Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Sandpiper in Iowa before 1870
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds
|
1870-01-01
|
1993-08-19
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for Purple Sandpipers 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 referenced by another publication.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Purple Sandpiper
|
Iowa
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
5
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Laughing Gull at Mills and Pottawattamie Counties before 1907
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
|
1907-03-01
|
1993-08-19
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for Laughing Gulls at Mills and Pottawattamie Counties, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson and seen by Isadore Trostler, and referenced in another publication.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Laughing Gull
|
Big Lake Lake Manawa Mills County Pottawattamie County
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
18
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Laughing Gull at Engineer's Contanment around 1819
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds
|
1823-01-01
|
1993-08-19
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for Laughing Gulls at Engineer's Contanment, IA around 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 and seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by two other publications.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Laughing Gull
|
Iowa
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
18
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-tailed Jaeger near Lone Tree in 1907
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
|
1908-04-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for a Long-tailed Jaeger near Lone Tree in Johnson County, IA on June 15, 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication An addition to the birds of Iowa in Auk 25:215 by R.M. Anderson seen by Charles Prizler, Homer R. Dill, and C.C. Nutting, and referenced by two other publications.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Long-tailed Jaeger
|
Lone Tree
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
17
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Parasitic Jaeger at Sweet Marsh in 1971
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds
|
1971-09-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
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.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Parasitic Jaeger
|
Sweet Marsh
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
16
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Parasitic Jaeger near Ruthven in 1934
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
|
1938-03-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for a Parasitic Jaeger near Ruthven in Palo Alto County, IA from May 28, 1934. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The 1934 spring migration of some birds through Clay and Palo Alto Counties in Iowa Bird Life 8:3-6 by L.J. Bennett.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Parasitic Jaeger
|
Ruthven
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
16
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Parasitic Jaeger at Eagle Lake in 1905
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
|
1907-03-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for a Parasitic Jaeger at Eagle Lake in Hancock County, IA on September 20, 1905. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson and seen by B.H. Bailey and James Ward, and referenced by another publication.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Parasitic Jaeger
|
Eagle Lake
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
16
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Parasitic Jaeger near Keokuk in 1896
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
|
1907-03-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for a Parasitic Jaeger near Keokuk in Lee County on October 6, 1896. Includes a record review document with votes, three photographs of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson and seen by William E. Praeger and Edmonde S. Currier, and referenced by three other publications.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Parasitic Jaeger
|
Keokuk
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
16
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Jaeger species at Lock and Dam 14 in 1963
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds
|
1964-03-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for a Jaeger species at Lock and Dam 14 in Scott County, IA on December 6, 1963. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Parasitic Jaeger in eastern Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 34:26 by Peter Petersen, Jr. and also seen by Elton Fawks, Mr. and Mrs. Don Price, Bob Trial, and Ted Greer.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Jaegers
|
Lock and Dam 14
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
13
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Phalarope at Amana Lake in 1940
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
|
1940-06-01
|
1993-08-19
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for three Red Phalaropes at Amana Lake in Iowa County, IA on May 17, 1940. Includes a record review document with votes, letters between Thomas Kent and Lillian Serbousek about the sighting, and the original sighting record found in the publication Shore Birds at Amana Lake in Iowa Bird Life 10:27 by Lillian Serbousek.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Phalarope
|
Lily Pond
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
12
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Phalarope at Hawarden before 1907
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
|
1907-03-01
|
1993-08-16
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for Red Phalaropes at Hawarden in Sioux County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by G.H. Berry, and referenced by another publication.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Phalarope
|
Hawarden
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
12
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Phalarope in Iowa before 1870
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds
|
1870-01-01
|
1993-08-16
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for Red Phalaropes 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 referenced by two other publications.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Phalarope
|
Iowa
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
12
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ruff at Cone Marsh in 1940
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
|
1941-04-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for a Ruff at Cone Marsh in Louisa County, IA on May 10, 1940.Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Ruff in Iowa in spring in Auk 58:257 by H.R. Dill and seen by W.C. Thietje, and a photograph of the specimen.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Ruff
|
Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
9
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir, 1993
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
|
1993-12-19
|
1995-07-25
|
Rare birds documentation form
|
Records Committee review for a Mew Gull at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on December 19, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and three documentations submitted to the committee.
|
Johnson, Ann
|
Mew Gull
|
Whitebreast Recreation Area
|
Whitebreast Recreation Area, Red Rock Reservoir, Marion Co., IA
|
Sandy area at edge of open water
|
The documentation form by Ann Johnson forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Russ Widner and Jim Fuller were submitted. Other observers include Dick Tetrault and Roy Godwin. | Elimination of similar species: Size eliminated any gull larger than a Ring-billed. Although structurally the bird more closely represented one of the larger hooded gulls, they were eliminated by the lack of any hood or auricular spot. Furthermore, most hooded gulls with a tail band would also show a strong carpal bar. Laughing Gull could be eliminated by the more diminuative [sic] bill and leg color. Although some individuals seem to carry a vestige of their more motley juvenile plumage into first winter, Ring-billed Gull was eliminated by size, head and bill structure, and clear-cut as opposed to more diffuse tail band. I originally identified this bird as a Mew Gull based on my experience studying structural differences between Ring-billed and Mew gulls on the west coast. I have never seen a first-year Mew Gull, however. In researching the Mew on my return home, I concluded that the bird in question was not dark enough, nor brown enough, to be of the west coast sub-species. By virtue of its strong similarity to a Ring-billed Gull, this bird was most likely the European sub-species known as the Common Gull. Although according to Grant the bill description comes closer to L.c. brachyrhynchus, I assume that this bird's bill coloration was still changing from juvenile plumage. Apparently the Common Gull appears on occasion on the east coast and is therefore probably as likely a vagrant to Iowa as is the western form. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/10:40:00.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
23
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot near Des Moines in 1973
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Animal migration--Climatic factors Birds--Identification Rare birds
|
1973-09-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for Red Knots near Des Moines in Polk County, IA on May 22, 1973. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Shorebirds at Des Moines in Iowa Bird Life 43:77 by Woodward H. Brown and seen by Bill Criswell.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Knot
|
Des Moines
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
1
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Big Wall Lake in 1967
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds
|
1971-01-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
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.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Knot
|
Big Wall Lake
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
1
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Goose Lake in 1967
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds
|
1971-01-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
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.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Knot
|
Goose Lake
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
1
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Goose Lake in 1937
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
|
1938-04-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for a Red Knot at Goose Lake in Hamilton County, IA on September 6, 1937. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication American Knot in Iowa in Auk 55:275-276 by T.G. Scott also identified by George O. Hendrickson and collected by R.L. Roudabush, and referenced by another publication.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Knot
|
Anderson Goose Lake
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
1
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Lost Island Lake in 1934
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
|
1935-07-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for fourteen Red Knots at Lost Island Lake in Palo Alto County, IA on May 21, 1934. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The 1934 spring migration of shore birds through Clay and Palo Alto counties Iowa in the Iowa State College Journal of Science 9:609-616 by L.J. Bennett also seen by Paul L. Errington, and referenced by another publication.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Knot
|
Lost Island Lake
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
1
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Iowa before 1879
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
|
1879-01-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for Red Knots in Iowa 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 John Krider, and referenced by three other publications.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Knot
|
Iowa
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
1
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot in Iowa before 1870
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Birds--Identification Rare birds
|
1870-01-01
|
1994-02-04
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Records Committee review for Red Knot 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 referenced by three other publications.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
|
Red Knot
|
Iowa
|
|
|
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
1
|
Wood Duck nesting records, volume three, 1967-1978
|
Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Printed ephemera Field notes
|
Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses Eggs--Incubation Ducks--Counting Ducklings Wood duck--Behavior
|
1967-01-01
|
1978-12-31
|
Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
|
Wood Duck nesting records covering the years 1967-1978 compiled by Frederic Leopold. The mostly handwritten volume contains Leopold's detailed notes on the nesting habits of Wood Ducks, including the following: nest site selection, egg laying, incubation, hatching, and departure from the nest. Also included in this volume are newspaper clippings, a few hand-drawn illustrations, correspondence, and the program for the 50th Annual Convention of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union where Leopold gave a presentation titled "Nesting Habits of the Wood Duck".
|
Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
|
Wood Duck
|
Burlington
|
|
|
|
Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
|
10
|
1
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Saylorville Reservoir, 1996
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
|
1996-11-29
|
2000-11-22
|
Rare birds documentation form
|
Records Committee review of a Mew Gull at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on November 29, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
|
Dinsmore, Stephen J.
|
Mew Gull
|
Saylorville Lake
|
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk Co., IA
|
large reservoir
|
The documentation form by Stephen J. Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: The wing pattern, size, and lack of black marks on the face eliminated any of the smaller gulls (i.e. Bonaparte's). The small size and smaller bill size eliminated California Gull. Ring-billed Gull was eliminated on the basis of the darker mantle and upperwings, large, dark eye, and bill color and shape. | The original documentation form event lasted from 16:03:00/16:41:00.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
23
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Red Rock Reservoir Dam, 1994
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
|
1994-12-11
|
1996-04-25
|
Rare birds documentation form
|
Records Committee review of a Mew Gull at Red Rock Reservoir Dam in Marion County, IA on December 11, 1994. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and four documentation forms submitted to the committee.
|
Dinsmore, Stephen J.
|
Mew Gull
|
Red Rock Dam
|
below Red Rock Reservoir dam, Marion Co., IA
|
spillway
|
The documentation form by Steve Dinsmore forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Sinclair, Ray Cummins, and Thomas H. Kent were submitted. Other observers include Tim Schantz, Jim Fuller, and many unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: The only species with which this bird could be confused is Ring-billed Gull. The tail and wing patterns, generally darker coloration, large eye, and smaller bill all eliminate first-winter Ring-billed Gull. Identification to subspecies was based on tail pattern and more extensive dark color on head and underparts. | The original documentation form event lasted from 07:20:00/08:30:00.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
23
|
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Lakeview Recreation Area at Saylorville Reservoir, 1993
|
Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
|
Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
|
1993-12-20
|
1996-01-25
|
Rare birds documentation form
|
Records Committee review of a Mew Gull at Lakeview Recreation Area at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on December 20, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
|
Dinsmore, Stephen J.
|
Mew Gull
|
Lakeview Recreation Area
|
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk Co., IA-on jetty at Lakeview Rec. Area
|
perched on jetty with other gulls
|
The documentation form by Stephen J. Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Susan Grove, Eugene Armstrong, and Eloise Armstrong. | Elimination of similar species: On the basis of size and general plumage characters, this species could only be confused with Ring-billed Gull, hundreds of which were available for direct comparison. The combination of slightly smaller size, distinct head shape, bill color and shape, dark eye, and slightly darker mantle and upperwings are sufficient to eliminate Ring-billed Gull. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:42:00/16:53:00.
|
Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
|
10
|
23
|