Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken at Kellerton Wildlife Area in 1999
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1999-05-25
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2000-11-28
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Records Committee review for eleven Greater Prairie-Chickens at Kellerton Wildlife Area in Ringgold County, IA on April 18, 1999. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in a report from Jim Fuller with details of a Clark's Grebe sighting as well.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Glossy Ibis at Thorpe Park in 1998
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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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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Thorpe Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Collared-Dove at Grinnell in 1997
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1998-02-26
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2000-11-24
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Records Committee review for Eurasian Collared-Doves at Grinnell in Poweshiek County, IA on October 15, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record of a letter from Mark Proescholdt to Tom Kent on February 26, 1998 seen by Mike Stegmann, Ed Savage, and Garry Brandenburg, and referenced by an Iowa Bird Life article.
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Eurasian Collared Dove
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Grinnell
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ross's Gull at Lake Manawa, 1997
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1997-12-27
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Ross's Gull at Lake Manawa in Pottawattamie County, IA on December 27, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and five documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Ross's Gull
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Lake Manawa
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Lake Manawa, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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The documentation form by Babs and Loren Padelford forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Ross Silcock, Duane E. Bright, Stephen J. Dinsmore, and Jerry Probst and Bill Huser were submitted. Other observers include Gordon Brown, Sandra Kovanda, Jim Kovanda, R. Craig Hensley, and other unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Since it was the only gull on the lake, the only birds to compare it with were Ruddy Ducks which appeared smaller and a drake Common Merganser which was larger than the gull. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/11:00:00 and 15:15:00/16:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Cape May Warbler at Indianola in 1996
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Bird feeders Birds--Food Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1997-12-01
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2000-11-22
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Records Committee review for a Cape May Warbler at Indianola in Warren County, IA from November 14 to December 18, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph by Stephen Dinsmore, and the original sighting record found in the publication A Record Late Cape May Warbler in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 67(4):132-33 by Jim Sinclair also seen by Taylor Sinclair.
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Cape May Warbler
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Indianola
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for White-winged Dove at Fort Dodge in 1997
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds
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1997-09-21
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2000-11-24
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Records Committee review for a White-winged Dove at Fort Dodge in Webster County, IA on September 21, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, three photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation letter from Diana Hultine to Jim Fuller.
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White-winged Dove
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Fort Dodge
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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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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant at Swan Lake in 1996
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1996-11-29
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2000-11-22
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Records Committee review for a Brant at Swan Lake in Carroll County, IA on November 26, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the letter from Russ Behrens to Bob describing the bird, and referenced by a publication.
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Brant
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Swan Lake State Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great Gray Owl at Des Moines in 1996
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Wildlife rehabilitation
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1996-03-01
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2000-11-24
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Records Committee review for a Great Gray Owl at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on March 1, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs of the specimen at Iowa State University by Thomas Kent, a note from Jim Dinsmore to Tom Kent, and an article in Iowa Bird Life.
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Great Gray Owl
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Des Moines
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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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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in 1992
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1993-06-01
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1994-10-18
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Records Committee review for a Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in Lyon County, IA on December 11, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, a photo of the specimen, a letter from Jim Dinsmore to the Records Committee reporting the sighting and specimen, and the original sighting record found in the publication Greater Prairie-Chicken in Lyon County in Iowa Bird Life 63:55 by Marty Eby.
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Larchwood
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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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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Photography of birds Rare birds Ornithological illustration
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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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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Iowa Lake Wildlife Management Area in 1992
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1992-03-27
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Records Committee review for a Gyrfalcon at Iowa Lake Wildlife Management Area Kossuth Counties, IA on March 27, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, eight photographs of the bird, letters between Brad Bolduan, Peder H. Svingen, and Thomas Kent, and the published and approved sighting record found in the publication Gyrfalcon in Kossuth County in Iowa Bird Life 64:1 by Brad Bolduan.
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Gyrfalcon
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew near Hornick in 1893
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1991-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew near Hornick in Woodbury County, IA on May 31, 1893. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Recent additions to the Iowa State University bird collection in Iowa Bird Life 62:1-8 by J.J. Dinsmore seen by Harold L. Bond and examined by Carol Henderson.
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Hornick
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at West Swan Lake in Emmet County in 1968
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Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew at West Swan Lake in Emmet County, IA on November 12, 1968. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Long-billed Curlew in southwestern Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 60:20 by Carl Priebe, and referenced by another publication.
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Long-billed Curlew
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West Swan Lake State Game Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Long-billed Curlew at Riverton Area, 1989
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1989-04-11
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1993-08-05
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Long-billed Curelew at Riverton Area in Fremont County, IA on April 11, 1989. 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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Long-billed Curlew
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Riverton Area Fremont County, IA
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Shallow water area 3-4" of about 1-2 acres surrounded by mudflats
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The documentation form by Carl Priebe is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Whimbrel - The curlew was larger than the Marbled Godwit, Whimbrels would be about the same size or slightly smaller. Marbled Godwit - This bird has an upturned bill Hudsonian Godwit - This bird has an upturned bill No other bird has a bill comparable to the length and downward curve of the Long-billed Curlew | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:45:00/16:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of a Trumpeter Swan at Le Claire, 1989
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Records Committee review of a Trumpeter Swan at Le Claire in Scott County, IA on January 9, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, three photocopied photographs, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Trumpeter Swan
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Le Claire
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Channel of Miss. River 1 mi. N. Le Claire IA & Pt Byron IL, Scott & Rock Isl Co
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Open pool in main channel of Missippi River
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The documentation form by Peter C. Petersen is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Diane Porter was submitted from February 25, 1989. Other observers include Mary Lou Petersen, Don Moeller, and Ann Barker. | Elimination of similar species: Tundra swan- Bill very dark near base in this bird, would be light in Tundra, slope of top of head to bill tip wrong for Tundra, brownish tinge to plumage wrong for Tundra, also long bill. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:40:00/09:45:00 and 10:00:00/10:03:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Iowa County in 1936
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1988-12-01
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1994-11-04
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Records Committee review for a Ferruginous Hawk at Iowa County, IA on August 21, 1936. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Records of Ferruginous Hawk in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 58:95-100 by Barbara L. Wilson.
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Iowa County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Curve-billed Thrasher at Badger Lake in 1988
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Records Committee review for a Curve-billed Thrasher at Badger Lake in Monona County, IA on May 13, 1988. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, and the original sighting record found in the publication Curve-billed Thrasher in Manona County in Iowa Bird Life 58(4):116 by Steve Dinsmore, Tom Sorenson, and Dan Gifford.
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Curve-billed Thrasher
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Badger Lake
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Report of sighting at Lake Manawa on the south edge of Council Bluffs, Ia on apr 5, 1988
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds Wildlife conservation
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1988-04-05
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Field notes by Robert E. Starr for two Glaucous Gulls at Lake Manawa in Pottawattamie County on April 5, 1988 recorded on June 7, 1988. Included with the field notes is a "Notes from Nature" article by Ruth C. Green published in A Birds Eye View, volume 16, number 5, May 1988, that discusses Starr's sighting among others.
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Green, Ruth Starr, Robert E.
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Glaucous Gull
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Lake Manawa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for King Eider at Clear Lake in 1986
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Records Committee review for four King Eiders at Clear Lake in Cerro Gordo County, IA on November 17, 1986. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication King Eiders at Clear Lake by James L. Hansen seen by Rick Poole and Ron Glanville with photographs by Thomas Kent.
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King Eider
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Chestnut-collared Longspur north of Smithland in 1986
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1986-09-01
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Records Committee review for a Chestnut-collared Longspur north of Smithland in Woodbury County, IA on April 15 and 16, 1986. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Chestnut-collared Longspur in Woodbury County in Iowa Bird Life 56(3):95 by Dick Bierman, and referenced by another publication.
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Chestnut-collared Longspur
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Smithland
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk north of Pocahontas in 1977
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds Zoological specimens
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Records Committee review for a Ferruginous Hawk north of Pocahontas in Pocahontas County, IA on October 27, 1977. Includes a record review document with votes, letters about the bird sighting between James Dinsmore and David Gilmer, the original sighting record found in the publication Recoveries of Ferruginous Hawks banded in south-central North Dakota in the Journal of Field Ornithology 56:184-187 by D.S. Gilmer, D.L. Evans, P.M. Konrad, and R.E. Stewart, and referenced by another publication.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken in the Ocheyedan Township in Osceola County in 1984
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1984-01-05
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Records Committee review for a Greater Prairie-Chicken in the Ocheyedan Township in Osceola County, IA on January 2, 1984. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter from Ron Spengler to Doug Harr reporting the sighting on January 5, 1984, the published sighting record found in the publication Greater Prairie Chicken in Osceola County in Iowa Bird Life 54:21 by Ron Spengler, and a summary of the review.
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Rare bird documentation form for Mute Swan at Mason City, 1982
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Rare bird documentation form for a Mute Swan at Lake Cona Toma in Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, IA on April 1982. It also includes an article "Sign of spring" in the Mason City Globe Gazette on March 22, 1983 about the bird sighting.
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Powell, John M., 1913-1995
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Mute Swan
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Lake Cona Toma
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Mason City, Iowa - Lake Conatoma [sic]
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Man made lake -13 acres-
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The documentation form by John M. Powell is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include wife, daughter, grandson, and 47 residents. | Elimination of similar species: Whistling Swan - Black straight bill - Pictures for proof. Orange bill with black knob at base is Mute Swan. | The original documentation form event occurred in the morning and evening.
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