Malcolm McDonald letter to Philip DuMont regarding Starling sightings, May 15, 1935
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birdsongs Introduced birds Aggressive behavior in animals
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1935-05-15
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N/A
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Letter from Malcolm McDonald to Philip DuMont dated May 15, 1935. McDonald recounts his first sighting of Starlings in Jefferson County on December 23, 1930. He continues on to describe subsequent sightings of Starlings. This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3575/view
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McDonald, Malcolm Edwin, 1915-
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Red-headed Woodpecker Common Starling
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Jefferson County
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Marie Tiemann letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding summer sightings, August 3, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1994-08-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Marie Tiemann to Jim Dinsmore dated August 3, 1994. Tiemann reports birds sighted by her and two others around Fremont County. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1994.
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Tiemann, Marie E. Spears
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Bobolink Summer Tanager Grasshopper Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Field Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Lark Sparrow Dickcissel Chipping Sparrow
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Fremont County
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Neil Bernstein letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding a Veery sighting, July 10, 1997
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1997-07-10
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Neil Bernstein to James J. Dinsmore regarding a Veery sighting, July 10, 1997. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1997.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Veery
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Bixby State Park
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Neil Bernstein letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, summer 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird declines Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birdsongs
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1993-06-01
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1993-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Neil Bernstein to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings in northwest Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1993.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Double-crested Cormorant Franklin's Gull Cattle Egret American Woodcock Redhead Osprey Sedge Wren Veery Chestnut-sided Warbler Ovenbird Lesser Scaup
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Marble Lake Palo Alto County Ruthven Grovers Lake West Hottes Lake Cayler Prairie State Preserve Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
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Neil Bernstein letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding summer sightings, July 8, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Water birds
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1994-07-08
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N/A
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Letter from Neil Bernstein to Jim Dinsmore dated July 8, 1994. Bernstein provides a list of birds he has sighted and comments on the numbers of individuals he has seen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1994.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Ring-billed Gull Double-crested Cormorant Carolina Wren Franklin's Gull Greater Yellowlegs Ruddy Duck Lesser Yellowlegs Northern Parula Snow Goose Gadwall Least Sandpiper
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Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Grovers Lake Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
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Peter Ernzen letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, summer 1997
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers
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1997-06-01
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1997-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Peter Ernzen to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1997.
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Ernzen, Peter
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Black-bellied Plover Veery Cerulean Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Tennessee Warbler
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Cherokee County Little Sioux River Mines of Spain State Park
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Randall Pinkston letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, summer 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birdsongs
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1992-06-01
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1992-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Randall Pinkston to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1992.
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Pinkston, Randall, 1956-
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Broad-winged Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Summer Tanager Henslow's Sparrow Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eurasian Tree Sparrow Caspian Tern Short-billed Dowitcher Common Merganser Sandhill Crane
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Burlington Coralville Lake Iowa City Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Van Buren County Lake MacBride Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Casey Barrow Landing Green Island Wildlife Management Area
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Randy Pinkston letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding summer 1994 field reports, August 2, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1994-08-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Randy Pinkston to Jim Dinsmore dated August 2, 1994. Pinkston contributes some sightings for the summer 1994 field reports and reports on his move to Salado Texas. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1994.
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Pinkston, Randall, 1956-
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Acadian Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Scarlet Tanager
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Lake Macbride State Park
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Richard Rosche letter to Ross Silcock regarding Veery sighting, July 12, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1994-07-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Richard Rosche to Ross Silcock dated July 12, 1994. Rosche reports sighting a singing male Veery at Black Hawk Lake. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1994.
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Rosche, Richard C.
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Veery
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Black Hawk Lake
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Robert Gruenewald letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding details on fall bird sightings, December 7, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1998-12-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Robert Gruenewald to Thomas H. Kent regarding details on fall bird sightings, December 7, 1998. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Gruenewald, Robert
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Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Snow Bunting Western Kingbird Cattle Egret Northern Goshawk Merlin Gray Partridge Prothonotary Warbler Winter Wren Eastern Whip-poor-will Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Sanborn
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Robert I. Cecil letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings July 31, 1986
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Checklists Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birdsongs
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1986-07-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Robert I. Cecil to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings July 31, 1986. Includes checklist of sightings made by Cecil. A Blue Grosbeak family is noted in the letter. Several instances of birds singing are mentioned in the checklist. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Blue Grosbeak
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Iowa Keokuk Lee County Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding a visit with Janetta DuMont, April 20, 1929
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birdsongs Families
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1929-04-20
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N/A
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated April 20, 1929. Rosene tells Philip DuMont that he visited with his mother and was surrounded by singing birds. Rosene also reports some recent bird sightings.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Northern Cardinal Henslow's Sparrow Snow Bunting Brown Thrasher Snowy Owl Barred Owl Ruby-crowned Kinglet Chipping Sparrow Horned Lark
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Des Moines Ogden Spirit Lake Long Pond
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird behavior, February 27, 1932
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Correspondence
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Birds--Behavior Birdsongs Bombycillidae | Waxwings Birds--Infancy Ornithological literature
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1932-02-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated February 27, 1932. Rosene discusses bird behavior, identifying Eastern and Western Meadowlarks, and recently published books.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark
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Ogden Boone County
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William Barker letter to Thomas Kent regarding Sandhill Crane flyby, March 9, 1986
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1986-03-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from William Barker to Thomas Kent dated March 9, 1986. In this letter Barker reports seeing a flock of Sandhill Cranes flying in a V pattern. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1986.
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Barker, William S.
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Sandhill Crane
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Princeton Rapids City
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William Norris letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding birds sighted in North-East Iowa, June 15, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1994-06-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from William Norris to Jim Dinsmore dated June 15, 1994. Norris describes working on a project monitoring birds in five state preserves/parks in North-East Iowa and details some of his bird sightings. Included with this letter is a map of White Pine Hollow State Park which marks the locations of several bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1994.
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Norris, William R.
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Chestnut-sided Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Canada Warbler Golden-crowned Kinglet
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White Pine Hollow State Park Backbone State Park
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Woodward H. Brown letter to Fred Kent regarding bird sightings for the summer of 1972, August 21, 1972
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds Weather
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1972-06-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Woody Brown to Fred Kent about bird sightings for the summer of 1972 and the potential of Polk City lake to attract birds. It features a Henslow's Sparrow banding at Lamoni in Decatur County, IA on August 19, 1972.
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Brown, Woodward H.
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Henslow's Sparrow Black-billed Magpie Ruby-crowned Kinglet Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Red Crossbill
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Brenton Slough Indianola Lamoni Polk City Shenandoah Polk City Wildlife Area Jesup
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Letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Falconidae | Falcons
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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White-faced Ibis Loggerhead Shrike Wood Thrush Golden Eagle Winter Wren
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Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve Lakeville Township
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Field notes contributed by Aaron Brees, summer 1996
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birdsongs Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1996-06-01
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1996-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Aaron Brees. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1996.
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Brees, Aaron
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Broad-winged Hawk Cooper's Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Summer Tanager Loggerhead Shrike American White Pelican Solitary Sandpiper Veery Blue-winged Warbler Ovenbird Scarlet Tanager Short-billed Dowitcher American Redstart Great-tailed Grackle
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Big Creek State Park Stephens State Forest - Lucas Unit Sharon Bluffs State Park Honey Creek State Park Pin Oak Marsh Maskunky Marsh Corydon
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Ann Johnson, fall 1988
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Birdsongs Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Weather Birds--Infancy Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1988-08-01
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1988-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Ann Johnson with observers Beth Brown, Michael K. Thomas and Jim Sinclair. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1988.
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Johnson, Ann
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Red-shouldered Hawk Swainson's Hawk Pomarine Jaeger Double-crested Cormorant Yellow-headed Blackbird Western Grebe Ross' Goose Merlin Eastern Wood-Pewee House Finch White-winged Scoter Northern Pintail Water Pipit Bonaparte's Gull American Golden Plover
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Lake Ahquabi Big Creek Lake Hendrickson Marsh Lake Jester Park Lake Manawa State Park Lake Red Rock Ledges State Park Saylorville Lake Warren County DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
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Field notes and Ann Johnson letter to the editor, fall 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Laridae | Gulls and Terns Charadriidae | Plovers Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers Weather Birds--Infancy Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1991-08-01
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1991-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Ann Johnson with observers Robert I. Cecil, John Cecil and Jim Sinclair. Included with the field report is a letter from Ann Johnson to the editor that summarizes her fall bird observations. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1991.
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Johnson, Ann
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White-eyed Vireo Bell's Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush Eastern Towhee Snow Bunting Carolina Wren Ruby-throated Hummingbird American White Pelican Northern Goshawk Black-legged Kittiwake American Pipit Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Osprey Peregrine Falcon Louisiana Waterthrush Pine Siskin
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Big Creek State Park Cedar Lake Lake Red Rock Norwalk Runnells Saylorville Lake Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Coralville Dam Lundy Acres Swan Wildlife Refuge
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Field notes contributed by Ann M. Barker, June 8, 1987
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1987-03-01
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1987-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Ann M. Barker. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Barker, Ann M.
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American Bittern Upland Sandpiper Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Smith's Longspur Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Tree Swallow Hooded Warbler
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Credit Island Princeton State Wildlife Management Area Wildcat Den State Park Zirbel Slough Duck Creek Park Argyle
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Iowa spring bird report contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford, spring 1988
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy
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1988-03-01
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1988-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford with observers Barbara L. Wilson and Tanya Bray. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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American Avocet Bald Eagle Little Blue Heron Double-crested Cormorant Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Purple Martin American White Pelican Eastern Kingbird Red-breasted Merganser Wilson's Phalarope Least Tern Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey Piping Plover Willet Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Northern Rough-winged Swallow Swamp Sparrow Blackburnian Warbler Water Pipit American Redstart Bank Swallow Bonaparte's Gull
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Forneys Lake Lake Manawa State Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Riverton MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Field notes contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford, spring 1992
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers Weather
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1992-03-01
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1992-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford with observers Jerry Toll and B.J. Rose. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1992.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Broad-winged Hawk Alder Flycatcher Chestnut-collared Longspur Smith's Longspur Cinnamon Teal Brown Pelican Western Grebe Snowy Plover Whimbrel Greater Scaup Gray Partridge Snow Goose Bank Swallow Little Gull Cliff Swallow
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Lake Manawa Mills County Riverton Wildlife Management Area Waubonsie State Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge McPaul
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Field notes contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford, summer 1986
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Infancy
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford with observers Tanya Bray, Barbara L. Wilson and Rick Wright. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Broad-winged Hawk Little Blue Heron Marbled Godwit Double-crested Cormorant Henslow's Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike American White Pelican Snowy Egret Least Tern Forster's Tern Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Hooded Merganser Black-billed Cuckoo Great-tailed Grackle Burrowing Owl King Rail
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Waubonsie State Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge MidAmerican Energy Ponds Ringgold State Wildlife Area Payne Junction
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Field notes contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford, fall 1995
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Laridae | Gulls and Terns Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Ardeidae | Herons
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1995-08-01
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1995-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1995.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Pied-billed Grebe Eastern Kingbird Cattle Egret Northern Goshawk Merlin Redhead Osprey Ruddy Turnstone Scarlet Tanager Least Sandpiper
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Hitchcock Nature Area Lake Manawa Riverton Wildlife Management Area Waubonsie State Park MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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