Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon in Black Hawk County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1906-12-31
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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 Red-throated Loon in Black Hawk County before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication by Rudolph Martin Anderson in The Birds of Iowa seen by Morton E. Peck, and referenced by a later publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Black Hawk County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Baird's Sparrow at Grinnell in 1885
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1886-08-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for five or six Baird's Sparrows at Grinnell in Poweshiek County, IA on April 25, 1885. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Baird's Sparrow in Iowa in the Ornithologist and Oologist 11:117 by Lynds Jones, and referenced by seven other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Baird's Sparrow
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Grinnell
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Baird's Sparrow at 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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1870-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Baird's Sparrows at Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes and 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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Baird's Sparrow
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Savannah Sparrow at Marshall County in 1996
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Administrative records Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1996-12-29
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2000-11-22
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Savannah Sparrow at Marshall County, IA on December 29, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes and a photograph by Reid Allen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Savannah Sparrow
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Marshall County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Bachman's Sparrow east of Des Moines in 1884
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation
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1889-02-01
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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 Bachman's Sparrow and nest east of Des Moines in Polk County, IA on June 2, 1884. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Preliminary Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy Natural Sciences 5:113-161 by Charles R. Keyes and H.S. Williams seen by J.B. Green and J.A. Allen, and referenced by four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Bachman's Sparrow
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Des Moines
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Tanager near Meservey in 1999
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1999-09-17
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2000-11-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Western Tanager near Meservey in Cerro Gordo County, IA around May 10, 1999. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in a note, and a letter about the sighting from Jan Walter to Tom Kent.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Western Tanager
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Meservey
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Tanager 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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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Western Tanagers at Engineer's Cantonment, IA 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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Western Tanager
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon at Jester Park, 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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1972-09-02
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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 Loons at Jester Park in Polk County in September 2, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Life from 1972 seen by Sue and Stuart Burns, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Jester Park
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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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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon at Carter Lake, 1930
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1930-09-22
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for five Red-throated Loons at Carter lake in Pottawattamie County on September 22, 1930. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Revised List of the Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Mary Ellsworth and L.O. Horsky, and referenced by two later publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Carter Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon at Carter Lake, 1930
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1930-04-22
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Red-throated Loon at Carter Lake on April 22, 1930. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of the Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Robert Overing and his wife, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Carter Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon at Carter Lake, 1929
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1929-04-17
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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 flock of Red-throated Loon at Carter Lake in Pottawattamie County on April 17, 1929. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Revised List of the Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Robert Overing, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Carter Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon in Jackson County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1906-12-31
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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 Red-throated Loons in Jackson County before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication by Rudolph Martin Anderson in The Birds of Iowa by Harold Joseph Giddings, and referenced by a later publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Jackson County
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Criteria for Iowa Important Bird Area (IBA) site selection
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Administrative records
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Birds--Conservation Birds--Habitat Rare birds
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2003-01-01
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2003-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Document by the Iowa Ornithologist's Union stating various categories that can be used to designate a site as an Important Bird Area (IBA). Item includes lists of birds covered by each category, as well as "habitats nominated for IBA status" by Iowa county.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon in Polk County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1906-12-31
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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 Red-throated Loons in Polk County before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by A. I. Johnson, and referenced by two later publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Polk County
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5
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon in Franklin County circa 1893
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1892-12-31
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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 flock of Red-throated Loons in Franklin County circa 1893. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the article "Sea Birds that Visit Iowa" in Iowa Ornithology 2:31-34 by Frank H. Shoemaker, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Franklin County
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5
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon 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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1869-12-31
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Red-throated Loon in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication White's Geological Survey of Iowa by Joel Asaph Allen, and referenced in a later publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Iowa
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5
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ross's Gull at Lake Manawa, 1997
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1997-12-27
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Ross's Gull at Lake Manawa in Pottawattamie County, IA on December 27, 1997. 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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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Ross's Gull
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Lake Manawa
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Lake Manawa, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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The documentation form by Babs and Loren Padelford forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Ross Silcock, Duane E. Bright, Stephen J. Dinsmore, and Jerry Probst and Bill Huser were submitted. Other observers include Gordon Brown, Sandra Kovanda, Jim Kovanda, R. Craig Hensley, and other unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Since it was the only gull on the lake, the only birds to compare it with were Ruddy Ducks which appeared smaller and a drake Common Merganser which was larger than the gull. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/11:00:00 and 15:15:00/16:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Long-billed Curlew at Riverton Area, 1989
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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1989-04-11
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1993-08-05
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Long-billed Curelew at Riverton Area in Fremont County, IA on April 11, 1989. 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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Priebe, Carl
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Long-billed Curlew
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Riverton Area Fremont County, IA
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Shallow water area 3-4" of about 1-2 acres surrounded by mudflats
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The documentation form by Carl Priebe is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Whimbrel - The curlew was larger than the Marbled Godwit, Whimbrels would be about the same size or slightly smaller. Marbled Godwit - This bird has an upturned bill Hudsonian Godwit - This bird has an upturned bill No other bird has a bill comparable to the length and downward curve of the Long-billed Curlew | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:45:00/16:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of a Trumpeter Swan at Le Claire, 1989
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Rare birds
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1989-01-09
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1993-08-05
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Trumpeter Swan at Le Claire in Scott County, IA on January 9, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, three photocopied photographs, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Trumpeter Swan
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Le Claire
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Channel of Miss. River 1 mi. N. Le Claire IA & Pt Byron IL, Scott & Rock Isl Co
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Open pool in main channel of Missippi River
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The documentation form by Peter C. Petersen is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Diane Porter was submitted from February 25, 1989. Other observers include Mary Lou Petersen, Don Moeller, and Ann Barker. | Elimination of similar species: Tundra swan- Bill very dark near base in this bird, would be light in Tundra, slope of top of head to bill tip wrong for Tundra, brownish tinge to plumage wrong for Tundra, also long bill. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:40:00/09:45:00 and 10:00:00/10:03:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union records committee, records reviewed 1980-1999 by record number
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Administrative records
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Birds--Identification Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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2000-11-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The document includes a list of reviewed species to determine whether rare bird identifications were accepted. It also includes the dates and locations of sightings.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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3
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union records committee, records reviewed 1980-1999 by species
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Administrative records
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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2000-11-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The document lists rare bird sightings reviewed between 1980-1999. It includes the dates and locations of sightings with observer names and the results of the review process.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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2
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Alphabetical list of species, records committee files through 1999
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Administrative records
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Birds--Identification Birds--Research Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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2000-11-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Alphabetical list of peer reviewed accepted rare bird species observed in Iowa through 1999.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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2
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Birds in Iowa
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Administrative records
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Birds--Identification Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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1996-01-01
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1996-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Birds in Iowa describes the history of the state list of accepted rare birds species. Also included is the "Official checklist of Iowa birds" with 397 rare bird species sighted in Iowa through 1995.
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Dinsmore, James J. Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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1
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Rare bird records reviewed by the records committee of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Administrative records
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Birds--Identification Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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2002-06-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The document includes a history of the committee and explains the process of peer review to determine an accepted rare bird sighting in Iowa.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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