Iowa Birdline update, February 1, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-02-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for February 1, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of Iceland Gulls, two Townsend's Solitaires, a Long-tailed Duck and two Trumpeter Swans. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Northern Saw-whet Owl and two Long-eared Owls at Big Creek State Park, and an additional Northern Saw-whet Owl sighted at Ledges State Park.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull Townsend's Solitaire Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Iceland Gull Peregrine Falcon Glaucous Gull Long-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Big Creek State Park Blencoe Cerro Gordo County Ledges State Park Lock and Dam 14 Red Rock Dam Cedar River
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Hank Zaletel letter regarding Red-necked Grebes at Little Wall Lake
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1984-04-12
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1984-04-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Hank Zaletel regarding Red-necked Grebes at Little Wall Lake. The letter details the observation and identification of a Red-necked Grebe in comparison to a nearby Horned Grebe. A post script from Calvin A. Knight and Bernie Knight adds additional information on the sighting of two Red-necked Grebes at the same location.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe
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Little Wall Lake
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C. A. Stewart letter to multiple recipients regarding a revised check list for the birds of Iowa, February 3, 1950
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Correspondence Forms (documents) Instructional materials
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Bird populations Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology
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Letter from C.A. Stewart to E.L. Kozicky, Margaret Jones, George E. Crossley, J.F. Moore, and Fred Hall regarding a revised check list for the birds of Iowa, February 3, 1950. Stewart suggests the best way to revise the check list to include the most up-to-date bird ranges is a survey of bird populations completed by members of the IOU. Included with the letter are instructions to be used in making out the frequency report and an example of a 'Report of occurrence frequency and breeding status of birds of Iowa' form completed by Stewart.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Stewart, C.A.
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Iowa
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Martin L. Grant letter to Woodward H. Brown regarding comments concerning the field checking list of Iowa birds, December 16, 1962
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nomenclature Ornithology--Methodology
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1962-12-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Martin L. Grant to Woodward H. Brown regarding comments concerning the field checking list of Iowa birds, December 16, 1962. The letter details a response from Grant after receiving feedback about the check list from Brown, Frederick W. Kent, and Peter C. Petersen, including Grant's willingness to omit old common bird names and simplifying the family names by reducing to one word wherever possible.
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Grant, Martin L.
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Philip A. DuMont letter to Martin L. Grant regarding suggestions to the "Check-list of Iowa Birds", December 7, 1962
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nomenclature Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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1962-12-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip A. DuMont to Martin L. Grant regarding suggestions to the "Check-list of Iowa Birds", December 7, 1962. The letter details several suggestions DuMont has for Grant's proposed check list of birds, including the use of the full name for each species, omitting the former names of species, eliminating names and initials after the scientific name, and adding a habitat symbol to the status of the bird.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Cedar Falls
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Iowa RBA, March 11-14, 1996
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1996-03-11
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1996-03-14
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for March 11-14, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a White-winged Scoter, Glaucous Gull, Thayer's Gull, White-winged Crossbill and a Saw-whet Owl.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Northern Flicker Prairie Falcon Thayer's Gull Turkey Vulture White-winged Crossbill Greater Yellowlegs White-winged Scoter Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Tundra Swan
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Johnson County Lock and Dam 14 Squaw Creek Regional Park Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Farmington Unit Heron Bend Conservation Area Wall Lake Cemetery
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Iowa RBA, March 11-24, 1996
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1996-03-11
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1996-03-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for March 11-24, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a female White-winged Scoter, a first year Glaucous Gull, Thayer's Gulls and a female White-winged Crossbill.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull Mountain Bluebird White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Trumpeter Swan Greater Yellowlegs White-winged Scoter Glaucous Gull Tundra Swan Northern Shrike
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hidden Bridge Wildlife Area Lock and Dam 14 Squaw Creek Regional Park Green Island Heron Bend Conservation Area Cosgrove
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Iowa RBA, April 1, 1996
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1996-04-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for April 1, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Hermit Thrush, Glaucous Gull, Fish Crow, Smith's Longspur and Sandhill Cranes. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Great Egret and a Bonaparte's Gull.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Fish Crow Smith's Longspur American Pipit Glaucous Gull Hermit Thrush Winter Wren Bonaparte's Gull Sandhill Crane Northern Shrike Great Egret
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Big Creek Lake Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Johnson County Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Red Rock Dam Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Green Island Wildlife Management Area Kingston
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Iowa RBA, June 3-6, 1996
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Nest building Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1996-06-03
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1996-06-06
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for June 3-6, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of Western Grebe, a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches, a male Lazuli Bunting, Mississippi Kites and three Peregrine Falcon chicks.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Mississippi Kite Lazuli Bunting Western Grebe Peregrine Falcon Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Clay County Des Moines George Wyth Memorial State Park Hartman Reserve Nature Center Spencer Windsor Heights
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Iowa Birdline update, January 4-5, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-01-04
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1993-01-05
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for January 4-5,1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Short-eared Owl, a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a female Mountain Bluebird, a Snowy Owl and a first year Iceland Gull. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a first year Glaucous Gull, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Golden-crowned Kinglets.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak Mountain Bluebird Short-eared Owl White-winged Crossbill Snowy Owl Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Red-breasted Nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet Pine Warbler
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Big Creek State Park Black Hawk County Bremer County Holstein Marshalltown Rathbun Lake Hancher Auditorium
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Iowa Birdline update, January 11, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-01-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for January 11, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of the two Townsend's Solitaires, Long-tailed Duck, Trumpeter Swans and a Prairie Falcon. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a first year Iceland Gull and Thayer's Gulls
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Prairie Falcon Thayer's Gull Townsend's Solitaire Eastern Towhee Brown Thrasher Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Iceland Gull Green-winged Teal Red Crossbill
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Cedar Lake Cerro Gordo County Lake Red Rock Red Rock Dam Hancher Auditorium Rock Falls Steamboat Rock
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Iowa Birdline update, January 18, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-01-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for January 18, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of Carolina Wrens and the continued presence of the two Townsend's Solitaires, Long-tailed Duck, Trumpeter Swans and Iceland Gull. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of Snow Bunting flocks west of Rock Falls and a red phase Eastern Screech Owl at Hickory Hill Park.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Townsend's Solitaire Eastern Towhee Snow Bunting Carolina Wren Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Northern Goshawk Iceland Gull Red-breasted Nuthatch Eastern Screech-Owl
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Cerro Gordo County Dale Maffitt Reservoir Hickory Hill Park Iowa City Jester Park Lake Red Rock Red Rock Dam Sac County Rock Falls
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Iowa Birdline update, January 25, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-01-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for January 25, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of the two Townsend's Solitaires, a Long-tailed Duck and two Trumpeter Swans. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Northern Saw-whet Owl, a first year Glaucous Gull and two Wood Ducks.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Townsend's Solitaire Eastern Bluebird Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Eurasian Tree Sparrow Wood Duck Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Gray Catbird Eastern Screech-Owl
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Burlington Cedar Lake Cerro Gordo County Hickory Hill Park Homestead Red Rock Dam Van Meter
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Iowa Birdline update, February 8, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Strigiformes | Owls Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-02-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for February 8, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of Golden Eagles, a Prairie Falcon, two Townsend's Solitaire and an Iceland Gull. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Hermit Thrush in a pine plantation that was sustaining itself on bittersweet berries.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Prairie Falcon Townsend's Solitaire Northern Goshawk Iceland Gull Golden Eagle Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Hermit Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Winter Wren
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Allamakee County Cerro Gordo County Des Moines River Ledges State Park Lock and Dam 14 Lock and Dam 15 Moorehead Pioneer Park Buena Vista County Backbone State Park
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Iowa Birdline update, February 15, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-02-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for February 15, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of two Chinese Thrushes, an interesting exotic seen daily in an Ottumwa backyard for several months. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of three Golden-crowned Kinglets and two Trumpeter Swans.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Double-crested Cormorant Trumpeter Swan Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Long-eared Owl Hermit Thrush Canada Goose Golden-crowned Kinglet Great-tailed Grackle Chinese Hwamei
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Cedar Lake Cedar Rapids Coralville Lake Ottumwa Backbone State Park Modale Credit Island Park
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Iowa Birdline update, February 22, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-02-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for February 22, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of two Townsend's Solitaires and Two Trumpeter Swans along with Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs and Horned Larks. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Short-eared Owl and a Northern Goshawk.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Killdeer Townsend's Solitaire Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Short-eared Owl Northern Goshawk Eurasian Tree Sparrow American Coot Greater White-fronted Goose Horned Lark
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Burlington Cedar Lake Cedar Rapids Cerro Gordo County Johnson County Linn County Cobb Memorial Park Green Bay Bottoms Shell Rock River Greenbelt
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William Praeger letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird specimens, April 6, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1934-04-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from William Praeger to Philip DuMont dated April 6, 1934. In this letter Praeger responds to DuMont's request for information for the "Revised List of the Birds of Iowa" by describing some specimens.
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Praeger, William Emilius
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Bald Eagle Red-throated Loon Black Scoter Common Loon Hooded Merganser Canada Goose
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Hank Zaletel email to Dave Edwards regarding a Northern Shrike sighting, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1999-01-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email from Hank Zaletel to Dave Edwards reporting a Northern Shrike sighting during the Ames Christmas Bird Count in 1999. Hand written details by Dave Edwards include sightings of a Loggerhead Shrike and a Trumpeter Swan in Ames, Iowa.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Loggerhead Shrike Trumpeter Swan Northern Shrike
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Ames Ada Hayden Heritage Park
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Kayleen Niyo email to Steven Dinsmore regarding a Trumpeter Swan sighting, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1999-01-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email from Kayleen Niyo to Steven Dinsmore reporting a sighting of 3 Trumpeter Swans on December 19, 1998 during the Ames Christmas Bird Count.
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Niyo, Kayleen
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Trumpeter Swan
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Ada Hayden Heritage Park Bjorkboda Marsh
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Lanny Haldy letter to Stephen Dinsmore regarding Trumpeter and Tundra Swans at Amana Lake
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Rare birds
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Lanny Haldy to Stephen Dinsmore regarding Trumpeter Swans at Amana Lake on November 5 in an unknown year. Sightings of a Tundra Swan is also mentioned.
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Haldy, Lanny
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Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan
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Lily Lake
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Philip DuMont letter to Wade Guenther regarding the Giddings collection, April 22, 1933
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Zoological specimens
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1933-04-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to Wade Guenther dated April 22, 1933 and published in the Sabula Gazette on May 11, 1933. In this letter DuMont says that the bird specimens collected by H.J. Giddings should be labelled with the date and place they were collected, and includes a list of the species that DuMont compiled when he studied the collection. This document is in response to a letter from Wade Guenther: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4218/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Pacific Loon Kentucky Warbler Cape May Warbler Red Crossbill Pine Warbler
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Jackson County Sabula
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Frank Ellis letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird specimens and birds around Maquoketa, January 18, 1933
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Collection and preservation
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1933-01-18
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Frank Ellis to Philip DuMont dated January 18, 1933. In this letter Ellis responds to more questions from DuMont regarding specimens housed in the Ellis Museum of Archeology and Anthropology and birds found around Maquoketa.
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Ellis, Frank E.
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Whooping Crane Yellow-headed Blackbird Goldeneye Great Horned Owl Snowy Egret Northern Mockingbird
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Sabula Maquoketa Otter Creek Township
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Paul Errington letter to Philip DuMont regarding feather identification, January 28, 1936
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Feathers Birds--Classification
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1926-01-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Paul Errington to Philip DuMont dated January 28, 1936. In this letter Errington tells DuMont that a feather found in a fox den is probably from a Flicker hybrid. Included with this letter is a feather.
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Errington, Paul L. (Paul Lester), 1902-1962
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Northern Flicker
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Crawford County
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Percy Taverner letter to Philip DuMont regarding Flicker hybrids, January 2, 1936
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Birds--Classification
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1936-01-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Percy Taverner to Philip DuMont dated January 2, 1936. In this letter Taverner responds to DuMont's article "Red Shafted Flicker Secured at Des Moines, Iowa" published in the Wilson Bulletin, vol.47, no.2 by discussing Flicker hybrids.
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Taverner, P. A. (Percy Algernon), 1875-1947
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Northern Flicker
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Des Moines Winnebago County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Martin Grant letter to Philip DuMont regarding identification key, May 17, 1937
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Correspondence Instructional materials
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching
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1937-05-17
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Martin Grant to Philip DuMont dated May 17, 1937. In this letter Grant asks DuMont to look over the key he is using to teach students to identify bird species in the lab. Included with this letter is an edited copy of "A Key to and synopsis of the orders and families of Iowa birds."
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Grant, Martin L.
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Iowa
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