Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Tanager at De Soto Bend National Wildlife Refuge, 1969
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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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1969-06-22
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1993-08-19
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Western Tanager at De Soto Bend National Wildlife Refuge in Harrison County, IA on June 22, 1969. Includes a record review document with votes and an article reviewed by the committee.
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Bramel, Grover C.
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Western Tanager
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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
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De Soto Bend National Wildlife Refuge
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The article by Grover C. Bramel forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: [...] It was identified as a male Western Tanager in full breeding plumage, by the following: Size; comparable to more common Scarlet Tanager or Baltimore Oriole; [...] At about the same time and location a bird of similar appearance except for the red face, was seen flying between trees, and may have been the female Western Tanager. | The original documentation form event lasted around a minute.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Chukar at Davenport in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Introduced birds Rare birds
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1970-01-01
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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 Chukar at Davenport in Scott County, IA during 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, field notes by Peter C. Petersen, the original sighting record found in the publication Chukars in the Quad-Cities in Iowa Bird Life 51:131 by Peter C. Petersen also seen by Richard Knox.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Chukar
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Davenport
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Greater Roadrunner
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Delta
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Constitution of the Ames Audubon Society
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Administrative records
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Ornithology--Societies, etc Societies--History, organization, etc
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1970-05-22
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The constitution of the Ames Audubon Society, including 13 articles with administrative information for the society. The constitution with the final amendments and additions passed on May 22, 1970.
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Ames Audubon Society
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Goose Lake in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1970-06-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Goose Lake in Iowa on May 18, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 40:47-51 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Paul D. Kline.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black Rail
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Band-tailed Pigeon west of Fort Dodge, 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1970-09-05
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1995-02-22
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Band-tailed Pigeon west of Fort Dodge in Webster County, IA on September 5, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence relevant to bird sighting and review, and a documentation article submitted to the committee.
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Crawford, John
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Band-tailed Pigeon
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Fort Dodge
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[...] seven miles West of Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa on the farm of Joseph R. Crawford.
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The documentation article by John A. Crawford is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Joseph R. Crawford. | Elimination of similar species: [...] This bird first caught my attention by the fact that it lacked the typical white rump of a Rock Dove.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-headed Grosbeak at Robertson Bird Sanctuary in Waterloo in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1970-09-30
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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 Black-headed Grosbeak at Robertson Bird Sanctuary in Waterloo in Black Hawk County, IA on September 20, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Black-headed Grosbeak at Waterloo in Iowa Bird Life 40(3):74 by Russell Hays also seen by Evelyn Ehlers and Clarice Hewitt.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black-headed Grosbeak
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Robertson Bird Sanctuary
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Des Moines Reservoir, 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1970-11-11
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Pacific Loon at Des Moines Reservoir in Polk County, IA on November 11, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, commentary by the IOU Records Committee on the sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication American Birds 25:65 seen by Woodward H. Brown.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Dale Maffitt Reservoir
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck near Beaver Creek in 1957
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1971-01-01
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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 Beaver Creek near Des Moines in Polk County, IA on November 5, 1957. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown seen by Cleo Johnson, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Harlequin Duck
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Beaver Creek
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Sidney in 1951
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Ferruginous Hawk at Sidney in Fremont County, IA on October 1, 1951. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown seen by Frances Bordner, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Sidney
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting at Des Moines in 1940
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Lazuli Buntings at Des Moines in Polk County, IA in late May 1940. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown seen by Helen R. Peasley.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Lazuli Bunting
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Des Moines
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Goose Lake in 1967
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Red Knots at Goose Lake in Greene County, IA on May 5, 1967. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown and seen by John Faaborg.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Knot
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Goose Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Big Wall Lake in 1967
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Red Knot at Big Wall Lake in Wright County, IA on May 20, 1967. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown and seen by Ron Muilenburg.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Knot
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Big Wall Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sprague's Pipit at Shenandoah in 1968
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Sprague's Pipits at Shenandoah in Page County, IA on April 4, 1968. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown seen by Jean Braley.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sprague's Pipit
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Shenandoah
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Shenandoah in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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1971-03-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Ferruginous Hawk at Shenandoah in Page County, IA on December 26, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Christmas count in Iowa Bird Life 41:3-15 by John Faaborg seen by Betty Walters, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Shenandoah
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Little Blue Heron near Harper's Ferry in 1971
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-04-06
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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 Little Blue Heron near Harper's Ferry in Allamakee County, IA on April 6, 1971. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Little Blue Heron in northeast Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 41:91 by Frederick Lesher, .
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Little Blue Heron
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Harpers Ferry
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sabine's Gull at Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds
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1971-06-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Sabine's Gull at Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Cerro Gordo County, IA on September 25, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 41:27 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Pearl Knoop, and letters between Pearl Knoop and Thomas Kent about the bird sighting as well as a more recent one at Saylorville Lake.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sabine's Gull
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Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Parasitic Jaeger at Sweet Marsh in 1971
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-09-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Parasitic Jaeger at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on May 15, 1971. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 41:89-90 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Clarise Hewitt.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Parasitic Jaeger
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Sweet Marsh
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Tanager at Des Moines, 1971
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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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1971-11-04
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1999-04-02
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Western Tanager at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on November 4, 1971. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Brown, Woodward H.
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Western Tanager
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Des Moines
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Des Moines, IA
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Well-kept back yard of apartment in the heart of Des Moines
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The documentation form by Woodward H. Brown is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Mary Brown. | Elimination of similar species: Too large for goldfinch, wing bars eliminate Summer or Scarlet Tanagers which would not be here at this time. Bill obviously not oriole or finch. | The original documentation form event lasted briefly, mid-afternnon [sic].
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Present Articles of Incorporation of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Administrative records Articles of incorporation
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Ornithology--Societies, etc Articles of incorporation
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1972-01-01
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1972-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Articles of incorporation of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union containing twelve articles with administrative information for the Union. The articles reflect items as published in Iowa Bird Life (v. 23, pages 49-40, 1953) and amendments to the articles that were enacted and filed in 1972.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Maffit Lake, 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-05-06
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Pacific Loons at Maffit Lake in Polk County, IA on May 6, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes, commentary by the IOU Records Committee on the bird sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 42:37 seen by Woodward H. Brown and D. Mooney.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Dale Maffitt Reservoir
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7
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon at Council Bluffs, 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-05-13
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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 Red-throated Loon at Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County on May 13, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication American Birds seen by James Delehant.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Council Bluffs
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5
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loons at Folsom Lake, 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-05-13
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1996-04-25
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an unspecified number of Red-throated Loons at Folsom Lake in Mills County on May 13, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Nebraska Bird Review seen by an unknown observer.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Folsom Lake
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5
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Changes in the Articles of Incorporation of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Administrative records
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Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1972-05-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Changes in the Articles of Incorporation of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union that were enacted on May 20, 1972, in Waterloo, Iowa. Includes a detailed outline of the articles that were changed.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Waterloo
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-06-01
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1993-09-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in Jasper County, IA on April 13, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication European Widgeon [sic] in central Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 42:49 by Mrs Dorothy Maish also seen by Irene Wein.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Rock Creek Lake
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