Iowa Birdline update, August 27, 1991
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls Phoenicopteriformes | Flamingos
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1991-08-27
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N/A
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for August 27, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of five Western Grebes, a Swainson's Hawk and a most unusual sighting of a Flamingo in Fremont County. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of a Stilt Sandpiper, American Golden Plover and an American White Pelican.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Barn Owl Common Moorhen American White Pelican Western Grebe Least Tern Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper American Golden Plover Pine Warbler
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Saint Olaf Warren County Sandy Beach Public Use Area Casey Barrow Landing Silver Lake Runnells Overlook
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Iowa Birdline update, August 24, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-08-24
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N/A
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 24, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of Least Bittern, Ruddy Turnstone, American Avocet, Willet and a Black-bellied Plover. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of two Piping Plovers at the Sandpiper Recreation area and fourteen additional species of shorebirds at Red Rock Reservoir.
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American Avocet Least Bittern Harris' Sparrow Ringed Turtle-Dove Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Willet Ruddy Turnstone Blue-winged Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler
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Hickory Hill Park Jester Park Lake Red Rock Muscatine Casey Barrow Landing Sandpiper Recreation Area
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Iowa Birdline update, August 19, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-08-19
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N/A
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for August 19, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of a Merlin, a family of Swainson's Hawks and many Black Terns. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of an immature and adult Common Moorhen and two Black-bellied Plovers.
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American Avocet Swainson's Hawk American Bittern Common Moorhen Merlin Least Tern Black-bellied Plover Bay-breasted Warbler Laughing Gull Black Tern
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Clear Lake Coralville Lake Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Mason City Saylorville Lake Sandy Beach Public Use Area Starr's Cave Nature Center Silver Lake Oak Grove Recreation Area
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Iowa Birdline update, August 17, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-08-17
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N/A
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 17, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of King Rails and indications that the Passerine migration is underway. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Ringed Turtle-Dove near downtown Muscatine and six warbler species at Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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American Avocet Bald Eagle Carolina Wren Golden-winged Warbler Western Sandpiper Ringed Turtle-Dove Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher Canada Warbler King Rail
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Hickory Hill Park Muscatine Effigy Mounds National Monument Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Casey Barrow Landing Ambrose A Call State Park
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Iowa Birdline update, August 12, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-08-12
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N/A
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for August 12, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of five species of Warblers, a Bell's Vireo, Least Flycatcher and fourteen species of shorebirds. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of five adult and one juvenile Western Grebes, several Ruddy Ducks and several Great Blue Herons.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mississippi Kite Double-crested Cormorant Least Flycatcher Bell's Vireo Carolina Wren Western Grebe Common Loon Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Ruddy Duck Great Blue Heron
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Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Warren County Pocahontas County Fairfield West Des Moines Silver Lake Runnells Overlook
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Iowa Birdline update, August 10, 1992
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-08-10
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N/A
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 10, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of the juvenile Laughing Gull and two Western Grebes. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a possible Black Vulture and a confirmed sighting of a Ruddy Turnstone.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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American Avocet Black-and-white Warbler Western Grebe Ruddy Turnstone Philadelphia Vireo Blackburnian Warbler American black vulture Laughing Gull
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Davenport Iowa City Red Rock Dam MidAmerican Energy Ponds Casey Barrow Landing Silver Lake
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Iowa Birdline update, April 6, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-04-06
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N/A
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for April 6, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a very late Northern Shrike, a Ferruginous Hawk flyover in Story County and Yellow-rumped Warblers brought in by the south winds overnight. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Northern Goshawk and 20 American White Pelicans.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Ferruginous Hawk Smith's Longspur American White Pelican Northern Goshawk Virginia Rail Yellow-rumped Warbler American Black Duck Tundra Swan Sandhill Crane Northern Shrike
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Madison County Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Princeton State Wildlife Management Area Story County
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Iowa Birdline update, April 5, 1993
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-04-05
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N/A
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for April 5, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of a Black-throated Sparrow and Townsend's Solitaire, plus a Prairie Falcon. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of several Tundra Swans and three Great Egrets.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-shouldered Hawk Prairie Falcon Townsend's Solitaire Lapland Longspur Black-throated Sparrow Merlin Osprey Bonaparte's Gull Tundra Swan Great Egret
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Bremer County Cedar Lake Cerro Gordo County Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hendrickson Marsh Lake Iowa City Lost Island Lake Spencer Waterloo Shell Rock River Greenbelt
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Iowa Birdline update, April 27, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-04-27
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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 April 27, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of Black Rails, a Eurasian Wigeon, Cinnamon Teal and Chestnut-collared Longspurs. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of Clay-colored Sparrows in several locations and a Rose-breasted Grosbeak that was back in Iowa City.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Eared Grebe Rose-breasted Grosbeak Chestnut-collared Longspur Clay-colored Sparrow Eurasian Wigeon Cinnamon Teal Black Rail Whimbrel Black-crowned Night Heron Hudsonian Godwit
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Little Wall Lake Ankeny Des Moines Iowa City Liscomb Percival Pleasant Creek State Park Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Palo
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Iowa Birdline update, April 26, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy Emberizidae | Sparrows Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-04-26
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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 April 26, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of a Rock Wren, eight White-faced Ibis, a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and an immature Little Blue Heron. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a pair of Short-eared Owls and eleven sparrow species.
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American Avocet White-faced Ibis Little Blue Heron Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Short-eared Owl Virginia Rail Rock Wren Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Sandhill Crane
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Spirit Lake Warren County Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Larson Marsh Titonka
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Iowa Birdline update, April 20-22, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Gruidae | Cranes Calcariidae | Longspurs and snow bunting Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-04-20
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1992-04-22
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for April 20-22, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a female Evening Grosbeak, Sandhill Cranes that have been reported for several weeks now, and a good number of three Longspur species, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Smith's Longspur and Lapland Longspur. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of 16 duck species, 40 Great Egrets and three American White Pelicans.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Bobolink Chestnut-collared Longspur Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Carolina Wren American White Pelican Evening Grosbeak Little Gull Sandhill Crane Great Egret
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Coralville Lake Ledges State Park Marshalltown Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Birdline update, April 19, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-04-19
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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 April 19, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Bewick's Wren, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Iceland Gulls. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Rock Wren, Tundra Swan, Mute Swan and an Eared Grebe.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Eared Grebe Bewick's Wren Mute Swan Yellow-throated Warbler Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Rock Wren Hudsonian Godwit Louisiana Waterthrush Tundra Swan
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Lake Macbride State Park Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Big Timber Division Warren County Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Argyle Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Blackhawk Bottoms
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Iowa Birdline update, April 13, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-04-13
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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 April 13, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of thousands of American White Pelicans in the state on about every body of water and Barn Owls nesting at the same location in Taylor County for the fourth consecutive year. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Little Blue Heron near Burlington that has been at the same pond for three straight days and 12 Red-breasted Mergansers at Cedar Lake in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Little Blue Heron Carolina Wren Barn Owl American White Pelican Red-breasted Merganser Greater Prairie-Chicken Dunlin Baird's Sandpiper Northern Mockingbird Bonaparte's Gull
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Burlington Cedar Lake Riverton Wildlife Management Area Effigy Mounds National Monument Ringgold State Wildlife Area Green Valley State Park Runnells Overlook Crawford Creek County Recreation Area Taylor County
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Iowa Birdline update, April 12, 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 Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-04-12
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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 April 12, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of Sandhill Cranes, a Cinnamon Teal and a Black-throated Sparrow. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of an adult Iceland Gull in a field with about 300 Ring-Billed Gulls.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Ring-billed Gull Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Black-throated Sparrow Cinnamon Teal Iceland Gull Black-crowned Night Heron Sora Pileated Woodpecker Sandhill Crane
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Brenton Slough Des Moines Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Waterloo Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Rock Creek State Park Swan Lake
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Iowa Birdline update for November 25, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-11-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for November 25, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of a White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Glaucous, Thayer's and Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of a Northern Saw-whet Owl, Brown Thrasher and a Merlin.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull Short-eared Owl Brown Thrasher Long-tailed Duck Merlin Lesser Black-backed Gull White-winged Scoter Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Coralville Lake Lake Red Rock Pleasant Creek State Park Sioux Center Oak Grove State Park Macbride Nature Recreation Area
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Herbert F. Wiese letter to Stephen Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for IOU quarterly field reports spring 1991, March 12, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration
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1991-03-08
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field reports in the form of a letter for Herbert F. Wiese to Stephen Dinsmore on March 8, 1991. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1991.
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Wiese, Herbert F.
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Ruddy Duck Lesser Scaup
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Cedar Lake
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Herbert F. Wiese letter to Stephen Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for IOU quarterly field reports of spring 1991, March 12, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Weather
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1991-03-12
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Field reports with some detail about sighting submitted in the form of a letter from Herbert F. Weiss to Stephen Dinsmore on March 12, 1991. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1991.
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Wiese, Herbert F.
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Horned Grebe Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Lesser Scaup Common Merganser
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Cedar Lake
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Harry Oberholser letter to Oscar Allert regarding bird sightings, March 1, 1929
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1929-03-01
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Letter from Harry Oberholser to Oscar Allert dated March 1, 1929. Oberholser responds to a request from Allert by providing details about a couple of bird sightings. Oberholser also states that if Allert has any skins he wishes identified that he should send them to Washington with return postage.
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Oberholser, Harry C. (Harry Church), 1870-1963
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Northern Mockingbird Kentucky Warbler
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McGregor Prairie du Chien
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Hank Zaletel letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding a report of a Golden Plover, August 12, 1982
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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1982-08-12
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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This letter was contributed by Hank Zaletel to Thomas H. Kent. Hank is describing the identification of a young bird seen with a Golden Plover which he reported previously. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1982.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs American Golden Plover
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Colo
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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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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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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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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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Gladys Black letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, March 17, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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1980-03-17
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Field notes contributed by Gladys Black in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, March 17, 1980. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1980.
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Black, Gladys
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Varied Thrush Mountain Bluebird Ruddy Turnstone Pileated Woodpecker
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Adel Lake Red Rock Mason City Hampton
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Gladys Black letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, January 21, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Research Turdidae | Thrushes
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1977-01-21
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Field notes regarding bird sightings were contributed by Gladys Black in a letter to Nicholas S. Halmi. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1976-1977.
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Black, Gladys
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Red-tailed Hawk Snowy Owl Pileated Woodpecker Spotted Towhee Wild Turkey Northern Shrike
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Iowa City Mason City Ottumwa Rathbun Lake Seymour Shellsburg
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Gladys Black letter to Michael Newlon regarding bird sightings including a Pine Grosbeak, February 1, 1984
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Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1984-02-01
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Letter from Gladys Black to Michael Newlon, sent on February 1, 1984, about bird sightings that winter. It features a photocopied photograph and description of a Pine Grosbeak sighting at Denver in Bremer County, IA, before February 1, 1984.
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Black, Gladys Wylder, Robert
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Pine Grosbeak Snowy Owl Glaucous Gull Orange-crowned Warbler
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Pleasantville Red Rock Dam Denver
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Gian Dodici email to Jim Dinsmore regarding King Rail details, June 20, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1999-06-20
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Gian Dodici to Jim Dinsmore dated June 20, 1999. Dodici provides details about sighting a King Rail south of Eagle Lake. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1999.
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Dodici, Gian
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King Rail
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