Rare bird documentation form for Evening Grosbeak at Wellman in 1982
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Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1982-05-01
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1982-05-05
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Rare bird documentation form for two Evening Grosbeaks at Wellman in Washington County, IA on May 1 and 2, 1982.
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Eash, Ruth
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Evening Grosbeak
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Wellman
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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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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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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 33, Number 5, May/June 1998
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds Science--Societies, etc Natural areas International Migratory Bird Day
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1998-05-01
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1998-06-30
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 33, Number 5, May/June 1998. Highlights of the newsletter include details on March and April field trips, a Birders of the Month column profiling Ed Carbrey and Elizabeth Carbrey, information on a society Birdathon being held in conjunction with the celebration of International Migratory Bird Day, and an article "Eddyville Dunes: a Natural Heritage of the State" by Jane Clark.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) Shivvers, Rebecca A.
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Eared Grebe
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 33, Number 3, January/February 1998
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Forms (documents) Newsletters
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Bird feeders Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Counting Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds Wildlife conservation
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1998-01-01
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1998-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 33, Number 3, January/February 1998. Highlights of the newsletter include reports from several recent field trips, details from many bird sightings including a rare observation of a Ross's Gull, and the results from the Ames, Saylorville Reservoir, and Boone County Christmas Bird Counts. Also included is the 1998 Winter Bird Feeder Survey with instructions and a documentation form to complete.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) Shivvers, Rebecca A.
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Ross's Gull
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Ames Red Rock Dam Saylorville Lake Boone County
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 17, Number 4, December 1983
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Newsletters
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Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds Wildlife conservation Meetings
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1983-12-01
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1983-12-31
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 17, Number 4, December 1983. Highlights of the newsletter include information on upcoming meetings and events, an article on a rare sighting of a Sabine's Gull at Saylorville Lake, and a report on the National Audubon Society's position on the Garrison Diversion Project in North Dakota which would divert water from the Missouri River to farmland in the north and central parts of that state.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa) van der Linden, Judy
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Sabine's Gull
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Ames Saylorville Lake North Dakota
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Walter Rosene letter to the United States Bureau of Biological Survey regarding Arkansas Kingbird and American Woodcock sightings, July 20, 1925
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Rare birds
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N/A
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Letter from Walter Rosene to the United States Bureau of Biological Survey regarding Arkansas Kingbird and American Woodcock sightings, July 20, 1925. Rosene provides details on two unusual bird species observations, Arkansas Kingbirds and nesting American Woodcocks. Rosene requests any recent records of either of these species being found in Iowa. This document is related to a reply from Albert K. Fisher: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9133/view
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Western Kingbird American Woodcock
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Pipit at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir in 1990
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Administrative records Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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Records Committee review for an American Pipit at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on February 23, 1990. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the Field Reports Form for Winter 1989-1990 by Ann Johnson.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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American Pipit
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Whitebreast Recreation Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Monk Parakeet at Davenport in 1973
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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Records Committee review for a Monk Parakeet at Davenport in Scott County, IA on December 22, 1973. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication First Monk Parakeet Record for Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 44(1):22-23 by Peter C. Petersen seen by Karen McDonald.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Davenport
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-naped Sapsucker at Sioux City in 1996
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1966-06-01
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Records Committee review for a Red-naped Sapsucker at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA in April 14, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Red-naped Sapsucker ? at Sioux City in Iowa Bird Life 36(2):52 by William Youngworth.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-naped Sapsucker
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Sioux City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mourning Dove at Des Moines in 1977
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1977-09-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Mourning Dove at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on July 15, 1977. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Ringed Turtle in Dove in Des Moines in Iowa Bird Life 47(3):112 by Helen M. Peasley, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ringed Turtle-Dove
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Des Moines
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Iowa RBA, November 24, 1997
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Field notes
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Bird watching Exotic birds Rare birds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1997-11-24
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N/A
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Iowa RBA update for November 24, 1997. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Bohemian Waxwing, White-winged Crossbills, Common Redpolls, Long-tailed Ducks, and a first year Glaucous Gull. Also of interest were reports of an exotic Eurasian Goldfinch and an unconfirmed report of Harlequin Ducks. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Northern Shrike and an immature Mute Swan.
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Ruffed Grouse Cedar Waxwing Eurasian Collared Dove Harlequin Duck Mute Swan White-winged Crossbill Red-breasted Merganser Common Redpoll Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Bohemian Waxwing Hooded Merganser Golden Eagle Glaucous Gull Red-breasted Nuthatch Tundra Swan Common Merganser Northern Shrike Eurasian Goldfinch
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Loren Padelford email to James L. Fuller regarding a Harlequin Duck sighting, November 22, 1997
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Rare birds
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1997-11-22
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Email from Loren Padelford to James L. Fuller regarding a Harlequin Duck sighting, November 22, 1997. The email provides details on a potential sighting of 3 Harlequin Ducks at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge as well as one that was possibly shot by a hunter.
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Padelford, Loren
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Harlequin Duck Long-tailed Duck
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Lake Manawa DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
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Iowa Birdline update, November 7, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Laridae | Gulls and Terns Rare birds Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1994-11-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for November 7, 1994. Highlights of the update include reports of a growing number of waterfowl and Gulls from all parts of the state as well as many sightings of Western Grebes. Also of note were observations of all three Scoter species, a Long-tailed Duck, and Sandhill Cranes. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Pacific Loon, Tundra Swans, and Golden Eagles.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-shouldered Hawk Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Long-tailed Duck Western Grebe Pacific Loon Black Scoter Dunlin American Woodcock Long-billed Dowitcher Common Loon Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Golden Eagle Bufflehead Tundra Swan Sandhill Crane Great Egret
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Coralville Lake Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Lake Anita State Park Lake Manawa State Park Lake Red Rock Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Pleasant Creek State Park Saylorville Dam Spirit Lake West Okoboji Lake Woodbury County Black Hawk Lake Effigy Mounds National Monument Roberts Creek Park New Lake Polk City Wildlife Area
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Rare bird documentation form for Merlin at Sweet Marsh in 1979
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1979-04-22
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1979-05-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Merlin at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on April 22, 1979.
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Myers, Robert K.
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Merlin
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Sweet Marsh
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Rare bird documentation form for White-winged Crossbill at West Des Moines in 1998
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1998-05-02
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1998-06-01
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a White-winged Crossbill at West Des Moines in Polk County, IA on May 2 to 21, 1998.
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Allen, Pam
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White-winged Crossbill
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West Des Moines
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Bird Sighting White-winged Crossbill, 1979
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1979-07-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Copy of a field report by Dorothy Parker regarding a dead White-winged Crossbille found by Patti Stockham for a White-winged Crossbill on her farm in Cass County, IA on July 24, 1979.
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Parker, Dorothy
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White-winged Crossbill
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Lake Anita State Park
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Rare bird sighting for Peregrine Falcon at Council Bluffs in 1986
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1986-04-04
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1986-04-06
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird sighting for a Peregrine Falcon at Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, IA on April 4, 1986.
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Toll, Jerry
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Peregrine Falcon
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Council Bluffs
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Rare bird documentation form for Peregrine Falcon at Lake Rathbun in 1985
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1985-10-05
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1985-11-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Peregrine Falcon at Lake Rathbun in Appanoose County, IA on October 5, 1985.
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Martsching, Paul
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Peregrine Falcon
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Rathbun Lake
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Bud Tordoff memo to Dave regarding Peregrine Falcon sighting, September 18, 1984
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds Wildlife reintroduction
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1984-09-18
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N/A
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Memo from Bud Tordoff to Dave dated September 18, 1984. Tordoff relays the sighting of a Peregrine Falcon at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in Kossuth County, IA on September 18, 1984 reported to him by John Sidle. Includes a note from Dave to Mike Newlon passing on the information.
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Tordoff, Harrison Bruce, 1923-
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Peregrine Falcon
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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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Field notes for a Peregrine Falcon sighting by Tim Dwyer, May 10 1981
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1981-05-03
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1981-05-10
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes written by Tim Dwyer giving details of a Peregrine Falcon sighting at the Cedar River bridge on Iowa Highway 22 in Muscatine County, IA on May 3, 1981.
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Dwyer, Timothy L.
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Peregrine Falcon
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Pike Township
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Todd Tracy email to Jim Fuller regarding Gyrfalcon sighting, February 14, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1994-02-14
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email from Todd Tracy to Jim Fuller dated February 14, 1994. Todd reports sighting a Gyrfalcon near Kirkwood Community College in Linn County, IA on December 1, 1992.
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Tracy, Todd T.
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Gyrfalcon
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Kirkwood Community College
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Doug Trapp letter to James Dinsmore regarding sick Gyrfalcon, March 7, 1983
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds Wildlife rehabilitation
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1983-03-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Doug Trapp to James Dinsmore dated March 7, 1983. Trapp reports trying to care for a sick Gyrfalcon on November 25, 1981.
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Trapp, Douglas E.
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Gyrfalcon
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Akron Sioux City
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Rare bird sighting for Merlin at Des Moines in 1988
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1988-01-24
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1988-02-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird sighting for for a Merlin at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on February 17, 19, and 26, 1988; also includes additional species sighting information.
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Martsching, Paul
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Short-eared Owl Merlin Northern Shrike
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Des Moines Doolittle Prairie State Preserve Hendrickson Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Rare bird documentation form for Merlin at Grammer Grove Wildlife Area in 1984
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1984-09-22
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1984-10-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Merlin at Grammer Grove Wildlife Area in Marshall County, IA on September 22, 1984.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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Merlin
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area
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Rare bird documentation form for Merlin at Bangor Township in Marshall County in 1982
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1982-10-08
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1982-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Merlin at Bangor Township in Marshall County, IA on October 8 and 21, 1982.
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Sommerlot, Ramona R.
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Merlin
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Bangor Township
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