Report of sighting at Lake Manawa on the south edge of Council Bluffs, Ia on apr 5, 1988
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Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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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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Glaucous Gull
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Lake Manawa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sightings for Clark's Nutcracker at Iowa in 1972-73
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1973-06-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for thirty-three different sightings of Clark's Nutcrackers at different locations in Iowa from October 1972 to March 1973. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Clark's Nutcracker sightings in Iowa, Winter 1972-73 in Iowa Bird Life 43:50-51 by Gladys Black.
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Clark's Nutcracker
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Thick-billed Murre at Johnson County in 1897
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for a Thick-billed Murre at Johnson County, IA in January 1897. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes and News in Iowa Ornithologist 3:24 by G.C. Hoover, and referenced by two other publications. A clipping of Life Histories of North American Diving Birds by A.C. Bent is also included.
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Thick-billed Murre
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Johnson County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Long-billed Curlew at Riverton Area, 1989
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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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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Priebe, Carl
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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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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Rare birds
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1989-01-09
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1993-08-05
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Rare birds documentation form
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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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Petersen, Peter C.
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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 Wood Stork in Iowa before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1993-08-16
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Records Committee review for a Wood Stork 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, and referenced by another publication.
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Wood Stork
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Wood Stork at Mondamin in 1931
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1932-01-01
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for over two hundred Wood Storks at Mondamin in Harrison County, IA on September 9, 1931. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A large flock of Wood Ibeses in Harrison County Iowa. Wilson Bull 44:43 by W.B. Grange, and referenced by another publication.
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Wood Stork
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whooping Crane northeast of Adel in 1975
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1975-06-01
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for five Whooping Cranes northeast of Adel in Dallas County, IA on April 11, 1975. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field reports in Iowa Bird Life 45:57 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Agnes M. Harvey.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Whooping Crane
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Adel
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whooping Crane at northernmost dike at Riverton Area in 1963
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1964-03-01
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for two Whooping Cranes at northernmost dike at Riverton Area in Fremont County, IA on October 23, 1963. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Whooping Cranes in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 34:26 by Carl W. Matherly.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Whooping Crane
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whooping Crane at Adel in 1972
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1973-03-01
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for several Whooping Cranes at Adel in Dallas County, IA on September 21, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Whooping Crane observed near Adel in Iowa Bird Life 43:28 by Agnes M. Harvey.
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Whooping Crane
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Adel
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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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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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 White-faced Ibis at Rippey in 1891
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1891-04-01
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1997-08-23
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Records Committee review for a White-faced Ibis out of a flock of thirteen at Rippey in Greene County, IA on April of 1891. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, the original sighting record found in the publication Report of the committee on state Fauna in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 1(3):39-42 by Charles C. Nutting seen by Benjamin F. Osborn, and referenced by two other publications.
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White-faced Ibis
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Rippey
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for White-faced Ibis at Dan Green Slough in 1977
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Research Rare birds
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1977-05-18
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for three White-faced Ibises at Dan Green Slough in Clay County, IA on May 18, 1977. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Spring and summer observations of herons in northwest Iowa 1977, IBL 47(3):96-98, by Mark R. Ryan.
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White-faced Ibis
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whimbrel north of Bartlett in 1995
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1995-05-16
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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 Whimbrel in the Nebraska City area in 1997
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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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 Western Tanager at Engineer's Cantonment circa 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-19
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Records Committee review for Western Tanagers at Engineer's Cantonment, IA circa 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 seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.
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Western Tanager
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Bluebird near Cedar Rapids in 1903
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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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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Western Bluebird near Cedar Rapids in Linn County, IA in spring 1903. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by another publication.
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Western Bluebird
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Cedar Rapids
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Bluebird in western Iowa before 1875
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for Western Bluebirds in western Iowa before 1875. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of North America in Land Birds, Vol. 3 by S.F. Baird, T.M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway seen by Mr. Atkinson, and referenced by six other publications.
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Western Bluebird
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Bluebird at western Iowa before 1889
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Western Bluebirds at western Iowa before 1889. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Preliminary Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 5:113-161 by Charles R. Keyes and H.S. Williams also seen by Mr. Atkinson, and referenced by another publication.
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Western Bluebird
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Vermillion Flycatcher at Carter Lake in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Records Committee review for Vermillion Flycatcher at Carter Lake in Pottawattamie County, IA on November 21, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Vermilion Flycatcher in Nebraska in Nebraska Bird Review 23:28-29 by W.F. Rapp, Jr. seen by R.G. and Grace Cortelyou.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan near Charles City in 1887
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for a Trumpeter Swan near Charles City in Floyd County, IA in 1887. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Preliminary list of the birds of Floyd Count Iowa in Wilson Bull 28:130-138 by C.L. Fenton seen by Webster, and referenced by two other publications.
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Trumpeter Swan
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Charles City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan in Newton in 1871
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for a Trumpeter Swan near Newton in Poweshiek and Jasper Counties, IA on 1871. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa birds in The American Naturalist 5:169 in H.W. Parker, and referenced by two other publications.
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Trumpeter Swan
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Newton
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan in Iowa in 1820
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for a Trumpeter Swan in Iowa in 1820. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains in the Years 1819, 1820 by E. James.
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Trumpeter Swan
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan in Iowa before 1870
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Trumpeter Swan in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen.
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Trumpeter Swan
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan at Webster County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for Trumpeter Swans at Webster 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 M.P. Somes, and referenced by two other publications.
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Trumpeter Swan
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Webster County
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