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

Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, March 25, 1934	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1934-03-25	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated March 25, 1934. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Beaver Bayou and Rippey Slough with Bob Walker between 3:00 and 5:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Loggerhead Shrike Short-eared Owl Western Meadowlark Dark-eyed Junco Common Starling	Rippey Beaver	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 7, 1931	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1931-05-07	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated May 7, 1931. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Schall Pond and Beaver Bayou with Bob Walker between 6:00 and 9:30.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Wilson's Phalarope Palm Warbler Baltimore Oriole Ruddy Duck Solitary Sandpiper Willet Swainson's Thrush Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler	Boone County Beaver	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 26, 1931	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1931-04-26	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated April 26, 1931. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Boone County with Bob Walker between 6:00 and 9:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-headed Blackbird Blue-winged Teal Lark Sparrow Spotted Sandpiper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Lincoln's Sparrow Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 3, 1932 copy	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1932-04-03	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated April 3, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted near Jewell between 7:00 and 5:00. This checklist is virtually the same as another checklist with this date but with different notes.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer Pied-billed Grebe Rusty Blackbird Blue-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Snow Goose Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Mallard	Jewell	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 3, 1932	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1932-04-03	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated April 3, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted near Jewell with a group of people including Bob Walker and Walter Jr. between 7:00 and 5:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Rough-legged Hawk Ring-billed Gull Canvasback Goldeneye American Wigeon Redhead Northern Pintail Gadwall Northern Harrier	Jewell	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 10, 1932 copy	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1932-04-10	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated April 10, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Long Pond between 7:00 and 4:00. This checklist is virtually the same as another checklist with this date but with different notes.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	American Bittern Purple Martin Loggerhead Shrike Cinnamon Teal Ring-necked Duck Swamp Sparrow Northern Shoveler Mallard Northern Bobwhite	Long Pond	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 15, 1932	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1932-04-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated April 15, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Boone County between 7:00 and 9:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Killdeer Rough-legged Hawk Upland Sandpiper Pied-billed Grebe Fox Sparrow American Coot Dark-eyed Junco Wilson's Snipe Northern Bobwhite	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 26, 1932	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1932-04-26	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated April 26, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge with Bob Walker between 6:40 and 9:10.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Purple Martin Harris' Sparrow Lark Sparrow Osprey Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler Belted Kingfisher Brown Creeper Green Heron	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 30, 1932	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1932-04-30	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated April 30, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Adix Ponds and North Bridge with Bob Walker between 6:00 and 9:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Tree Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet Snow Goose Northern Shoveler Belted Kingfisher Barn Swallow Horned Lark American Golden Plover	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, June 15, 1932	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Weather	1932-06-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated June 15, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Long Pond with Philip DuMont and Walter Jr. between 7:30 and 6:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Least Bittern Pied-billed Grebe Yellow-headed Blackbird Grasshopper Sparrow Common Yellowthroat American Coot Northern Pintail Red-winged Blackbird Black Tern	Long Pond	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, October 7, 1933	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1933-10-07	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated October 7, 1933. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Yell Township, Boone County between 9:00 and 12:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	American Kestrel Song Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Western Meadowlark Mourning Dove Horned Lark Northern Harrier Common Starling	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 21, 1933	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Weather	1933-05-21	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated May 21, 1933. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Adix Pond, North Bridge, and Dead Man's Gulch with Bob Walker between 6:30 and 11:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Warbling Vireo Virginia Rail American Wigeon Solitary Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Red-eyed Vireo Canada Warbler Eastern Screech-Owl	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 14, 1933	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Nests Weather	1933-05-14	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated May 14, 1933. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Boone County with Bob Walker and Walter Jr. between 5:00 and 1:00, and 2:00 and 7:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Indigo Bunting Vesper Sparrow Golden-winged Warbler Red-eyed Vireo Cerulean Warbler Short-billed Dowitcher American Redstart Eastern Screech-Owl	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Field report, May 7, 1977	Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1977-05-07	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Number of sightings by bird species as reported by Thomas A. Kent and Thomas K. Shires, May 7, 1977. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1977.		Cooper's Hawk Marbled Godwit Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Black-and-white Warbler Eastern Kingbird Golden-winged Warbler Great Horned Owl Wilson's Phalarope Marsh Wren Wood Thrush Palm Warbler Dickcissel Black-crowned Night Heron Black-billed Cuckoo Great Crested Flycatcher Red-eyed Vireo Northern Rough-winged Swallow Swainson's Thrush Blue-winged Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Ovenbird Scarlet Tanager Tennessee Warbler Greater White-fronted Goose Kentucky Warbler Eastern Whip-poor-will Bank Swallow Sandhill Crane Eastern Screech-Owl	Iowa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	18	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, March 20, 1934	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1934-03-20	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated March 20, 1934. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge with Bob Walker between 7:00 and 8:30.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Song Sparrow Tufted Titmouse Red-bellied Woodpecker Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark Common Pheasant Downy Woodpecker Common Starling	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 7, 1934	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1934-05-07	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated May 7, 1934. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted enroute from Spencer to Ogden with Philip DuMont.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Common Moorhen Greater Yellowlegs Dunlin Black-bellied Plover Snow Goose Eastern Whip-poor-will Bonaparte's Gull Common Pheasant	Greene County Ogden Palo Alto County Spencer Pocahontas County Calhoun County Beaver	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 6, 1934	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1934-05-06	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated May 6, 1934. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted on a trip from Spencer to Ruthven to Estherville to Spirit Lake to Spencer with Philip DuMont.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Pied-billed Grebe Franklin's Gull American Pipit Forster's Tern American Wigeon Hudsonian Godwit Sanderling Green-winged Teal Common Starling	Estherville Lost Island Lake Palo Alto County Ruthven Spencer Spirit Lake Round Lake	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, December 24, 1936	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1936-12-24	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated December 24, 1936. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Boone County with Bob Walker between 9:00 and 12:00 and 1:00 and 5:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	American Kestrel Black-billed Magpie Great Horned Owl Purple Finch Belted Kingfisher Tufted Titmouse Northern Shrike Northern Harrier	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, December 13, 1936	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1936-12-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Bird checklist dated December 13, 1936. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around the Beaver Creek Iron Bridge with Bob Walker between 8:30 and 11:30.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Rough-legged Hawk Lapland Longspur Great Horned Owl Hairy Woodpecker Northern Shrike Downy Woodpecker	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 27, 1936	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Weather Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1936-04-27	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Bob Walker, April 27, 1936. Also notes a Purple Finch feeding on elm buds and the Mourning Doves starting a nest on the ground near the river.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	Upland Sandpiper Eastern Towhee Eastern Phoebe Wood Thrush Eastern Meadowlark Purple Finch Louisiana Waterthrush Mourning Dove American Goldfinch Downy Woodpecker	Boone County	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 5, 1936	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Weather	1936-04-05	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Daily field checking list of birds observed at Little Wall Lake by Walter Rosene and Walter Rosene, Jr., April 5, 1936. Also notes the lake was frozen over except for a very few open spots where the water fowl were concentrated.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941	American Kestrel Common Grackle Loggerhead Shrike American Coot Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird American Robin Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark Northern Harrier	Little Wall Lake	Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers \| MS 589	12	1
Barbara L. Wilson letter to Thomas H. Kent and field notes, fall 1981	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Birds--Research Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Ornithology--Methodology Parulidae \| Warblers Weather	1981-08-01	1981-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes and letter were contributed by Barbara L. Wilson to Thomas H. Kent. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1981.	Wilson, Barbara L.	Red-headed Woodpecker Swainson's Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Cedar Waxwing Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Osprey Red-necked Phalarope Mourning Dove American Black Duck	Forneys Lake Lake Manawa Mills County DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Willow Slough State Game Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	20	1
Field notes contributed by John Van Dyk, fall 1979	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Podicipediformes \| Grebes Accipitridae \| Hawks and Eagles Ornithology--Methodology Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Bombycillidae \| Waxwings Weather	1979-08-01	1979-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes contributed by John Van Dyk, includes bird sightings, locations and weather conditions.This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1979.	Van Dyk, John, 1936-	Northern Flicker Purple Martin Gray Partridge Hairy Woodpecker Great Blue Heron Western Meadowlark Red Crossbill Tundra Swan	Lyon County Sioux Center Sioux County Lake Pahoja Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	19	1
Janet G. Greer letter regarding bird sightings, fall 1979	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Habitat Weather	1979-08-01	1979-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Janet G. Greer regarding the sighting of a Northern Goshawk, includes weather conditions and other documentation. Other observers include Marge Graf and Anne Bohlen.This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1979.	Greer, Janet	Northern Goshawk	Harrison County DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	19	1
Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, fall 1979	Field notes	Bird watching Weather	1979-08-01	1979-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Quarterly field report for the fall of 1979 titled "Field Reports - fall 1979", contributed by Thomas H. Kent.	Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Iowa Ornithologists' Union	Little Blue Heron Red-necked Grebe Say's Phoebe Northern Cardinal Yellow-billed Cuckoo White-winged Scoter House Wren Tundra Swan Sandhill Crane	Coralville Lake Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	19	1