Bery Engebretsen letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 1, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks
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1995-08-01
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to Jim Dinsmore dated August 1, 1995. Engebretsen lists birds he sighted during the summer season. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Broad-winged Hawk Upland Sandpiper Pied-billed Grebe Western Kingbird Snow Goose Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Great Blue Heron
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Saylorville Lake Paul Errington Wildlife Management Area Terra Lake Broadlawns Medical Center
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, May 29, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans
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1988-05-29
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N/A
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Field notes contributed by Bery Engebretsen in a letter to Robert K. Myers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Marbled Godwit Eared Grebe Alder Flycatcher Clay-colored Sparrow American White Pelican Long-tailed Duck Ross' Goose Dunlin Wilson's Phalarope Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Peregrine Falcon Piping Plover Willet Long-eared Owl Veery Hermit Thrush Cerulean Warbler Greater White-fronted Goose Great Blue Heron Sandhill Crane
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Big Creek State Park Saylorville Lake
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Ross Silcock regarding bird sightings during winter 1991, February 24, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds Waterfowl
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1992-02-24
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N/A
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Field reports in the form of a letter from Bery Engebretsen to Ross Silcock sent on February 24, 1992. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of winter 1991-1992.
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Bald Eagle Black-legged Kittiwake
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Saylorville Lake
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, December 2, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy
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1995-12-02
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N/A
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Field notes contributed by Bery Engebretsen in a letter to Thomas H. Kent. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1995.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Broad-winged Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Horned Grebe Black-crowned Night Heron Willet Red-necked Phalarope Glaucous Gull Lincoln's Sparrow Red-breasted Nuthatch Gadwall
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Des Moines River Saylorville Lake Terra Lake
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, December 4, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird declines Bird watching Birds--Counting Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies
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1992-12-04
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N/A
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, December 4, 1992. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1992.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Double-crested Cormorant Cedar Waxwing Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Carolina Wren American White Pelican Western Grebe Black Scoter American Pipit Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Piping Plover Sanderling American Coot
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Dale Maffitt Reservoir Johnston Saylorville Lake
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, December 5, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1998-12-05
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N/A
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, December 5, 1998. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Least Bittern Snow Bunting Carolina Wren American White Pelican Long-tailed Duck Western Grebe Trumpeter Swan Black Scoter Common Loon Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Sora Snow Goose American Coot Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Northern Shrike
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, December 6, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification
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1993-12-06
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N/A
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, December 6, 1993. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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American Avocet Red-necked Grebe Blue Jay Blue-winged Teal Golden-winged Warbler Western Grebe Ruddy Duck Black-throated Blue Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch Lesser Scaup Bonaparte's Gull Common Merganser Great Egret Mallard
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Des Moines Saylorville Lake Moeckley Prairie
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, November 30, 1997
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Infancy
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1997-11-30
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N/A
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, November 30, 1997. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1997.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Rough-legged Hawk Little Blue Heron Carolina Wren Blue-winged Teal Long-tailed Duck Pacific Loon American Woodcock Sabine's Gull Least Tern Common Loon Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Willet Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Stilt Sandpiper American Robin Black Tern Great Egret
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Thomas Kent regarding bird sightings, May 31, 1995
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks
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1995-05-31
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N/A
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to Thomas Kent dated May 31, 1995. Engebretsen sends Kent a list of birds he has sighted. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1995.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Eared Grebe Blue-headed Vireo Long-tailed Duck Virginia Rail Ruddy Duck Blue-winged Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Tennessee Warbler Great-tailed Grackle
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Des Moines Saylorville Lake Paul Errington Wildlife Management Area Terra Lake
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Thomas Kent regarding spring reports, June 2, 1993
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs Weather
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1993-06-02
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N/A
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to Thomas Kent dated June 2, 1993. Engebretsen lists birds he has sighted during the spring. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1993.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Swainson's Hawk Merlin Osprey Willet Hudsonian Godwit Caspian Tern Long-eared Owl Laughing Gull
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Big Creek State Park Saylorville Lake
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Beth Proescholdt letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding a correction to a previous report, April 22, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1992-04-22
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N/A
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A letter from Beth Proescholdt to Thomas H. Kent regarding a correction to her Red-tailed Hawk count for winter 1992. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1992.
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Proescholdt, Beth
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area
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Beth Proescholdt letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding field notes, May 13, 1982
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1982-05-13
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N/A
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Field notes were contributed by Beth Proescholdt in a letter to Thomas H. Kent. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1982.
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Proescholdt, Beth
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American Woodcock Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler
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Liscomb Pine Lake
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Beth Proescholdt letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding record Hawk counts, December 1, 1998.
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology
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1998-12-01
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N/A
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Letter from Beth Proescholdt to Thomas H. Kent regarding record Hawk counts, December 1, 1998. The numbers of Cooper's Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Hen Harrier, and Turkey Vulture counted were the highest in the 8 years of hawk watching at Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Proescholdt, Beth
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Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Cooper's Hawk Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area
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Betty Walters letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, February 14, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Fringillidae | Finches
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1977-02-14
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N/A
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Bird sightings contributed by Betty Walters in a letter to Nicholas S. Halmi. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1976-1977.
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Walters, Betty
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Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Great Horned Owl Long-eared Owl Dark-eyed Junco Downy Woodpecker
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Essex
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Betty Walters letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, August 13, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Migration Birdsongs Fringillidae | Finches Songbirds
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1980-08-13
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N/A
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Field notes contributed by Betty Walters in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, August 13, 1980. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Walters, Betty
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Red-tailed Hawk Little Blue Heron American Kestrel Turkey Vulture Warbling Vireo Summer Tanager Loggerhead Shrike Western Kingbird Dickcissel Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Gadwall Great Blue Heron Common Pheasant Cliff Swallow
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Forneys Lake Shenandoah Thurman
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society brochure and membership application
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Brochures
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation
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2007-08-01
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2007-08-31
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A brochure with a membership application to join the Big Bluestem Audubon Society. The brochure includes information on the local chapter of the Audubon as well as details on meetings, field trips, the Christmas Bird Count, and other activities.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 22, Number 2, October 1987
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ornithology--Societies, etc Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Acid rain
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1987-10-01
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1987-10-31
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 22, Number 2, October 1987. Highlights of the newsletter include details on recent field trips including a Hawk Watch in which six species of hawks were observed, an update on acid rain monitoring by society members, and a report by Stephen J. Dinsmore of a birding Big Day in central Iowa in which 135 species of birds were observed in fifteen hours over a 145 mile route.
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Ames Ledges State Park Luther Saylorville Dam Iowa State Nursery Moeckley Prairie Big Wall Lake
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 22, Number 3, November 1987
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation Societies--History, organization, etc
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1987-11-01
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1987-11-30
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 22, Number 3, November 1987. Highlights of the newsletter include news from the National Audubon Society by NAS president Peter A.A. Berle, a list of the National Audubon priority issues, and a report of field trip to DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Bald Eagle
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Ames DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Wilson Island State Park
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 22, Number 4, December 1987
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Counting Ornithology--Societies, etc Strigiformes | Owls Acid rain
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1987-12-01
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1987-12-31
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 22, Number 4, December 1987. Highlights of the newsletter include details on the upcoming Ames and Boone Christmas Bird Counts, notes on recent bird sightings around central Iowa contributed by Stephen J. Dinsmore, a reprint of a Desoto National Wildlife Refuge field trip report, and news from the National Audubon Society by NAS president Peter A.A. Berle regarding acid rain.
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Groove-billed Ani
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Ames Big Creek State Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Boone County Wilson Island State Park Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 22, Number 6, February 1988
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Bird watchers Bird watching Birds--Counting Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ornithology--Societies, etc Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls
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1988-02-01
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1988-02-29
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 22, Number 6, February 1988. The highlight of the newsletter was the results of the Ames and Boone County Christmas Bird Counts with a list of participants, species seen, and total number of birds observed. Also of note was a call for society members to consider filling one of the open chapter officers or board member positions for the 1988-1989 year.
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 22, Number 7, March 1988
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Local government and environmental policy Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation
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1988-03-01
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1988-03-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 22, Number 7, March 1988. Highlights of the newsletter include a report on a February Owl field trip, details on a sighting of four Trumpeter Swans on the Des Moines River, and an update on the current Iowa Audubon Council environmental action.
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Trumpeter Swan Long-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Ames Big Creek State Park Des Moines Des Moines River Ledges State Park Bays Branch State Wildlife Area
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 22, Number 8, April 1988
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation Waterfowl Societies--History, organization, etc
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1988-04-01
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1988-04-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 22, Number 8, April 1988. Highlights of the newsletter include a report on a March waterfowl field trip to Bay's Branch, a list of future events including the topic and speaker, and the 1988-1989 slate of society officers to be voted on at the official annual meeting in May.
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation Parks--Iowa Societies--History, organization, etc
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1988-05-01
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1988-05-31
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 22, Number 9, May 1988. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming field trips, the 1988-1989 slate of society officer candidates to be voted on at the annual meeting in May, updates on the annual society service project at East River Valley Park in Ames, and a report on an April Woodcock display field trip at Izaak Walton League Park.
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 23, Number 1, September 1988
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Wildlife conservation Acid rain
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1988-09-01
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1988-09-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 23, Number 1, September 1988. Highlights of the newsletter include the announcement of a program "Birding the Red Rock Reservoir" by Dr. Gladys Black, an acid rain update by Mike Meetz, a report on the progress of the society's annual service project at East River Valley Park, and a calendar of society events and field trips for September 1988 through July 1989.
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ornithology--Societies, etc Ornithology--Study and teaching Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks
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1988-10-01
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1988-10-31
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 23, Number 2, October 1988. Highlights of the newsletter include a report of a Pelican and Hawkwatch field trip to Saylorville Lake in which 60 species of birds were observed, an acid rain update by Mike Meetz, details on Audubon Adventures which is the youth program of the National Audubon Society, and a calendar of events for the fall of 1988.
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American White Pelican
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