as details of several species of permanent resident birds in Iowa, winter resident birds, and migrant birds that can be found in the state.
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Lowell, Margaret Herdliska
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Ruffed Grouse Blue Jay Cedar Waxwing Northern Cardinal House Sparrow Greater Prairie-Chicken American Tree Sparrow Tufted Titmouse Black-capped Chickadee Wild Turkey Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark American Goldfinch Brown Creeper Common Pheasant Common Starling
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Fairfield
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Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records | MS 386
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1
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9
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Side A Sharp-tailed Sandpiper P-0439 Tape Doug Rose
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1994-05-15
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Field recording of Sharp-tailed Sandpiper calls. The recording was made by Doug Rose at the Riverton Wildlife Management Area, May 15, 1995. It was submitted to the IOU by Ross Silcock. This item is related to an IOU Record Committee review: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/815/view.
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Rose, Douglas L.
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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37
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1
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Video of a Lesser Black-backed Gull, Bob Cecil, October 20,1986
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1986-10-20
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Video by Bob Cecil of a Lesser Black-backed Gull flying over the Mississippi River below Lock and Dam 19 at Keokuk, Iowa, October 20, 1986. This item is related to an IOU Records Committee review: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/1029/view.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
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Lock Number 19
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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37
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1
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Iceland Gull, March 15, 1991, Red Rock Reservoir
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1991-03-15
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Video by Diane Porter of an Iceland Gull at Red Rock Reservoir, March 15, 1991. The video includes an interview with Tim Schantz, who discovered the gull, and narration that gives a detailed description of the gull's identifying features. This item is related to an IOU Record Committee review: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/1007/view.
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Porter, Diane C.
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Herring Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull
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Red Rock Dam
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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37
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1
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Video of Hudsonain Godwit by Ed Thelen, October 19, 1995
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Water birds
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1995-10-19
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Video by Ed Thelen of a Hudsonian Godwit feeding in shallow water with other shorebirds at Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area, October 19, 1995. This item is related to a rare bird documentation form and letter from Ed Thelen: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/6979/view.
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Thelen, Ed
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Lesser Yellowlegs Hudsonian Godwit Pectoral Sandpiper
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Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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37
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1
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A White Winged Dove P-0596
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1997-04-28
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Field recording of White-winged Dove calls. The recording was made by Tom Kent in Le Grand, Iowa, at the corner of Franklin St. and Fremont St. between 6:30 p.m. and 6:50 p.m., April 28, 1997. This item is related to an IOU Record Committee review: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/1142/view.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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White-winged Dove
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Le Grand
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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37
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1
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Side A South Polar Skua P-0597
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Laridae | Gulls and Terns
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1997-04-08
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Audio cassette recording by Herbert J. Hodges regarding a gull-like bird in Scott County, Iowa. Hodges notes that the bird's speed, form, and plumage set it apart from gulls common in Iowa, but does not attempt to identify its species. He discusses photographing the bird and consulting with Pete Petersen. This item is related to an IOU Record Committee review, which includes a transcript of the tape: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/864/view.
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Hodges, Herbert James
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South Polar Skua
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Scott County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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37
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1
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 24, Number 5, January 1990
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Newsletters
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Bird feeders Bird surveys Birds--Identification Habitat (Ecology) Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife habitat improvement Acid rain Prairie restoration
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1990-01-01
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1990-01-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 24, Number 5, January 1990. Highlights of the newsletter include updates on current and past services projects including caring for a neglected roadside prairie and roadside planting of trees, an acid rain sample update from Mike Meetz, a birder identification quiz, and details on the annual bird feeder survey.
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Edwards, David C. Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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3
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4
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 24, Number 4, December 1989
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Bird watchers Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1989-12-01
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1989-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 24, Number 4, December 1989. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming Christmas Bird Counts, a birder identification quiz, and a bird quiz on which species are unlikely to be found at the upcoming counts and will require documentation.
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Edwards, David C. Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Ames Saylorville Lake Boone County
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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3
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4
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Ross Silcock memo to Thomas Kent regarding Eastern Phoebe sighting, Winter 1986-87
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Photography of birds Rare birds
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1986-12-01
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1987-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Memo from Ross Silcock to Thomas Kent. Silcock thanks Kent for slides for an upcoming presentation, updates Kent about the correct location of an Eastern Phoebe sighting and progress on the Winter 1986-1987 winter report, and mentions the sighting of five Western Grebes.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Western Grebe Eastern Phoebe
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Glenwood Lake Manawa State Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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69
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Field notes, summer 1984, James Dinsmore
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Ornithology Rare birds
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1984-07-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes with several species sighting information compiled by James Dinsmore for the Summer of 1984. It includes a clarification for a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher sighted at Wayne County, IA on May 2, 1984 by Bob Jackson.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Pied-billed Grebe Yellow-headed Blackbird Long-tailed Duck Cattle Egret Piping Plover Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Canada Goose Gadwall American Black Duck
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Saylorville Lake Sioux City Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Wayne County Larson Marsh
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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73
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Rare bird documentation form for Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in northeast Madison County near Cumming in 1983
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds Ornithological illustration
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1983-05-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form with an illustration for a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in northeast Madison County near Cumming, IA on May 15, 1983.
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Dixon, Mark D.
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Madison County Cumming
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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73
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Rare bird documentation form for Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Waubonsie State Park in 1982
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1982-04-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Waubonsie State Park in Fremont County, IA on April 24, 1982.
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Myers, Robert K.
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Waubonsie State Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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73
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Rare bird documentation form for Scissor-tailed Flycatcher north of Waubonsie State Park in 1982
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Photography of birds Rare birds
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1982-05-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher north of Waubonsie State Park in Fremont County, IA on April 24, 1982.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Waubonsie State Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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73
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Field notes for Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Cone Marsh, August 1981
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1981-08-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes by Tim Dwyer regarding a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher sighting at Cone Marsh in Louisa County, IA that he reported as occurring on August 2, 1981.
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Dwyer, Timothy L.
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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73
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Rare bird documentation form for Western Kingbird southwest of Plymouth in 1992
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1992-05-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Western Kingbird southwest of Plymouth in Cerro Gordo County, IA on May 17 and 18, 1992.
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Nelson, Curtis
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Western Kingbird
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Plymouth
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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72
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Rare bird documentation form for Western Kingbird at Norwalk in 1989
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1989-08-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Western Kingbird at Norwalk in Warren County, IA on August 5 and 7, 1989.
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Johnson, Ann
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Western Kingbird
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Norwalk
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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72
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Rare bird documentation form for Western Kingbird near Grand Junction in 1989
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1989-05-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Western Kingbird near Grand Junction in Greene County, IA on May 15, 1989.
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Sinclair, Jim
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Western Kingbird
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Grand Junction
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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72
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Rare bird documentation form for Western Kingbird east of Elkhart in 1982
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1982-05-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Western Kingbird east of Elkhart in Polk County, IA on May 24, 1982.
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Mosman, Dean
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Western Kingbird
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Elkhart
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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72
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Rare bird documentation form for Say's Phoebe west of Akron in 1982
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Ornithology Rare birds
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1982-06-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for three Say's Phoebes west of Akron in Plymouth County, IA on June 26, 1982.
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Schaufenbuel, Joseph P.
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Say's Phoebe
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Akron
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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70
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Rare bird documentation form for Eastern Phoebe at Glenwood in 1986
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1986-12-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for an Eastern Phoebe at Glenwood in Mills County, IA on December 27, 1986. The documentation form was completed by Neal Ratzlaff. Other observers include James Glathar, and Jim Conway.
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Ratzlaff, Neal S.
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Eastern Phoebe
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Glenwood
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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34
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69
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