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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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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Ledges State Park Ogden
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Iowa RBA, May 27, 1996
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1996-05-27
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N/A
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Iowa RBA update for May 27, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of Mississippi Kites, Red-necked Grebe, White-winged Scoter, Worm-eating Warbler and a Bewick's Wren. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a male Lazuli Bunting and twelve Great-tailed Grackles.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Mississippi Kite Red-necked Grebe Bewick's Wren Mute Swan Common Moorhen Lazuli Bunting White-winged Scoter Worm-eating Warbler Great-tailed Grackle
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Clay County Forneys Lake Osceola County Windsor Heights Black Hawk Lake Myre Slough State Game Management Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Green Island Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa RBA, June 3-6, 1996
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Nest building Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1996-06-03
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1996-06-06
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for June 3-6, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of Western Grebe, a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches, a male Lazuli Bunting, Mississippi Kites and three Peregrine Falcon chicks.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Mississippi Kite Lazuli Bunting Western Grebe Peregrine Falcon Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Clay County Des Moines George Wyth Memorial State Park Hartman Reserve Nature Center Spencer Windsor Heights
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Iowa RBA, June 17, 1996
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1996-06-17
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N/A
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Iowa RBA update for June 17, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Prairie Warbler, Summer Tanager, eight Warbler species and nesting Western Kingbirds. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of two pairs of Piping Plovers and eight Least Terns.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk White-eyed Vireo Summer Tanager Western Kingbird Least Tern Piping Plover Cerulean Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Prairie Warbler
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Des Moines Hartman Reserve Nature Center Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lake Macbride State Park Yellow River State Forest MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Birdline update, June 13, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-06-13
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N/A
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 13, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Kentucky Warbler, Broad-winged Hawk, and a nesting Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a singing Prairie Warbler and several Blue Grosbeaks.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Broad-winged Hawk Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Acadian Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Blue Grosbeak Kentucky Warbler Prairie Warbler
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Des Moines River Yellow River State Forest Harpers Ferry Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Sullivan Slough
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Iowa Birdline update, June 21, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-06-21
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N/A
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 21, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of Upland Sandpipers and Swainson's Hawks. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of Northern Mockingbirds nesting in Madison County and two Peregrine Falcons tending to three young.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Little Blue Heron Upland Sandpiper Forster's Tern Peregrine Falcon Piping Plover Pileated Woodpecker Northern Mockingbird Prairie Warbler Great-tailed Grackle
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Des Moines Homestead Madison County Mason City Riverton Wildlife Management Area Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Birdline update, June 28, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-06-28
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N/A
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 28, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Prairie Warbler, Henslow's Sparrow and a Western Grebe. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of an active Swainson's Hawk nest and a Red-breasted Nuthatch.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Yellow-breasted Chat Henslow's Sparrow Western Grebe Stilt Sandpiper Veery Prothonotary Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Red-breasted Nuthatch Prairie Warbler
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Ames Iowa City Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Stone City Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Silver Lake Macbride Nature Recreation Area
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Iowa Birdline update, May 8, 1990
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1990-05-08
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N/A
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Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for May 8, 1990. Highlights of the update include sightings of two White-faced Ibis, a lingering Common Loon, a late Rough-legged Hawk, and nesting Cooper's Hawks. Also of note was the recovery of an injured Barn Owl and the presence of several species of shorebirds.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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American Avocet Rough-legged Hawk Cooper's Hawk White-faced Ibis Clay-colored Sparrow Barn Owl Orchard Oriole Harris' Sparrow Dunlin Wilson's Phalarope Long-billed Dowitcher Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Willet Hudsonian Godwit Red-breasted Nuthatch Short-billed Dowitcher Great-tailed Grackle
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Iowa City Saylorville Lake Boone County Williams Prairie State Preserve Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Woodland Mounds State Preserve Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Swan Babcock Access
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding yearly bird sighting list, April 9, 1927
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls
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1927-04-09
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated April 9, 1927. Rosene sends DuMont a copy of his up-to-date list of birds sighted for 1927.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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White-breasted Nuthatch Mourning Dove Horned Lark
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Ogden
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew in Clay County from 1865-1875
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1943-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlew in Clay County, IA from 1865-1875. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Early bird life in Clay County Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 13:65 by T.C. Stephens seen by Franklin W. Calkins.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Long-billed Curlew
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Clay County
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Wilson's Phalaropes nesting in Northwest Iowa
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Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1968-06-01
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1968-06-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The field notes give a detailed description of two separate Wilson's Phalarope nests found approximately one mile apart in Northwest Iowa in June 1968. One nest hatched successfully while the other nest was accidentally destroyed. Also includes a photograph of a nest with four eggs.
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Bergman, Robert D.
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Wilson's Phalarope
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Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area Oppedahl State Game Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Mourning Dove, 1980-1982
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Research Birds--Infancy
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1980-03-24
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1982-02-23
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Mourning Dove submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1980-1982. The document also includes the name of the observer, date and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Mourning Dove
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Emmet County Mills County Sioux Center Seymour Quimby Sheeder Prairie State Preserve
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Kossuth County around 1880
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1883-06-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Kossuth County, IA around 1880. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Some Prairie Birds in the Ornithologist and Oologist 18:81-82 by J.W. Preston and is referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Long-billed Curlew
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Kossuth County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Coon Lake before 1879
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Coon Lake, IA before 1879. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by J. Krider, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Benton and Blackhawk Counties in 1877
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for American Swallow-tailed Kites at Benton and Blackhawk Counties, IA around 1877. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George and Morton Peck.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Benton County Black Hawk County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Denison in 1867
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1868-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for American Swallow-tailed Kites at Denison in Crawford County, IA on July 13, 1867. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on birds observed in western Iowa in the months of July, August, and September in the Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1:488-502 by J.A. Allen, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Denison
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species at Goose Lake in 1964
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds
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1964-10-20
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species at Goose Lake in Greene County, IA on October 20, 1964. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An extraordinary day in Iowa Bird Life 34:101-102 by John Faaborg, seen by Faaborg and Dave Bucklin.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Goose Lake
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Pearl Knoop letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding fall migration, August 17, 1963
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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1963-08-17
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N/A
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Fall migration report contributed by Pearl Knoop in a letter to Peter C. Petersen, August 17, 1963. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1963.
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Knoop, Pearl
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Marble Rock
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Neil Bernstein letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for IOU quarterly field report for summer 1990, July 3, 1990
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Conservation Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1990-07-03
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N/A
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Bird sightings reported to IOU by Neil Bernstein in a letter to Jim Dinsmore on July 3, 1990. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1990.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Upland Sandpiper Dickcissel Great Crested Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler
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Fort Defiance State Park Cayler Prairie State Preserve Stinson Prairie State Park
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds with verifying documentation, Harold W. White, fall 1987
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1987-08-01
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1987-11-30
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Fall report of birds contributed by Harold W. White. Verifying documentation of an extraordinary sighting of a Red-necked Grebe is included. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.
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White, Harold W.
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Red-necked Grebe Dark-eyed Junco Burrowing Owl
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Christopherson Slough / Little Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Estherville Mason City
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Marion M. Brewer, fall 1987
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1987-08-01
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1987-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fall report of birds contributed by Marion M. Brewer. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.
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Brewer, Marion M.
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Eastern Bluebird Short-eared Owl Western Grebe Sanderling
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Cherokee County Trumbull Lake Cherokee Pickerel Lake
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Field notes contributed by Dick Bierman, fall 1987
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Weather
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1987-08-01
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1987-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fall report of birds found in and around Cherokee County contributed by Dick Bierman. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.
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Bierman, Dick
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Bald Eagle Eastern Bluebird Yellow Rail Purple Finch Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Cherokee County Cherokee
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Wood Duck nesting records, volume two, 1954-1966
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Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses Eggs--Incubation Ducks--Counting Ducklings Wood duck--Behavior
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1954-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Wood Duck nesting records covering the years 1954-1966 compiled by Frederic Leopold. The mostly handwritten volume contains Leopold's detailed notes on the nesting habits of Wood Ducks, including the following: nest site selection, egg laying, incubation, hatching, and departure from the nest. Also included in this volume are newspaper clippings, correspondence, Clemson Agricultural College Leaflet No. 20 on the Wood Duck written by Robert E. Ware, instructions on how to build a Wood Duck nesting box, and an article from National Wildlife titled "Of spring and an egg" written by Jean George.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Field notes contributed by Fred Lesher, winter 1983-1984
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Nests
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1983-12-01
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1984-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes were contributed by Fred Lesher, winter 1983-1984. Most observations were in Alamakee County. He particularly described his March sightings of a Bald Eagle on a nest, two Northern Harriers, four Rough-legged Hawks and one Kestrel at Pool Slough in New Albin. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1983-1984.
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Lesher, Fred
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Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Northern Harrier
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Allamakee County New Albin Pool Slough
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Field notes contributed by Richard Jule Hollis, winter 1983-1984
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests
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1983-12-01
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1984-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes were contributed by Richard Jule Hollis, winter 1983-1984. Field notes for Johnson County covered a late Pied-billed Grebe, correction in number of Black Terns, and an American Crow carrying nesting material February 28. A Varied Thrush was documented in Wellman along with Barbara Henderson, and also seen in Perry, Spencer, and Ames. Included was a G. Edgar Folk letter to Hollis regarding sightings of a Western Rufus-sided Towhee (Spotted Towhee) near Oxford, Iowa, January 27, 1984. These items were used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1983-1984.
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Hollis, Richard Jule
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Pied-billed Grebe American Crow Varied Thrush Spotted Towhee Black Tern
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Ames Johnson County Oxford Perry Spencer Wellman
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