Records Committee review for Anhinga at Lake Darling State Park, 1996
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2000-11-22
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for an Anhinga at Lake Darling State Park in Washington County, IA on September 17, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in the Iowa Bird Life, an article from the Loon, correspondence by mail and e-mail, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Anhinga
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Lake Darling State Park
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Lake Darling S.P., Washington Co.
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soaring high over lake
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The documentation form by Stephen J. Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Cormorants are the only birds likely to be confused with an Anhinga. I have seen thousands of Double-crested Cormorants and I have never seen one soar in this manner. Also, a Double-created Cormorant has a neck which is always longer than the tail (in flight) and looks conspicuously large-headed and thick-necked when seen overhead. Neotropic Cormorant is much smaller and, although it is longer-tailed than a Double-crested, the tail is still shorter than the neck in flight. | The original documentation form event lasted from 16:42:00/16:50:00.
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Records Committee review for bird sighting of Brown Pelican at Rathbun Reservoir, 1993
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1993-05-30
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1999-10-15
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at Lake Rathbun in Appanoose County, IA on May 30, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, an American Birds article, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Cummins, Raymond L.
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Brown Pelican
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Rathbun Lake
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Lake Rathbun Island West Boat Ramp
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Open water
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The documentation form by Raymond L. Cummins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Bill Heusinkveld, Marj Heusinkveld, Tom Johnson, and Mary Montog. | Elimination of similar species: Nothing I know of. | The original documentation form event lasted from 20:00:00/20:30:00.
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Records Committee review for bird sighting of Magnificent Frigatebird at Clear Lake, 1988
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1988-09-25
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1993-08-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Magnificent Frigatebird at Clear Lake in Gordo County, IA on September 25, 1988. Includes a record review document with votes, articles from American Birds and Iowa Bird Life, and nine documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Walter, Janice L.
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Magnificent Frigatebird
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Clear Lake
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Crane Street on south shore of Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
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Residential area on wooded lakeshore
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The documentation form by Jan L. Walter is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Steve Dinsmore, Jim Dinsmore, Peter Petersen, Beth Proescholdt, Mark Proescholdt, Jim Fuller, Thomas H. Kent, and Mike Thomas were submitted later. Other observers include Joel Hanes, Daryl Hansen, Patricia Hansen, Jim Walter, Mary Lou Petersen, Ann Barker, Francis Moore, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Bob Myers, Jim Sinclair, and Beth Brown. | Elimination of similar species: Size, wing length and shape, long forked tail, white breast on an otherwise all black bird are diagnostic of female Magnificent Frigatebird. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:20:00/11:26:00.
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Records Committee review for Black-necked Stilt in Iowa before 1870
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1996-01-24
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Records Committee review for Black-necked Stilts 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 is referenced by another publication.
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Black-necked Stilt
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Records Committee review for Lazuli Bunting at Plymouth County, IA in 1958
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting at Plymouth County, IA on June 18, 1958. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Lazuli Bunting Along the Western Border of Iowa: A Summary in Iowa Bird Life 29(1):3-5 by William Youngworth.
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Lazuli Bunting
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Plymouth County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for a Groove-billed Ani at Jacob Krumm Wildlife Area, 1987
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1993-09-07
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Groove-billed Ani at Jacob Krumm Wildlife Area in Jasper County, IA on October 19, 1987. Includes a record review document with votes, an article and front page from Iowa Bird Life, excerpts from American Birds, and twelve documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Koenig, Darwin
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Groove-billed Ani
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Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve
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[...] Jacob Krumm Wildlife Area, Jasper County, Iowa
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The documentation form by Darwin Koenig is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Fuller, Jim Dinsmore, Steve Dinsmore, Francis Moore, Thomas J. Staudt, Thomas H. Kent, Ray Cummins, Robert Cecil, Peter C. Petersen, Nicholas A. Kubik, Carl J. Bendorf, and Hank Zaletel were submitted later. Other observers include Chuck Fuller, Ann Barker, Phyllis Harris, Lewis Blevins, Dale Fye, Helen Fye, Corey Blevins, Brians Blevins, Ruth Green, Carl Hertz, Bob Myers, John Cecil, Tom Stone, Beth Brown, Cal Knight, Bernie Knight, Opal Uher, Jim Mairs, Pauline Mairs, Carol Thompson, Beth Proescholdt, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, and unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] The ridge of the upper mandible was slightly lower than the crown of the head and did not curve sharply downward to meet the forehead (unlike the Smooth-billed Ani, C. ani, which has a high-ridged upper mandible, higher than the crown and curving sharply downward to meet the forehead). | The original documentation form event occurred around 17:30:00/17:50:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for a Hummingbird species in Le Claire, 1998
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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1998-03-31
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Hummingbird species at Le Claire in Scott County, IA on March 31, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter from Don Moeller to Tom Kent and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Schmitz, John A.
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Hummingbirds
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Le Claire
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Le Claire, Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Alder Flycatcher at Hickory Hill Park in 1977
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Records Committee review for two Alder Flycatchers at Hickory Hill Park in Johnson County, IA on May 19 to 25, 1977. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 47:60 by Nicholas Halmi also seen by Mike Newlon.
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Alder Flycatcher
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Hickory Hill Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Alder Flycatcher at Iowa City in 1974
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for an Alder Flycatcher at Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on May 15, 1974. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 44:44 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Nicholas Halmi.
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Alder Flycatcher
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Iowa City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Amazilia species at Des Moines, 1998
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Amazilia species at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on September 11, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, two letters from Carole Stolz to T.H. Kent, a letter from Louis Bevier to Tom Kent, e-mail exchanges, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Amazilias
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Des Moines
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512 SW 60th St., Des Moines, Polk Co., IA
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Rather open urban area on southwest side of Des Moines in bottom land. There is a large deck behind the house with hummingbird feeder hanging from the eve and crab apple tree behind the deck and adjacent to the garage. A large vacant field is behind the property.
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Don Stolz, Carole Stolz, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Pam Allen, Reid Allen, Ann Johnson, Jim Dinsmore, Jim Fuller, Bob Cecil, and Aaron Brees. | Elimination of similar species: My experience and references of Buff-bellied Hummingbird suggest that the cinnamon color, extent of this color toward the throat, cinnamon rump/back, and white eye spot do not fit this species. I believe that the features shown in the photo of the Arizona 'mystery' bird in Field Notes are a perfect fit for the Des Moines bird. I do not know of specific information on bird trafficking in Iowa. We had a Yellow Grosbeak north of Des Moines in December 1990, the origin of which was never explained. | The original documentation form event lasted from 07:50:00/08:40:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Dipper at Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area in Fremont County in 1895
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1993-08-19
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Records Committee review for an American Dipper at Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area in Fremont County, IA in the spring of 1895 or 1896. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A Dipper Specimen at Macedonia, Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 27(3):72 by George O. Hendrickson seen by Guido Louis Stempel and Mason Laut.
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American Dipper
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Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Pipit at Island View Park at Rathbun Reservoir, 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 an American Pipit at Island View Park at Rathbun Reservoir in Appanoose 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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Cummins, Raymond L.
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American Pipit
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Island View Park
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Islandview East Lake Rathbun CBC
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Mowed grass point with a limestone rock road
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The documentation form by Ray Cummins forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Bill Heusinkveld and Marjorie Heusinkveld were submitted. Other observers include Bob Bergstrom, Sr., Mark Hoffman, and Bob Bergstrom, Jr. | Elimination of similar species: Sprague's Pipit was begrudgingly eliminated for the following reasons: 1) Bold white eyebrow line. 2) Dark gray back pattern, there was no tan or brown in the back 3) Thin black malar stripe 4) Bird was in short grass and not particularly wary. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:05:00/14:35:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Pipit at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir in 1990
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Administrative records Field notes
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1990-02-28
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1993-07-17
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Records Committee review for an American Pipit at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on February 23, 1990. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the Field Reports Form for Winter 1989-1990 by Ann Johnson.
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American Pipit
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Whitebreast Recreation Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Benton and Blackhawk Counties in 1877
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1907-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for American Swallow-tailed Kites at Benton and Blackhawk Counties, IA around 1877. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George and Morton Peck.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Benton County Black Hawk County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Boone in 1896
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for an American Shallow-tailed Kite at Boone in Boone County, IA on September 12, 1896. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Notes and news in Iowa Ornithologist 2:85 by C.F. Henning seen by C.H. Elliott.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Boone
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Cedar Rapids in 1903
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Food Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1918-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Cedar Rapids in Linn County, IA on September 20, 1903. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, the original sighting record found in the publication The Raptorial Birds of Iowa in Geological Survey Bull in B.H. Bailey, and referenced by another publication.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Cedar Rapids
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Coon Lake before 1879
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Coon Lake, IA before 1879. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by J. Krider, and referenced by another publication.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Creston in 1872
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1997-10-03
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Creston in Union County, IA on August 25, 1872. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter from Mark Robbins to James Dinsmore, a letter from Thomas Kent to the Curator of Birds at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and a letter from Raymond A. Paynter, Jr. to Thomas H. Kent.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Creston
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Denison in 1867
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for American Swallow-tailed Kites at Denison in Crawford County, IA on July 13, 1867. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on birds observed in western Iowa in the months of July, August, and September in the Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1:488-502 by J.A. Allen, and referenced by another publication.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Denison
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Floyd County before 1923
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1916-09-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Floyd County, IA before 1923. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The birds of Floyd County Iowa in Amer. Midl. Nat. by C.L. Fenton, and referenced by two other publications.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Floyd County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Hackberry Grove in 1916
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1916-09-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for American Swallow-tailed Kites at Hackberry Grove in Cerro Gordo County, IA on May 28, 1916. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The birds of Floyd County Iowa in Amer Midl Nat by C.L. Fenton also seen by C.H. Belanski, and referenced by another publication.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Cerro Gordo County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Ida County before 1917
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Administrative records Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1917-09-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Ida County, IA before 1917. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Annotated list of the water birds, game birds and birds of prey of Sac Count Iowa in Wilson 29:141-160 by J.A. Spurrell, and referenced by another publication.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Ida County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Jasper County before 1933
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1994-11-04
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Jasper County, IA before 1933. 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 J.B. Atkins, and referenced by two other publications.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Jasper County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Jasper County in 1901
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1932-12-01
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1994-02-03
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Record Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Jasper County, IA during the of Fall 1901. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Some birds in a Des Moines collection in Wilson Bull 44:236-237 by P.A. DuMont seen by D.J. Bullock, and referenced by another publication.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Jasper County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Jefferson County before 1900
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1933-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Jefferson County, IA before 1900. 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 J.M. Shaffer.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Jefferson County
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