Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Lock and Dam 14, 1982
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Mew Gull at Lock and Dam 14 in Scott County, IA on December 19, 1982. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, a summary of the review, comments and correspondence on the sighting, and five documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Laughing Gull
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Lock and Dam 14
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Lock and Dam 14, Scott Co. Iowa
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Mississippi River
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Thomas J. Staudt, Peter C. Petersen, Tim Dwyer, and Francis L. Moore were submitted. Other observers include Don Moeller, Jean Moeller, Mary Lou Petersen, Bob Linden, Clark Scott, and Larry Linder. | Elimination of similar species: Separated from Ring-bill by gray head and mantle, wing-tip, size, character of terminal tail band, and bill color and shape. Separated from Franklin's by wing tip pattern (in face of nearly white tail, ie 2nd year bird) | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 09:40:00/09:50:00 and 14:15:00/14:45:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Whimbrel at Saylorville Reservoir, 1995
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1995-08-27
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2000-11-20
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Whimbrel at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on August 27, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Whimbrel
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Saylorville Lake
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Saylorville Res., Polk Co.
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large mudflat
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The documentation form by Stephen J. Dinsmore is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Sinclair were submitted later. | Elimination of similar species: The large size and bill shape eliminates all shorebirds except Long-billed Curlew. This species was eliminated by the head pattern and shorter bill. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:30:00/08:35:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whimbrel in the Nebraska City area in 1997
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1997-05-10
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2000-11-24
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Records Committee review for a Whimbrel in the Nebraska City area in Fremont County, IA on May 10, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the observation notes of B.J. Rose, Doug Rose, and Roger Rose.
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Whimbrel
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Nebraska City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whimbrel north of Bartlett in 1995
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1995-05-16
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2000-11-18
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Records Committee review for Whimbrels north of Bartlett in Mills County, IA on May 16, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the Spring 1995 Field Report by Babs and Loren Padelford transcribed by Thomas Kent.
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Whimbrel
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Bartlett
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Masked Duck at Forney Lake in 1965
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1966-06-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Masked Duck at Forney Lake in Fremont County, IA on March 14, 1965. Includes a record review document with votes, letter from Woodward H. Brown to Fred, the original sighting record found in the publication Masked Duck in Iowa a sight record in Iowa Bird Life 36:55-56 by Harold and Gladys Whitmus, and referenced by another publication.
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Masked Duck
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Forneys Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Glossy Ibis at Thorpe Park in 1998
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1998-05-26
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2000-11-24
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Records Committee review for a Glossy Ibis at Thorpe Park in Winnebago County, IA on May 26, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, e-mail correspondence from Gian Dodici to James Dinsmore about the sighting and the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Life by Gian Dodici.
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Glossy Ibis
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Thorpe Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Glossy Ibis at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in 1992
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1992-05-04
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1996-04-24
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Records Committee review for two Glossy Ibises at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in Kossuth County, IA on May 4, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter from J.V. Remsen to Tom Kent, letters between Tom Kent and Bob Janssen, a letter from Matt Kenne to Tom Kent, a letter from Bruce Fall to Tom Kent, five photographs, a page with two ibis head sketches, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Life 53:68 by Matthew Kenne, and the article Field identification of White-faced and Glossy Ibises by H. Douglas Pratt, published in Birding 8(1):1-5. The Glossy Ibises were seen by Bobbi Webber and photographed by Dave Bunkofske.
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Glossy Ibis
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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Saylorville Reservoir, 1996
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1996-11-29
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2000-11-22
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Rare birds documentation form
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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.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Mew Gull
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Saylorville Lake
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Saylorville Reservoir, Polk Co., IA
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large reservoir
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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: 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.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Red Rock Reservoir Dam, 1994
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1994-12-11
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1996-04-25
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Rare birds documentation form
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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.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Mew Gull
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Red Rock Dam
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below Red Rock Reservoir dam, Marion Co., IA
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spillway
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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.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Lakeview Recreation Area at Saylorville Reservoir, 1993
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1993-12-20
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1996-01-25
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Rare birds documentation form
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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.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Mew Gull
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Lakeview Recreation Area
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Saylorville Reservoir, Polk Co., IA-on jetty at Lakeview Rec. Area
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perched on jetty with other gulls
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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.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mew Gull at Whitebreast Recreation Area at Red Rock Reservoir, 1993
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1993-12-19
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1995-07-25
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Rare birds documentation form
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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.
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Johnson, Ann
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Mew Gull
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Whitebreast Recreation Area
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Whitebreast Recreation Area, Red Rock Reservoir, Marion Co., IA
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Sandy area at edge of open water
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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.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Pottawattamie and Mills Counties before 1907
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlew at Mills and Pottawattamie Counties, IA before 1907. 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 Isadore Trostler.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Mills County Pottawattamie County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew in Iowa before 1889
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1889-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews in Iowa before 1889. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Preliminary Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by Charles R. Keyes and H.S. WIlliams, and referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Emmetsburg in 1885
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1886-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlew at Emmetsburg in Palo Alto County, IA from April 10-15, 1885. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley 1884-5 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Division of Economic Ornithology Bulletin 2 on page 98 by Wells W. Cooke, and referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Emmetsburg
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew in central Iowa in 1884
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1886-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew in central Iowa in April 15, 1884. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley 1884-5 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Division of Economic Ornithology Bulletin 2 on page 98 by Wells W. Cooke, and referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Wolf Creek Slough in 1884
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1933-12-31
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew at Wolf Creek Slough in Woodbury County, IA on April 8, 1884. Includes a record review document with votes, photograph of the specimen, and the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by D.H. Talbot.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Wolf Creek
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Dickinson County in 1881
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1918-04-02
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew at Dickinson County, IA on June 10, 1881. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the subspecies of Numenius americanus Bechstein in Auk 35:188-195 by H.C. Oberholser collected by William Louis Abbott, and referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Dickinson County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Kossuth County around 1880
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Kossuth County, IA around 1880. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Some Prairie Birds in the Ornithologist and Oologist 18:81-82 by J.W. Preston and is referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Kossuth County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Iowa before 1879
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Iowa before 1879. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by John Krider.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Sac County in 1876
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1917-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew at Sac County, IA around 1876. 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 County Iowa in Wilson Bulletin 29:141-160 by J.A. Spurrell also seen by Mr. Lee and collected by H.B. Smith, and referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Sac County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew in Clay County from 1865-1875
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1943-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlew in Clay County, IA from 1865-1875. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Early bird life in Clay County Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 13:65 by T.C. Stephens seen by Franklin W. Calkins.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Clay County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Decatur County in 1872
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Decatur County, IA during the Spring 1872. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the birds of southern Iowa in the Proceedings of Boston Society of Natural History 15:229-243 by T.M. Trippe, and referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Decatur County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Floyd County around the 1860's and 1870's
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1916-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Floyd County, IA around the 1860's and the 1870's. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A preliminary list of the birds of Floyd County Iowa in Wilson Bulletin 28:130-138 by C.L. Fenton seen by Clement Webster and John R. Waller, and referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Floyd County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew in western Iowa in 1867
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1868-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews in western Iowa in 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 Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1:488-502 by J.A. Allen, and referenced by two other publications.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Engineer's Cantonment in 1820
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Engineer's Cantonment, IA on April 1, 1820. 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, 1820 by Edwin James seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Iowa
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