Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck at Des Moines River near Adelphi in 1932
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1933-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for a Harlequin Duck at Des Moines River near Adelphi in Polk County, IA on December 27, 1932. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by James R. Harlan, and referenced by two other publications.
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Harlequin Duck
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck at Big Lake in 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Record Committee review for rare bird sighting for two Harlequin Ducks at Big Lake in Pottawattamie County, IA on September 26, 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by I.S. Trostler, and referenced by two other publications.
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Harlequin Duck
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Big Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck at Big Creek Lake in 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1977-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Harlequin Duck at Big Creek Lake in Polk County, IA on October 31, 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, letter from Jim Dinsmore to Tom Kent about Harlequin Duck specimens, and the original sighting record found in the publication Sea Birds that Visit Iowa in Iowa Ornithology 2:31-34 by F.H. Shoemaker.
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Harlequin Duck
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Big Creek Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon in Western Iowa in 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Animal migration--Climatic factors Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1978-06-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Gyrfalcons in Western Iowa before and around 1978. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Two visitors in Iowa Bird Life 48:80 by Steve Duecker.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Iowa Lake Wildlife Management Area in 1992
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Photography of birds Rare birds
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1992-03-27
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1994-10-18
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gyrfalcon at Iowa Lake Wildlife Management Area Kossuth Counties, IA on March 27, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, eight photographs of the bird, letters between Brad Bolduan, Peder H. Svingen, and Thomas Kent, and the published and approved sighting record found in the publication Gyrfalcon in Kossuth County in Iowa Bird Life 64:1 by Brad Bolduan.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Iowa Lake Marsh State Game Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Guthrie County in 1979
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds
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1979-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gyrfalcon at Guthrie County, IA on January 17, 1979. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 49:23-26 by N.S. Halmi seen by Gene Burns.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Guthrie County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Cheever Lake in 1946
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1949-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gyrfalcon at Cheever Lake in Emmet County, IA on October 27, 1946. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A 1946 record of the Gyrfalcon in Emmet County in Iowa Bird Life 19:22-23 by J.W. Musgrove also seen by Maynard Reece and Mary Musgrove.
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Gyrfalcon
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Cheever Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gull-billed Tern in Iowa before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Gull-billed Terns in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen in White's Geological Survey in 1870, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gull-billed Tern
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gull-billed Tern at Engineer's Cantonment, circa 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Gull-billed Terns at Engineer's Cantonment in Iowa circa 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 by Edwin James seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gull-billed Tern
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Groove-billed Ani north of Burlington, 1991
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1991-10-05
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1993-07-17
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Groove-billed Ani north of Burlington in Des Moines County, IA on October 5, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Fuller, Charles R.
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Groove-billed Ani
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Burlington
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N. of Burlington, Ia off state hiway 99 .2 mile on tamar
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Grassy field adjacent to narrow drainage ditch (mostly dry) with brush piled along the side. Some small trees (mostly willows) bordered ditch
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The documentation form by Chuck Fuller is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was John Rutenbeck. | Elimination of similar species: Great-tailed grackle - as described. [...] Two things were apparent: On profile the head and particularly the bill were that of an ani and not of a grackle. [...] One other note - When I first flushed the bird it made a startled cry. This cry was very similar, if not identical to the last part of the Groove-billed Ani call on Peterson's Field Guide to Western Birds record. Conclusion ani sp. probably a Groove-Billed | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:45:00/15:30:00 and 15:45:00/16:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Groove-billed Ani near Iowa Lake in 1948
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1948-12-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Groove-billed Ani near Iowa Lake in Osceola County, IA a few years before 1948. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Groove-billed Ani and Mountain Bluebird in Iowa Collection in Iowa Bird Life 18:70 by Jack W. Musgrove.
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Groove-billed Ani
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Iowa Lake Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Green-tailed Towhee at West Des Moines, 1990
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1990-05-22
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1993-07-17
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Green-tailed Towhee at West Des Moines in Polk County, IA around May 22, 1990. Includes a record review document with votes, an article and cover page from Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form with an attachment submitted to the committee.
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Quinn, Christine A.
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Green-tailed Towhee
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West Des Moines
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605-5th West Des Moines Iowa (residential city)
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Open backyard wildlife habitat- under/around quince bushes
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The documentation form by Christine A. Quinn is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Robert J. Naisbitt. | Elimination of similar species: [...] This cap was quite noticeable & large (much larger than a catbird's cap). The bird seemed to be a little larger than a catbird (I have a pair nesting in my yard to [sic] I seem them a lot) and not as large as a robin. [...] He put me in mind very much of a catbird in size and contours. | The original documentation form event lasted around "evenings and 1 morning" from around May 22 to the first week of June 1990.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Green-tailed Towhee at Storm Lake, 1975
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1975-05-05
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2000-11-26
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Green-tailed Towhee at Storm Lake in Buena Vista County, IA on May 5, 1975. Includes a record review document with votes and an Iowa Bird Life article reviewed by the committee.
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Crocker, Virginia R.
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Green-tailed Towhee
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Storm Lake
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306 W. Ninth St., Storm Lake
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The article by Virginia R. Crocker forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Edwin Crocker, Emily Ruth Campbell, Verne Campbell, Barney Campbell, and Georgia Campbell. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 12:00:00/17:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Roadrunner north of Delta in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1970-05-07
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1993-09-01
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Greater Roadrunner north of Delta in Keokuk County, IA on April 26, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in a letter from John D. Black regarding the sighting by Joseph Sens, and the published account in Audubon Field Notes 24(4): 614.
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Greater Roadrunner
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Delta
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken in the Ocheyedan Township in Osceola County in 1984
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1984-01-05
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1993-09-01
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Records Committee review for a Greater Prairie-Chicken in the Ocheyedan Township in Osceola County, IA on January 2, 1984. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter from Ron Spengler to Doug Harr reporting the sighting on January 5, 1984, the published sighting record found in the publication Greater Prairie Chicken in Osceola County in Iowa Bird Life 54:21 by Ron Spengler, and a summary of the review.
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Ocheyedan Township
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in 1992
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens
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1993-06-01
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1994-10-18
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in Lyon County, IA on December 11, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, a photo of the specimen, a letter from Jim Dinsmore to the Records Committee reporting the sighting and specimen, and the original sighting record found in the publication Greater Prairie-Chicken in Lyon County in Iowa Bird Life 63:55 by Marty Eby.
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Larchwood
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken at Kellerton Wildlife Area in 1999
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1999-05-25
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2000-11-28
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Records Committee review for eleven Greater Prairie-Chickens at Kellerton Wildlife Area in Ringgold County, IA on April 18, 1999. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in a report from Jim Fuller with details of a Clark's Grebe sighting as well.
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great-tailed Grackle near Wheatland in 1961
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1961-12-01
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1993-08-19
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Record Committee review for a Great-tailed Grackle near Wheatland in Clinton County, IA on October 18, 1961. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A Sight Record of the Boat-tailed Grackle in Iowa Bird Life 31(4):88 by Woodward H. Brown seen by C. Esther Copp and Dolly Copp.
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Wheatland
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great-tailed Grackle at Riverton Area, 1984
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1984-05-15
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Great-tailed Grackle at Riverton Area in Fremont County, IA on May 15, 1984. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Riverton A, near headquarters, Fremont Co., IA
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open area with a few trees near water area
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Ross Silcock. | Elimination of similar species: The large size, long tail and voice convince me it was not a Common Grackle. Unfortunately, we were not able to study the bird for more than a minute. | The original documentation form event lasted from 06:30:00/06:32:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great-tailed Grackle at Riverton Area, 1983
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1983-07-01
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for three to four Great-tailed Grackles at Riverton Area in Fremont County, IA on July 1, 1983. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and five documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Riverton GMA
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The documentation form by Ross Silcock is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Francis L. Moore, Barbara L. Wilson, Peter Petersen, and Mike Newlon were submitted later. Other observers include Tayce Pederson, Homer Pederson, Jean Pederson, Mary Lou Petersen, Corey Blevins, Joe Schaufenbuel, Steve Dinsmore, Gordon Jones, Carl Bendorf, and Thomas Staudt. | Elimination of similar species: During most sightings, chucking sounds typical of grackles were heard, but on the initial sighting, squealing sounds apparently characteristic of this species were heard.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great-tailed Grackle at Mills County, 1984
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1984-12-22
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Great-tailed Grackle in Mills County, IA on December 22, 1984. Includes a record review document with votes and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Padelford, Loren
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Mills County
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2.8 miles south of the intersection of Iowa 370 and U.S. 275. Mills Co., Iowa.
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Deciduous trees near farmstead.
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The documentation form by Loren J. Padelford is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Ross Silcock was submitted later. Another observer was Jerry Toll. | Elimination of similar species: The only other species similar in appearances the boat-tailed grackle. I was not close enough to observe eye color but the length of the tail in relation to body length rules out that species. The great-tailed grackle has been expanding its range into southern Iowa and Nebraska in recent years with documented nesting success in both states. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:00:00/08:00:30.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great-tailed Grackle at IPL Ponds, 1984
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1984-06-21
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for two Great-tailed Grackle at IPL Ponds in Pottawattamie County, IA on June 21, 1984. Includes a record review document with votes, a summary of the review, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Moore, Francis L.
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Great-tailed Grackle
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MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Power & Light Cooling Ponds, just South of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Ia.
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Open water ponds, small areas of cattails near edge.
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The documentation form by Francis L. Moore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Ross Silcock. | Elimination of similar species: Female Common Grackle is not as brown as the female Great-tailed that was seen Flat-headed male separates it from Boat-tailed. No other female blackbird has this brown a coloration. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:35:00/15:45:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great-tailed Grackle at Glenwood, 1983
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1983-05-19
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for two Great-tailed Grackles at Glenwood in Mills County, IA on May 19, 1983. Includes a record review document with votes, a summary of the review, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Bray, Tanya
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Glenwood
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Flooded field at approx. Mile marker 37 on the northbound Interstate 29; three miles north of the Glenwood (highway 34) exit.
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The documentation form by Tanya Bray is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Babs Padelford was submitted later. Another observer was Sandy Kovanda. | The original documentation form event occurred around 15:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great-tailed Grackle at Finn Pond, 1984
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1984-05-17
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for two Great-tailed Grackles at Finn Pond in Greene County, IA on May 17, 1984. Includes a record review document with votes, a summary of the review, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Brown, Mike
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Finn Pond Wildlife Area
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Finn Pond; 1 1/2 mi west of Jefferson, Greene Co., IA T83N R31W Sec 2
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Prairie Marsh; River Bulrush Dominate
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The documentation form by Mike Brown is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Jim Dinsmore was submitted later. | Elimination of similar species: Common Grackle - too small, tail shape & feather coloration. Boat-tailed Grackle - range. | The original documentation form event lasted from 05:30:00/07:00:00 and around 16:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great-tailed Grackle at Ames, 1987
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1987-12-19
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1993-09-07
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Great-tailed Grackle at Ames in Story County, IA on December 19, 1987. Includes a record review document with votes and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Niyo, Kayleen
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Ames
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Max Bailey Farm on Dayton Rd. N.E. of Ames
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Spruce Windbreak
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The documentation form by Kay Niyo is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by John Richard was submitted later. Another observer was Judy Shearer. | Elimination of similar species: Common grackle - this bird was much larger with a much longer tail. Common crow - this bird was not quite as large, had a much longer tail than a crow, bill was long & grackle shaped, not as a crow, & body stance was like a grackle not a crow. Ani - bill and body shape & carriage was grackle-like. | The original documentation form event occurred around 16:00:00.
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