Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Amazilia species at Des Moines, 1998
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1998-09-11
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2000-11-24
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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 Barrow's Goldeneye at Greene County before 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1977-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Barrow's Goldeneyes at Greene County, IA before 1970. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Waterfowl in Iowa 5th ed. by J.W. and M.R. Mugrove.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Barrow's Goldeneye
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Greene County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Prairie Warbler at Polk County in 1930
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1931-10-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Prairie Warblers at Polk County, IA on September 13, 1930. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Polk County Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Toni Wendelburg, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Prairie Warbler
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Polk County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Harlequin Duck at Hillsboro in 1896
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for three Harlequin Ducks at Hillsboro in Van Buren County, IA around 1896. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by W.G. Savage, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Harlequin Duck
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Hillsboro
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Great Black-backed Gull near Bettendorf, 1991
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Charts (graphic documents)
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1991-01-14
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1993-07-17
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of a Great Black-backed Gull near Bettendorf in Scott County, IA on January 14, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, appraisal and comparison of relevant bird sightings, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Fuller, James L
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Great Black-backed Gull
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Bettendorf
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Mississippi River between Bettendorf, Iowa, and Moline, Illinois. The bird was at times in both states.
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Ice floes and open water of Mississippi River.
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Thomas H. Kent was submitted. Other observers include Dick Tetrault, Peter Petersen, Ann Barker, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, and Chuck Fuller. | Elimination of similar species: Western gull is the same size as herring gull, as is slaty backed gull and lesser black backed gull is smaller than herring. The very large legs and bill would also speak against lesser black-backed and slaty-backed. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:05:00/11:40:00 on January 14, 1991 and 07:41:00/07:48:00 and 08:12:00/08:28:00 on January 17, 1991.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Big Wall Lake in 1967
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for 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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Knot
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Big Wall Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot in Iowa before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1870-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for 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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Knot
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Goose Lake in 1967
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1971-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for 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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Knot
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Goose Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Iowa before 1879
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for 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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Knot
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot near Des Moines in 1973
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Animal migration--Climatic factors Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1973-09-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for 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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Knot
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Des Moines
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Phalarope at Hawarden before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Phalarope
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Hawarden
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Phalarope in Iowa before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1870-01-01
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red Phalarope
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon at Carter Lake, 1930
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1930-04-22
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Red-throated Loon at Carter Lake on April 22, 1930. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of the Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Robert Overing and his wife, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Carter Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon in Iowa before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1869-12-31
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Red-throated Loon in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication White's Geological Survey of Iowa by Joel Asaph Allen, and referenced in a later publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Lime Springs in 1888
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1895-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Red-throated Loons at Lime Springs in Howard County, IA in May 1888. 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 W.W. Searles, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Lime Springs
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Rock Wren at Des Moines in 1902
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1931-10-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Rock Wrens at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on June 30, 1902. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Polk County, Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Lester P. Fagan.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Rock Wren
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Des Moines
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Rock Wren at Sioux City in 1900
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1907-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Rock Wrens at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA on June 10, 1900. 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 Guy C. Rich.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Rock Wren
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Sioux City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Rock Wren at Sioux City in 1899
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1907-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Rock Wrens at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA on May 28, 1899. 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 Guy C. Rich.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Rock Wren
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Sioux City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Rosy Finch at Sioux City in 1883
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Captive wild birds Rare birds
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1883-10-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Rosy Finches at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA in February 1883. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Gray-crowned Finch in Confinement in the Bulletin of the Nuttal Ornithological Club 8(4):240-242 by D.H. Talbot, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
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Sioux City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sabine's Gull at Scott County before 1933
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1933-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Sabine's Gull at Scott County, IA before 1933. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by W.L. Allen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sabine's Gull
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Scott County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Shenandoah in 1973
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1973-12-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for seven Ferruginous Hawks at Shenandoah in Page County, IA on October 28, 1973. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Field reports in Iowa Bird Life 43:103-106 by Woodward H. Brown reported by Jean Braley to Ruth Phipps, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Shenandoah
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Little Blue Heron at Lake Odessa in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1954-07-22
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for seven Little Blue Herons at Lake Odessa in Louisa County, IA on July 22, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Bird notes from southeast Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 24:56 by Peter C. Petersen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Little Blue Heron
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Lake Odessa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mountain Bluebird at Lake Anita State Park, 1989
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1989-03-07
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1993-08-05
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for seven Mountain Bluebirds at Lake Anita State Park in Cass County, IA on March 7, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, a photograph, and four documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Myers, Robert K.
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Mountain Bluebird
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Lake Anita State Park
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Lake Anita State Park
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Hilly, grassy lake shore with red cedar
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The documentation form by Bob Myers forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Steve Dinsmore, Ann Johnson, and Jim Fuller were submitted. Other observers include Beth Brown, James Dinsmore, L. Paul Hertzel, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, and many unidentified other observers. | Elimination of similar species: Eastern bluebird would show reddish on throat and breast. Western bluebirds would be darker and also have chestnut on breast. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:00:00/10:30:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whooping Crane southeast of Plainfield, 1998
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1998-11-11
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for seven to eight Whooping Cranes southeast of Plainfield in Bremer County, IA on November 11, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation letter submitted to the committee.
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Dinnes, Dana
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Whooping Crane
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Plainfield
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About 3 miles southeast of Plainfield, Ia. along a creek
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The documentation letter by Dana Dinnes is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Larry Brown. | Elimination of similar species: [...] The neck was too thin to be that of a pelican. The necks and legs were too long, and the call was much different, than that of snow geese. | The original documentation form event occurred around 09:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-necked Stilt at Fort Dodge in 1898
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for several Black-necked Stilts at Fort Dodge in Webster County, IA during the summer of 1898. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Melvin P. Somes, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black-necked Stilt
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Fort Dodge
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