Title Genres Topics Date (Start) Date (End)
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds and letter to Thomas H. Kent contributed by Carolyn J. Fischer, December 1, 1998 Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents) Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Habitat Ornithology--Methodology 1998-12-01 N/A
C. A. Stewart letter to multiple recipients regarding a revised check list for the birds of Iowa, February 3, 1950 Correspondence Forms (documents) Instructional materials Bird populations Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology 1950-02-03 N/A
Martin L. Grant letter to Woodward H. Brown regarding comments concerning the field checking list of Iowa birds, December 16, 1962 Correspondence Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nomenclature Ornithology--Methodology 1962-12-16 N/A
Philip A. DuMont letter to Martin L. Grant regarding suggestions to the "Check-list of Iowa Birds", December 7, 1962 Correspondence Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nomenclature Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology 1962-12-07 N/A
Fred Pierce letter to Oscar Allert regarding stamp collecting, May 20, 1939 Correspondence Bird watching Ornithology--Periodicals Stamp collecting Postage stamps 1939-05-20 N/A
Female Summer Tanager - South edge of Mason City May 4+5, 1989 Correspondence Field notes Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds 1989-05-04 1989-05-05
Walter Rosene letter to the United States Bureau of Biological Survey regarding a 1924 bird migration report, February 7, 1925 Correspondence Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology 1925-02-07 N/A
Walter Rosene letter to the United States Bureau of Biological Survey regarding a 1925 bird migration report, January 18, 1926 Correspondence Field notes Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Emberizidae | Sparrows 1926-01-18 N/A
Edward William Nelson letter to the bird migration observers of the Biological Survey regarding a change in reporting bird observations, March 2, 1925 Correspondence Instructions (document genre) Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology 1925-03-02 N/A
Jim Sinclair letter to Thomas Kent regarding bird documentation, October 2, 1999 Correspondence Field notes Bird watching Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds 1999-10-02 N/A
Robert K. Myers letter to Thomas H. Kent about bird sightings including Marbled Goldwit, June 6, 1980 Correspondence Field notes Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds 1980-06-06 N/A
Two letters sent between Rushton G. Cortelyou and Thomas H. Kent, regarding a Piping Plover sighting, July 1986 Correspondence Field notes Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds 1986-05-28 1986-07-12
Beth Proescholdt letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding record Hawk counts, December 1, 1998. Correspondence Field notes Bird watching Birds--Counting Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology 1998-12-01 N/A
Letter to members of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union regarding a field trip, July 21, 1923 Correspondence Bird watchers Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings 1923-07-21 N/A
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sabine's Gull at Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area in 1970 Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds 1971-06-01 1994-02-04
Peter C. Petersen letter to Carl Bendorf regarding bird sightings for the IOU Quarterly Field Report, December 1, 1989 Correspondence Field notes Bird watching Birds--Counting Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds 1989-12-01 N/A
Field reports, Bill Huser, Jerry Probst, Richard Huser, fall 1989 Correspondence Field notes Bird watching Birds--Identification Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks 1989-07-31 1989-11-30
W. Ross Silcock letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding questions about the Christmas bird count, February 28, 1989 Correspondence Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology 1989-02-28 N/A
Christmas bird count data report and W. Ross Silcock note to Thomas H. Kent, winter 1987-1988 Correspondence Field notes Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc 1987-12-01 1988-02-28
Field reports and letter to Carl J. Bendorf contributed by Bob Livermore, fall 1987 Correspondence Field notes Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Birdsongs Ornithology--Methodology 1987-08-01 1987-11-30
Doug Reeves letter and photograph to W. Ross Silcock regarding Breeding Bird Atlas special documentation forms and a Barn Owl nest, February 12, 1987 Correspondence Field notes Photographs Bird watching Birds--Nests Ornithology--Methodology Birds--Infancy 1987-02-12 N/A
Mark Proescholdt letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding a trip to northwest Iowa and bird sightings, June 26, 1987 Correspondence Field notes Bird watching Birding sites Ornithology--Methodology 1987-06-26 N/A
Audubon field notes, winter 1970-1971, and Woodward H. Brown letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding reporting practices, March 29, 1971 Correspondence Field notes Bird watching Ornithology--Periodicals Publishers and publishing 1970-12-01 1971-03-29
Letter to members of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union regarding the second annual meeting, March 24, 1924 Correspondence Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings 1924-03-24 N/A
Letter to members of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union regarding the upcoming annual meeting, February 12, 1924 Correspondence Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings 1924-02-12 N/A