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Title	Genres	Topics	Date (Start)	Date (End)	Type	Description	Creator/Author	Birds	Locations	Locality	Habitat	Remarks

Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Little Gull near Jester Park in Saylorville Reservoir, 1988	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1988-10-27	1997-10-03	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Little Gull near Jester Park in Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on October 27, 1988. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, correspondence requesting reevaluation of record, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.	Dinsmore, Stephen J.	Little Gull	Jester Park	Saylorville Reservoir, Polk Co.-near Jester Park	flying and feeding over reservoir with other gulls	The documentation form by Steve Dinsmore is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Ann Johnson was submitted later. \| Elimination of similar species: The small size, black "W" across the back of the wings, lack of a lighter "window" on the inner primaries, and slightly blunter wingtips eliminates all other gulls. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 16:22:00/18:05:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	10	20
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Little Gull south of Council Bluffs, 1992	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1992-04-23	1999-10-15	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Little Gull south of Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, IA on April 23, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, three photographs, articles in Iowa Bird Life and American Birds, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.	Rose, B.J.	Little Gull	Council Bluffs	Approximately 2 miles south of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was about 1/2 mile north of the turn-off to the North Settling Pond of Iowa Power Plant, on the west side of highway L-31 (gravel).	Flooded fields.	The documentation form by B.J. Rose forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Babs Padelford was submitted. \| Elimination of similar species: Bonaparte's Gull is larger with longer, black-tipped primaries; has a shorter hood on back of head and neck and has white underside of wings. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 14:15:00/14:50:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	10	20
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew near Hornick in 1893	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens	1991-12-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew near Hornick in Woodbury County, IA on May 31, 1893. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Recent additions to the Iowa State University bird collection in Iowa Bird Life 62:1-8 by J.J. Dinsmore seen by Harold L. Bond and examined by Carol Henderson.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Hornick				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Dickinson County in 1881	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens	1918-04-02	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew at Dickinson County, IA on June 10, 1881. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the subspecies of Numenius americanus Bechstein in Auk 35:188-195 by H.C. Oberholser collected by William Louis Abbott, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Dickinson County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Sac County in 1876	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs	Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens	1917-12-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew at Sac County, IA around 1876. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Annotated list of the water birds, game birds and birds of prey of Sac County Iowa in Wilson Bulletin 29:141-160 by J.A. Spurrell also seen by Mr. Lee and collected by H.B. Smith, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Sac County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at West Swan Lake in Emmet County in 1968	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens	1990-01-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew at West Swan Lake in Emmet County, IA on November 12, 1968. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Long-billed Curlew in southwestern Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 60:20 by Carl Priebe, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	West Swan Lake State Game Management Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Wolf Creek Slough in 1884	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs	Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens	1933-12-31	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew at Wolf Creek Slough in Woodbury County, IA on April 8, 1884. Includes a record review document with votes, photograph of the specimen, and the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by D.H. Talbot.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Wolf Creek				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew in central Iowa in 1884	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds	1886-01-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew in central Iowa in April 15, 1884. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley 1884-5 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Division of Economic Ornithology Bulletin 2 on page 98 by Wells W. Cooke, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew north of Ogden in 1932	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds	1933-12-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew north of Ogden in Boone County, IA on May 15, 1932. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Walter Rosene and Robert Walker.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Ogden				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew opposite of Crystal Lake on the Missouri River in 1914	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1933-12-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew opposite of Crystal Lake on the Missouri River in Woodbury County, IA on October 25, 1914. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by A.J. Anderson and reported by T.C. Stephens.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Woodbury County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-tailed Jaeger near Lone Tree in 1907	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs	Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens	1908-04-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Long-tailed Jaeger near Lone Tree in Johnson County, IA on June 15, 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication An addition to the birds of Iowa in Auk 25:215 by R.M. Anderson seen by Charles Prizler, Homer R. Dill, and C.C. Nutting, and referenced by two other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-tailed Jaeger	Lone Tree				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	10	17
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for MacGillivray's Warbler at Eagle City County Park, 1995	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1995-06-02	2000-11-20	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a MacGillivray's Warbler at Eagle City County Park in northern Hardin County, IA on June 2, 1995. Includes two record review documents with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, an article in Illinois Birds, an article in Birds of Missouri, two articles from The Auk, an article in Meadowlark, correspondence relevant to bird sighting and review, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.	Proescholdt, Mark	MacGillivray's Warbler	Eagle City Park	Eagle City Co. Park - (North Hardin County)	Brushy tangle along park's edge up the hill from Iowa River Greenbelt	The documentation form by Mark Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: In "Spring" this should not be mistaken for any other warbler. A ♂ Mourning Warbler lacks the vivid eye crescents. A Connecticut Warbler has a complete white eyering and no black smudge on the upper breast and the gray head is a lighter gray color. In "fall" the female and immature Mourning Warblers may show a thin, nearly complete eyering (which I have seen on Mournings in the fall), but this could not be mistaken for the vivid white eye crescents of this breeding-plumaged male MacGillivray's Warbler along with its very noticeable black smudge on its upper breast below its gray hood. \| The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 11:15:00/11:15:05.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	13	26
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for MacGillivray's Warbler at Sioux City in 1966	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Bird banding Birds--Identification Rare birds	1966-06-01	1997-08-27	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a MacGillivray's Warbler at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA on May 16, 1966. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication MacGillivray's Warbler at Sioux City in Iowa Bird Life 36(2):54-55 by William Youngworth.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	MacGillivray's Warbler	Sioux City				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	13	26
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird at Burlington in 1903	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens	1903-08-01	1996-04-24	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Magnificent Frigatebird at Burlington in Des Moines County, IA in August 1903. Includes a record review document with votes, request for reconsideration of record, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Paul Bartsch, and referenced in three other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Magnificent Frigatebird	Burlington				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	7	15
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird at Burlington in 1904	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting Taxidermy	1904-03-01	1994-01-28	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Magnificent Frigatebird at Burlington in Des Moines County, IA in the spring of 1904. Includes a record review document with votes, request for reconsideration, the original sighting record found in the publication A new bird for Illinois in Auk 27:75 by Henry K. Coale, and referenced in two other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Magnificent Frigatebird	Burlington				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	7	15
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird at Davenport in 1946	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds	1946-04-01	1993-09-01	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Magnificent Frigatebird at Davenport in Scott County, IA in 1946. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the Bird Life in the Mississippi Valley in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy Sciences 56:343-345 by James Hodges.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Magnificent Frigatebird	Davenport				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	7	15
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird circa 1896	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens Taxidermy	1896-01-01	1993-08-16	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Magnificent Frigatebird at La Porte City in Black Hawk County, IA around 1896. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Note in Iowa Ornithologist 2:34 by Morton E. Peck, and referenced in two other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Magnificent Frigatebird	La Porte City				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	7	15
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Marbled Murrelet at Whitebreast Cove at Red Rock Reservoir, 1991	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1991-12-12	1993-07-17	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Marbled Murrelet at Whitebreast Cove at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on December 12, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes, field notes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, correspondence relevant to bird sighting and review, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.	Dinsmore, Stephen J.	Marbled Murrelet	Whitebreast Recreation Area	Red Rock Reservoir, Marion Co.-off Whitebreast Cove	large patch of open water on reservoir	The documentation form by Stephen J. Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Brian Warson. \| Elimination of similar species: The bird was clearly an alcid. The small size rules out the murres, Razorbill, and guillemots (see earlier discussion). The long, thin bill eliminates Dovekie, Ancient Murrelet, and all of the auklets. The bill shape, dark cap that included the eye, and presence of two white patches on each side eliminates all other murrelets, especially Kittlitz's. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 15:15:00/15:24:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	5
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Marsh Wren at Brenton Slough, 1997	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1997-12-21	2000-11-24	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Marsh Wren at Brenton Slough in Dallas County, IA on December 21, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.	Sinclair, Jim	Marsh Wren	Brenton Slough	Brenton Slough, Dallas Co.	cattail marsh	The documentation form by Jim Sinclair is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Rick Trieff. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 08:00:00/08:05:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	13	2
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Masked Duck at Forney Lake in 1965	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes	Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds	1966-06-01	1993-08-26	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Masked Duck at Forney Lake in Fremont County, IA on March 14, 1965. Includes a record review document with votes, letter from Woodward H. Brown to Fred, the original sighting record found in the publication Masked Duck in Iowa a sight record in Iowa Bird Life 36:55-56 by Harold and Gladys Whitmus, and referenced by another publication.		Masked Duck	Forneys Lake				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	8	23
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir, 1993	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1993-12-19	1995-07-25	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Mew Gull at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on December 19, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and three documentations submitted to the committee.	Johnson, Ann	Mew Gull	Whitebreast Recreation Area	Whitebreast Recreation Area, Red Rock Reservoir, Marion Co., IA	Sandy area at edge of open water	The documentation form by Ann Johnson forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Russ Widner and Jim Fuller were submitted. Other observers include Dick Tetrault and Roy Godwin. \| Elimination of similar species: Size eliminated any gull larger than a Ring-billed. Although structurally the bird more closely represented one of the larger hooded gulls, they were eliminated by the lack of any hood or auricular spot. Furthermore, most hooded gulls with a tail band would also show a strong carpal bar. Laughing Gull could be eliminated by the more diminuative [sic] bill and leg color. Although some individuals seem to carry a vestige of their more motley juvenile plumage into first winter, Ring-billed Gull was eliminated by size, head and bill structure, and clear-cut as opposed to more diffuse tail band. I originally identified this bird as a Mew Gull based on my experience studying structural differences between Ring-billed and Mew gulls on the west coast. I have never seen a first-year Mew Gull, however. In researching the Mew on my return home, I concluded that the bird in question was not dark enough, nor brown enough, to be of the west coast sub-species. By virtue of its strong similarity to a Ring-billed Gull, this bird was most likely the European sub-species known as the Common Gull. Although according to Grant the bill description comes closer to L.c. brachyrhynchus, I assume that this bird's bill coloration was still changing from juvenile plumage. Apparently the Common Gull appears on occasion on the east coast and is therefore probably as likely a vagrant to Iowa as is the western form. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/10:40:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	10	23
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mississippi Kite at Black Hawk County before 1907	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1907-01-01	1993-08-27	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Mississippi Kite at Black Hawk County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Charles K. Salisbury, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Mississippi Kite	Black Hawk County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	8	26
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mississippi Kite at Cardinal Marsh, 1978	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1978-05-29	1993-08-27	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for a Mississippi Kite at Cardinal Marsh in Winneshiek County, IA on May 29, 1978. Includes two record review documents with votes, two documentation forms, an Iowa Bird Life article, additional notes on the bird, and internal correspondence submitted to the committee.	Moore, Francis L.	Mississippi Kite	Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area	Cardinal Marsh	Edge of woods near open cattail marsh	The documentation form by Francis L. Moore is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Tom Stone, Jr. and Sr. were submitted later. Other observers include Russell Hays. \| Elimination of similar species: White-tailed Kite does not have as dark a back as this bird ha and is also too light below. This bird definately [sic] did not have a deeply forked tail as a Swallow-tailed Kite would have had. \| The original event lasted from 11:15:00 to 11:30:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	8	26
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mississippi Kite at Ford Dodge before 1907	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting	1907-01-01	1996-04-24	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Mississippi Kite at Fort Dodge in Webster County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Mississippi Kite	Fort Dodge				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	8	26
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mississippi Kite at Grinnell in 1886	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds	1895-10-01	1993-08-27	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Mississippi Kite at Grinnell in Powesheik County, IA on October 4, 1886. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Histories of North American Birds of Prey (Part I) in Bulletin 167 by A.C. Bent, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Mississippi Kite	Grinnell				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	8	26