Iowa Birdline update, October 22, 1990
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for October 22, 1990. Highlights of the update include the continued presence of a California Gull, a Mute Swan, and a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Also of note was the large numbers of waterfowl spreading across the state. Other interesting observations were of Carolina Wrens, a Short-eared Owl, and numerous Sparrow species, including a Harris' and a Le Conte's
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Rough-legged Hawk Eared Grebe Smith's Longspur Snow Bunting Carolina Wren Short-eared Owl Mute Swan Harris' Sparrow Western Grebe California Gull Eastern Phoebe Le Conte's Sparrow Baird's Sandpiper Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Gray Catbird Buff-breasted Sandpiper Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Big Creek State Park Hickory Hill Park Iowa City Ledges State Park Marion County Red Rock Dam Saylorville Dam Badger Creek State Recreation Area Lovilia Osceola Sandpiper Recreation Area Oak Grove Recreation Area
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Iowa Birdline update, April 15, 1991
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-04-15
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for April 15, 1991. Highlights include a Rock Wren, Black-necked Stilt, Burrowing Owl, Cinnamon Teal, Eared Grebe and Long-tailed Duck. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Swainson's Hawk Eared Grebe Cinnamon Teal Long-tailed Duck Black-necked Stilt Long-billed Dowitcher Rock Wren Louisiana Waterthrush Burrowing Owl
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Little Wall Lake Kossuth County Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Story County Woodbury County
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Iowa Birdline update, April 22, 1991
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-04-22
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for April 22, 1991. Highlights include the continued presence Great-tailed Grackle, Long-tailed Duck, Eared Grebe, Cinnamon Teal and Bewick's Wren. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Upland Sandpiper Eared Grebe Bewick's Wren Cinnamon Teal Yellow-throated Warbler Long-tailed Duck Black-crowned Night Heron Great Crested Flycatcher Great-tailed Grackle
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Little Wall Lake Guthrie County Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lee County Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Birdline update, April 29, 1991
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Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-04-29
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for April 29, 1991. Highlights include sightings of a Black-necked Stilt, Hooded Warbler, Cinnamon Teal and Yellow Rail. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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White-eyed Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Bewick's Wren Cinnamon Teal Common Moorhen Long-tailed Duck Yellow Rail Merlin Black-necked Stilt Hooded Warbler
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Little Wall Lake Cerro Gordo County Harrison County Lee County Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Story County
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Iowa Birdline update, May 6, 1991
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-05-06
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for May 6, 1991. Highlights include a Tricolored Heron and several new arrivals particularly in the southeast part of the state. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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White-eyed Vireo Bewick's Wren Cinnamon Teal Tricolored Heron Eastern Wood-Pewee Blue-winged Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler
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Little Wall Lake Kossuth County Lee County MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Birdline update, May 13, 1991
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-05-13
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for May 13, 1991. Highlights include sightings of a Fish Crow, a Prairie Warbler, a Townsend's Warbler, Western Tanagers, and a Black-headed Grosbeak. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Fish Crow Bell's Vireo Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Carolina Wren Townsend's Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler Prairie Warbler
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lake Red Rock Mason City Stone State Park Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve
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Iowa Birdline update, May 20, 1991
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Bird watching Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-05-20
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for May 20, 1991. Highlights include reports from Iowa Ornithologists' Union field trips yielding 146 total species. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Red-shouldered Hawk Eared Grebe Alder Flycatcher Yellow-breasted Chat Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Sora Worm-eating Warbler Cape May Warbler Pine Warbler
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George Wyth Memorial State Park Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Zirbel Slough Sweet Marsh Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area Riverview Cemetery
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Iowa Birdline update, May 27, 1991
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-05-27
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for May 27, 1991. Highlights include spring migration winding down with late warblers and sightings of a Ruff and Western Kingbirds. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Western Kingbird Cattle Egret Dunlin Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Connecticut Warbler Canada Warbler Mourning Warbler Ruff
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Amana Des Moines Greene County Hickory Hill Park Snake Creek State Game Management Area
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Iowa Birdline update, June 3, 1991
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-03
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for June 3, 1991. Highlights include the conclusion of the spring migration except for many shorebirds, White-rumped Sandpipers in particular. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Little Blue Heron Virginia Rail Black-bellied Plover Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone White-rumped Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher Hooded Warbler Blue Grosbeak
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Coralville Lake Perry Sweet Marsh Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Moeckley Prairie
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Iowa Birdline update, June 10, 1991
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Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-10
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 10, 1991. Highlights include a singing Bewick's Wren and Carolina Wren. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Least Bittern American Bittern Summer Tanager Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-crowned Night Heron Black-billed Cuckoo Cerulean Warbler
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Burlington Des Moines Sweet Marsh Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit
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Iowa Birdline update, June 17, 1991
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-17
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for June 17, 1991. Highlights include information from a prairie exploration trip around Iowa and the observation that many breeding birds are currently on nest. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Swainson's Hawk Bobolink White-eyed Vireo Bell's Vireo Henslow's Sparrow Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren Ring-necked Duck Black-crowned Night Heron
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Osceola County Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Swan Lake
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Iowa Birdline update, June 24, 1991
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Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-24
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for June 24, 1991. Highlights include a pair of Mississippi Kites, and all the targeted specialities being seen during an Iowa Ornithologists' Union field trip. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Mississippi Kite Summer Tanager Bewick's Wren Ring-necked Duck Common Moorhen Western Grebe Black-billed Cuckoo Prothonotary Warbler Hooded Warbler
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Clive Dubuque Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit
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Iowa Birdline update, October 15, 1990
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Bird watching Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Emberizidae | Sparrows Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1990-10-15
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for October 15, 1990. Highlights of the update include the sightings of a Mew Gull and a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper as well as the continued presence of a California Gull and a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Also of note was a one day observation of 81 total species, including 14 shorebird species at Coralville Lake. Others interesting sightings were of 10,000 Tree Swallows and 12 species of sparrows, including a Le Conte's and a Lincoln's.
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Eared Grebe Blue-headed Vireo Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Harris' Sparrow Mew Gull California Gull Le Conte's Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Peregrine Falcon Pectoral Sandpiper Common Snipe Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tree Swallow Hermit Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Winter Wren
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Coralville Lake Jester Park Mason City Saylorville Dam Saylorville Lake Union Grove State Park Fairfield Lovilia Waterworks Park Sandpiper Recreation Area Babcock Access
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Walter Rosene letter to Bureau of Biological Survey regarding birds sighted in 1926, January 11, 1927
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Wildlife rehabilitation
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1927-01-11
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Bureau of Biological Survey dated January 11, 1927. Rosene states that he is sending his 1926 migration cards under separate cover and recounts keeping a crippled Golden Plover in his basement for a couple of weeks. This letter was sent with enclosure: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9141/view
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Wilson's Snipe American Golden Plover
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Iowa Ogden
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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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Pine Grosbeak Snowy Owl Glaucous Gull Orange-crowned Warbler
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Iowa Birdline update, November 19, 1990
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1990-11-19
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for November 19, 1990. Highlights of the update include mostly sightings from northeast Iowa, but two Scoter species were reported in the southwest part of the state. Sightings of note were 500 Tundra Swans, 30 Bald Eagles, Ruffed Grouse, and a pure white albino Red-tailed Hawk. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of a Snowy Owl, a first year Black-legged Kittiwake, an all-white first winter Glaucous Gull and a Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
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Ruffed Grouse Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Thayer's Gull Carolina Wren Snowy Owl Black-legged Kittiwake Eurasian Tree Sparrow Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Golden Eagle Glaucous Gull Long-eared Owl Pileated Woodpecker Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Winter Wren Tundra Swan Northern Shrike
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Little Wall Lake Allamakee County Estherville Hawarden Lake Anita State Park Saint Olaf Yellow River State Forest Rossville Harpers Ferry Effigy Mounds National Monument Lock and Dam 9 Macbride Nature Recreation Area Credit Island Park
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Iowa Birdline update, November 26, 1990
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1990-12-26
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for November 26, 1990. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Prairie Falcon, a Snowy Owl, a Eurasian Tree Sparrow, two Scoter species, and three Gull species. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of Snowy Owls, a female Pine Siskin, and a female Merlin.
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Ruffed Grouse Prairie Falcon Thayer's Gull Snow Bunting Pine Grosbeak Short-eared Owl Snowy Owl Merlin Black-legged Kittiwake Eurasian Tree Sparrow Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Glaucous Gull Pileated Woodpecker
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Burlington Decatur County Elkhart Estherville Hawarden Iowa City Lake Anita State Park Laurens Pleasant Creek State Park Saylorville Lake Sioux County Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Iowa Birdline update, December 10, 1990
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Bird watching Laridae | Gulls and Terns Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1990-12-10
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for December 10, 1990. Highlights of the update include the continued presence of a Yellow Grosbeak and sightings of Black-legged Kittiwakes and Bohemian Waxwings. Also included are handwritten notes with a sighting of several thousand Gulls at Lake Red Rock and a report of very unusual appearance of a Hepatic Tanager in Pleasant Valley.
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Red-shouldered Hawk Cedar Waxwing Snow Bunting Loggerhead Shrike Carolina Wren American White Pelican Black-legged Kittiwake Ringed Turtle-Dove Bohemian Waxwing Yellow Grosbeak Dickcissel Surf Scoter Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Bonaparte's Gull Northern Shrike Hepatic Tanager
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Big Creek State Park Booneville Cedar Lake Elk Rock State Park Elkhart Lake Red Rock Ledges State Park Pleasant Valley Saylorville Lake Fonda Lohrville Oak Grove Recreation Area
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Iowa Birdline update, December 17, 1990
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Bird watching Laridae | Gulls and Terns Strigiformes | Owls Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1990-12-17
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for December 17, 1990. Highlights of the update include a sighting of a Varied Thrush and summaries of Christmas bird counts from around the state. Many species were counted and several excellent birds were observed during the Christmas censuses, including a possible Least Flycatcher, Black Scoters, Horned Grebes, and a Townsend's Solitaire. Also included are handwritten notes indicating the continued presence of a Least Flycatcher and a Western Grebe.
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Cooper's Hawk Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Least Flycatcher Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Franklin's Gull Western Grebe Black Scoter Black-legged Kittiwake Eurasian Tree Sparrow Redhead Northern Mockingbird Yellow-rumped Warbler Winter Wren
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Burlington Elk Rock State Park Lake Red Rock Red Rock Dam Saylorville Lake Shenandoah Spencer
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Woodward H. Brown letter to Fred Kent about birding sightings for the fall and winter of 1966 and a Christmas Bird Count, January 4, 1967
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds Sturnidae | Starlings Calcariidae | Longspurs and snow bunting
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1967-01-04
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Letter sent on January 4, 1967 by Woodward H. Brown to Fred Kent discussing bird sightings during the fall and winter of 1966 and a Christmas Bird Count. It features a discussion of distinguishing Eastern and Western Medowlarks in the winter.
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Savannah Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Purple Finch Redhead American Tree Sparrow Red-breasted Nuthatch Western Meadowlark Dark-eyed Junco
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Fred Lesher letter to Fred Kent regarding bird sightings, June 26, 1965
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds Camping
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Letter by Fred Lesher regarding various bird sightings, personal matters, and banding Henslow's Sparrows near Decorah.
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Least Bittern Yellow-headed Blackbird Henslow's Sparrow Common Moorhen Savannah Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Cliff Swallow
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Infancy
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Letter from Dennis L. Carter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 1, 2005. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.
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Least Bittern Bobolink Common Moorhen Orchard Oriole Dickcissel
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List of birds and locations contributed by Dennis L. Carter. Included with the field notes is a postcard detailing the sighting of a Black Tern. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2004.
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Ruffed Grouse Willow Flycatcher Yellow-billed Cuckoo Sora Black-billed Cuckoo Swamp Sparrow Yellow-throated Vireo Black Tern Least Sandpiper Green Heron
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Decorah Winneshiek County Fort Atkinson Ridgeway
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification
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Field notes contributed by Dennis L. Carter in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. The letter includes the sighting of a Pine Siskin and is an addition to his summer field report. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2004.
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Enclosure from Walter Rosene sent to Bureau of Biological Survey with a letter dated January 11, 1927. Rosene lists birds sighted in 1926 for the first time and birds sighted in previous years but not in 1926. This enclosure was sent with letter: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9140/view
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