Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Anhinga at Riverton in 1953
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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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1953-10-18
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Anhinga near Riverton in Fremont County, IA on October 18, 1953. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A sight record of the Anhinga in Fremont County in Iowa Bird Life 23:72 by Mrs. William H. Collins.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Riverton
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sage Thrasher at West Des Moines in 1952
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1953-03-01
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1996-04-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Sage Thrasher at West Des Moines in Polk County, IA from December 20, 1952 to January 10, 1953. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration of the record, and the original sighting record found in the publication Sage Thrasher in Iowa: A Sight Record in Iowa Bird Life 23(1):22-23 by Bruce F. Stiles also seen by Edward L. Kozicky.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sage Thrasher
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West Des Moines
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Fisher's Lake in 1952
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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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1952-09-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Black Rail at Fisher's Lake in Polk County, IA on May 17, 1952. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A record of the Black Rail near Des Moines in Iowa Bird Life 22:42-43 by Olivia McCabe.
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Black Rail
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Fisher Lake
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Suggestions for state bird list
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Administrative records
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1952-04-21
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N/A
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A list of different factors to use in determining if a bird species should be added to the state bird list, April 21, 1952. The list suggests the following three things: dividing the state into zones based on observation records, reporting birds based on migrant or permanent resident status, and reporting birds on the basis of relative abundance.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for King Eider near New Boston in 1950
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Administrative records Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1951-06-01
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1993-09-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for King Eider near New Boston in Louisa County, IA on November 18, 1950. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Another Iowa record of the King Eider in Iowa Bird Life 21:41 by Thomas Morrissey and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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King Eider
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New Boston
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Scott County, 1951
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1951-01-01
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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 Pacific Loon at Scott County, IA around 1951. Includes a record review document with votes, comments by the IOU Records Committee on the bird sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Life by A. Lang Baily seen by A.W. Housman, and reference by a later publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Scott County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Townsend's Warbler at Fejervary Park, 1950
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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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1950-05-07
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1993-08-19
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Townsend's Warbler at Fejervary Park in Davenport in Scott County, IA on May 7, 1950. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation article reviewed by the committee .
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Feeney, Thomas J.
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Townsend's Warbler
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Fejervary Park
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[...] in a ravine at Fejuvary [sic] Park, Davenport.
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The documentation article by Thomas J. Feeney is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer includes Thomas Morrissey. | Elimination of similar species: [...] the distinctive face pattern, the combination of black crown and striped sides made identification certain. | Observation lasted for ten minutes.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eskimo Curlew at Davenport in 1901
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Extinct birds Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1950-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Eskimo Curlew at Davenport in Scott County, IA on May 3, 1901. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Specimen of the Eskimo Curlew for Iowa discovered in Iowa Bird Life 20:26 by James Hodges and captured by M. Abbot Frazar.
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Eskimo Curlew
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Davenport
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting near Newton in 1949
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1949-12-01
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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 Lazuli Bunting near Newton in Jasper County, IA on May 13, 1949. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Lazuli Bunting at Newton in Iowa Bird Life 19(4):73 by John Paul Moore also seen by Bob Little, and referenced by another publication.
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Lazuli Bunting
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Newton
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sprague's Pipit in Northwest Iowa in 1949
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1949-06-01
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1994-01-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Sprague's Pipits in Northwest Iowa on April 23, 1949. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration of the record, the original sighting record found in the publication Sprague's Pipit in Northwest Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 19(2):34 by F.L.R. Roberts, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sprague's Pipit
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Cheever Lake in 1946
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1949-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gyrfalcon at Cheever Lake in Emmet County, IA on October 27, 1946. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A 1946 record of the Gyrfalcon in Emmet County in Iowa Bird Life 19:22-23 by J.W. Musgrove also seen by Maynard Reece and Mary Musgrove.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Cheever Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Des Moines Water Works, 1948
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1948-12-11
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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 Water Works in Polk County, IA on December 11, 1948. Includes a record review document with votes, comments by the IOU Records Committee on the original bird sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication Pacific Loon and other water birds at Des Moines Impounding Reservoir in Iowa Bird Life written and seen by A.C. Berkowitz, and referenced by a later publication.
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Pacific Loon
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Waterworks Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Glendale Cemetery, 1948
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1948-12-08
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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 Red-throated Loon at Polk County, IA in 1948. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Pacific Loon in Polk County Iowa in Iowa Bird Life by Jack Musgrove, and referenced by another publication.
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Pacific Loon
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Glendale Cemetery
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mountain Bluebird near Lake Park in 1945
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation
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1948-12-01
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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 Mountain Bluebird near Lake Park in Osceola County, IA around 1945. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Groove-billed Ani and Mountain Bluebird, Specimens in Iowa Collection in Iowa Bird Life 18(4):70 by Jack W. Musgrove seen by Floyd Arens.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Mountain Bluebird
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Lake Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Groove-billed Ani near Iowa Lake in 1948
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1948-12-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Groove-billed Ani near Iowa Lake in Osceola County, IA a few years before 1948. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Groove-billed Ani and Mountain Bluebird in Iowa Collection in Iowa Bird Life 18:70 by Jack W. Musgrove.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Groove-billed Ani
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Iowa Lake Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Dickinson and Emmet County in 1946
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1947-03-01
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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 Dickinson and Emmet County, IA on May 13, 1946. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Shorebirds in the Spirit Lake area in Iowa Bird Life 17:17-18 by J.W. and Mary Musgrove, Inez Reece, and Maynard F. Reece, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Dickinson County Emmet County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk in Woodbury County in 1936
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1946-12-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Ferruginous Hawks in Woodbury County, IA on March 20, 1936. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Ferruginous Rough-leg in Polk County in Iowa Bird Life by B.F. Stiles, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Woodbury County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk north of Ankeny in 1946
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1946-12-01
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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 north of Ankeny in Polk County, IA on September 8, 1946. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Ferruginous Rough-leg in Polk County in Iowa Bird Life 16:65 by B.F. Stiles also seen by G.L. Ziemer, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Ankeny
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Sandpiper near New Albin, 1946
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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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1946-05-12
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1993-08-19
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Purple Sandpiper near New Albin in Allamakee County, IA on May 12, 1946. Includes a record review document with votes, an account of the sighting in An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown, and the original sight record of the Purple Sandpiper in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 16:70 by A.C. Stewart.
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Stewart, C.A.
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Purple Sandpiper
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New Albin
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[...] vicinity of New Albin, Allamakee County, in the extreme northeast corner of the state.
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[...] About one-half mile from where the north fork opens into the Mississippi there is a low, rocky waterfall, surrounded by a sand flat.
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The documentation form by Charles A. Stewart is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird at Davenport in 1946
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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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1946-04-01
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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 Magnificent Frigatebird at Davenport in Scott County, IA in 1946. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the Bird Life in the Mississippi Valley in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy Sciences 56:343-345 by James Hodges.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Magnificent Frigatebird
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Davenport
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Meeting minutes from the Ottumwa Bird Club, April 5, 1945
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Administrative records
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Congresses and conventions Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings
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1945-04-05
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N/A
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Ottumwa Bird Club meeting minutes, April 5, 1945. The minutes discuss the upcoming Iowa Ornithologists' Union's Convention to be held in Ottumwa. They also mention a presentation on the identification of spring birds by Charles C. Ayres.
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Ottumwa Bird Club
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Ottumwa
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Ottumwa Bird Club meeting minutes, March 1, 1945
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Administrative records
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Congresses and conventions Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings
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1945-03-01
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N/A
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Meeting minutes from the Ottumwa Bird Club, March 1, 1945 reporting a discussion on the upcoming State Iowa Ornithologists' Convention and describing a talk, illustrated with color slides, that was given at the meeting on the wildlife of Colorado.
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Ottumwa Bird Club
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Ottumwa Colorado
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Ottumwa Bird Club meeting minutes, February 1, 1945
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Administrative records
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Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings
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1945-02-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Meeting minutes from the Ottumwa Bird Club, February 1, 1945 reporting on the election of committee officers and a series of presentations given at the meeting. Included were excerpts of letters from members of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union who were currently serving in the military.
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Ottumwa Bird Club
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Ottumwa
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Ottumwa Bird Club meeting minutes, January 4, 1945
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Administrative records
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Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings Zoological specimens
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1945-01-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Meeting minutes from the Ottumwa Bird Club, January 4, 1945 reporting on an "indoor hike" at the meeting using study skins 48 species of birds loaned by the Iowa Department of History and Archives.
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Ottumwa Bird Club
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Ottumwa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Documentations of Iowa Birds Submitted by Field Observers through 1999
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Administrative records
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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1945-01-01
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2002-06-17
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of rare bird documentation forms and sightings submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union not reviewed by the Record Committee through 1999 prepared by Thomas H. Kent.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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