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Title	Genres	Topics	Date (Start)	Date (End)	Type	Description	Creator/Author	Birds	Locations	Locality	Habitat	Remarks

Iowa RBA, August 23, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Gaviiformes \| Loons Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-08-23	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Two emails for Iowa RBA updates for August 23, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a juvenile and adult Arctic Tern, MacGillivray's Warbler, Sabine's Gull, Red-necked Phalarope, Eurasian Collared Dove, Little Blue Heron, and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Little Blue Heron Eurasian Collared Dove Arctic Tern Golden-winged Warbler Sabine's Gull MacGillivray's Warbler Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Black-bellied Plover Red-necked Phalarope	Ankeny Harrier Marsh Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Mason City Pilot Knob State Park Starr's Cave Nature Center Sandpiper Recreation Area Cherry Glen Recreation Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, October 18-19, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Emberizidae \| Sparrows Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-10-18	1999-10-19	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Three emails of Iowa RBA updates for October 18-19, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Black-headed Gull, two Western Grebes, and a late Summer Tanager.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Bittern Summer Tanager Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Short-eared Owl Western Grebe Golden Eagle Black-bellied Plover Pileated Woodpecker Black-headed Gull	Dallas County Lock and Dam Number 18 Norwalk Spirit Lake Zirbel Slough Welch Lake Wildlife Management Area Marble Beach State Recreation Area Macbride Nature Recreation Area Sedan Bottoms Pinchey Bottoms				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, October 11, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-10-11	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Two emails of Iowa RBA updates for October 11, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Black-headed Gull, several Pine Siskins and a Common Tern.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Red-shouldered Hawk Eared Grebe Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Black-bellied Plover Spotted Towhee Pine Siskin Common Tern Black-headed Gull	Boone Iowa City Spirit Lake Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Virgin Lake Anglers Bay Beach Trickle Slough Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, October 4-8, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Emberizidae \| Sparrows Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-10-04	1999-10-08	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Four emails of Iowa RBA updates for October 4, 5, and 8, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Brown Pelican, a Surf Scoter, a Black-headed Gull, a Black-billed Magpie and an Eurasian Collared Dove.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Horned Grebe Eurasian Collared Dove Brown Pelican Black-billed Magpie American Pipit Surf Scoter Stilt Sandpiper Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Siskin Black-headed Gull	Grays Lake Hitchcock Nature Area Mason City Spirit Lake Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Sandpiper Recreation Area Mile Long Bridge				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, September 27-October 2, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Threskiornithidae \| Ibises Emberizidae \| Sparrows Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-09-27	1999-10-02	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Six emails of Iowa RBA updates for September 27 to October 2, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Brown Pelican, an Ibis species, and a Black-throated Blue Warbler.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Mute Swan American White Pelican Brown Pelican Black-billed Magpie Le Conte's Sparrow Red-necked Phalarope Black-throated Blue Warbler Spotted Towhee Black-headed Gull	Hitchcock Nature Area Jester Park Kossuth County Snake Creek State Game Management Area Spirit Lake Diamond Lake Parkers Woods Teal Basins Waterfowl Production Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, September 20-24, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-09-20	1999-09-24	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Six emails of Iowa RBA updates for September 20-24, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Brown Pelican, a Yellow-crowned Night Heron, a Black-crowned night Heron, and a Marbled Godwit.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Marbled Godwit Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Eurasian Collared Dove Brown Pelican Wilson's Phalarope Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Red-necked Phalarope Cape May Warbler	Grinnell Jester Park Saylorville Lake Snake Creek State Game Management Area Zirbel Slough Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area Runnells Overlook Parkers Woods				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, September 13-17, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-09-13	1999-09-17	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Emails of Iowa RBA updates for September 13-17, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Western Grebe, Red-necked Phalarope, and an IOU field trip that yielded sightings of 115 different species including twenty-one warbler species. Includes six Iowa RBA updates and one email from James Dinsmore to James Fuller regarding a Red-breasted Nuthatch seen on September 1 and 2, 1999.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Killdeer Marbled Godwit Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Western Grebe Trumpeter Swan Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover Red-necked Phalarope Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Lake Red Rock Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Zirbel Slough Red Rock Wildlife Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, September 6-9, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers Ardeidae \| Herons Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-09-06	1999-09-09	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Two emails of Iowa RBA updates for September 6 and 9, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Red Knot, Snowy Egret, Mississippi Kite, Red-necked Phalarope, Little Blue Heron, Marbled Godwit, and a Yellow-Crowned Night Heron.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Mississippi Kite Little Blue Heron Marbled Godwit Snowy Egret Red Knot Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Red-necked Phalarope Red-breasted Nuthatch American Golden Plover	Harrier Marsh Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Waterworks Park Waubonsie State Park Fort Atkinson Louisa County Casey Barrow Landing Runnells Overlook Devil's Creek Access				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, August 31- September 4, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-08-31	1999-09-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Five emails of Iowa RBA updates for August 31 to September 4, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Mississippi Kite, Red-necked Phalarope and a Black-throated Blue Warbler.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Mississippi Kite Marbled Godwit Mute Swan Virginia Rail Red Knot Black-bellied Plover Red-necked Phalarope Black-throated Blue Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Dunbar Slough Hickory Hill Park Jester Park Oakville Trumbull Lake Grovers Lake Greenwood Park Diamond Lake Casey Barrow Landing Babcock Access				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, August 16-20, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-08-16	1999-08-20	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Six emails of Iowa RBA updates for August 16 and 18-20, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Red-necked Phalarope, a Laughing Gull, and an Arctic Tern.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Little Blue Heron Arctic Tern Sabine's Gull MacGillivray's Warbler Forster's Tern Sanderling Stilt Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Laughing Gull American Golden Plover	Starr's Cave Nature Center Sandpiper Recreation Area Runnells Overlook Babcock Access Sand Point Swan Lake Township				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, August 9-12, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birdsongs Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-08-09	1999-08-12	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA updates for August 9-12, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of five Little Blue Herons, a Snowy Egret, and a Greater Roadrunner. Included are four Iowa RBA updates and an email from Karl Jungbluth to the IA-BIRD mailing list about the beginning of the passerine migration.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Little Blue Heron Henslow's Sparrow Greater Roadrunner Snowy Egret Cattle Egret White-rumped Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Chestnut-sided Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch	Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Nebraska City Mahaska County Montezuma Babcock Access Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Devil's Creek Access New Sharon Swan Lake Township				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, August 2-5, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watchers Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-08-02	1999-08-05	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Five emails of Iowa RBA updates for August 2-5, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Ruff, a Western Grebe, and a Greater Roadrunner.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Little Blue Heron Greater Roadrunner Western Grebe Snowy Egret Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Greater Scaup Baird's Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff	Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Spirit Lake Nebraska City Sunken Grove State Game Management Area Fort Madison Welch Lake Wildlife Management Area Babcock Access Sand Point				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, July 25-29, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-07-25	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Three emails of Iowa RBA updates for July 25, 27, 29, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Little Blue Heron, Least Terns and a Buff-breasted Sandpiper.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Broad-winged Hawk Little Blue Heron Common Moorhen Western Grebe Western Kingbird Least Tern Peregrine Falcon Piping Plover Stilt Sandpiper Blue Grosbeak Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Des Moines Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Horseshoe Bend County Recreation Area Ledges State Park Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Big Timber Division Spirit Lake Boone County MidAmerican Energy Ponds Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Rare bird documentation form for Scissor-tailed Flycatcher south of Pleasant Creek State Park, 1995	Correspondence Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1995-07-31	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher south of Pleasant Creek State Park in Linn County, IA on July 31, 1995. It was submitted with a letter from Jim Dinsmore to Thomas Kent on an unknown date.	Dankert, David L.	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Pleasant Creek State Park	Approx. 2 miles s Pleasant Creek S.P. NW Linn Co	cut hayfield	The documentation form by David L. Dankert is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: Observing the bird when perched length was approximately three times the size of the A. Goldfinch that was perched close by. Body mass was about the size of an A. Robin. [...] Some field guides suggest confusion can be made between juvenile Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Western Kingbird juvenile but the head of the bird I observed was whiter. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 12:40:00/13:00:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	34	73
Rare bird documentation form for Stellar's Jay at Des Moines, 1978	Correspondence Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1978-07-05	1978-07-08	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for three Stellar's Jays at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on July 5, 1978. It was included with a Woodward H. Brown letter to Nick Halmi dated July 8, 1978 regarding the documentation form and sighting.	Brown, Woodward H. Collins, Paul B., Mrs.	Stellar's Jay	Des Moines	close to house; 1017 - 26th Des Moines Iowa	in adjacent yard	The documentation form by Mrs. Paul Collins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: Blue Jay \| The original documentation form event occurred briefly around 15:00:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	34	82
Rare bird documentation form for Carolina Wren in Cherokee County, 1983	Correspondence Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1983-01-30	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Carolina Wren in Cherokee County, IA on January 30, 1983. The documentation form was included with an undated letter from Dick Bierman to Thomas Kent regarding the bird sighting and documentation form.	Bierman, Dick	Carolina Wren	Cherokee County	Farm Grove 13 mi west, 1 mi north of Cherokee Iowa.	Farm grove. Box elder, mulberry, cottonwood, blue spruce, brushy under growth.	The documentation form by Dick Bierman is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Charles Krekow and Lois Krekow. \| Elimination of similar species: House Wren, Winter Wren, Brown Creeper, Fox Sparrow, Bewick's Wren \| The original documentation form event lasted from 11:00:00/11:01:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	34	88
Rare bird documentation form for Black-billed Magpie at Hitchcock Wildlife Area near Crescent, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1999-09-27	1999-10-11	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Black-billed Magpie at Hitchcock Wildlife Area near Crescent in Pottawattamie County, IA on September 27, 1999. It is accompanied by an e-mail from Sue Mattix to James Fuller dated September 28, 1999 regarding the bird sighting.	Mattix, Sue	Black-billed Magpie	Hitchcock Nature Area	Hitchcock Wildlife Area, Crescent, IA	forest	The documentation form by Sue Mattix is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Howard Mattix. \| Elimination of similar species: Only similar species would be yellow billed magpie - this one had a black bill \| The original documentation form event lasted from 17:00:00/18:00:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	34	83
Rare bird documentation memo for Blackheaded Grosbeak and Rose-breasted Grosbeak hybrid at Ingham Township in Franklin County, 1979	Correspondence Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1979-07-10	1979-07-20	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation memo for a Blackheaded Grosbeak and Rose-breasted Grosbeak hybrid at Ingham Township in Franklin County, IA on July 10, 1979.	Priebe, Carl	Cardinal-Grosbeaks	Ingham Township	The bird was sighted in the NW 1/4 Sec. 12 T-92N R-19W in Franklin County.	[...] The bird was sighting in a timbered area of approximately 20 acres on a hill overlooking the West Fork of the Cedar River.	The documentation form by Carl Priebe is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Curt Nelson, Eugene Armstrong, and Eloise Armstrong. \| Elimination of similar species: [...] The bird was definately [sic] a grosbeak as it had the thick, heavy bill. [...] What makes me think it is a hybrid is that the orange-yellow of ghe [sic] breast was only in the upper part, identical to the rose bib of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. \| The original documentation form event occurred in the afternoon.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	69