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

Peter Wickham letter to Carl Bendorf, June 2 1991	Checklists Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Weather	1991-03-01	1991-06-02	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Peter Wickham to Carl Bendorf on June 2, 1991, summarizing his spring birding. Included with the letter is a field notes form that includes detailed notes on specific sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1991.	Wickham, Peter P.	Marbled Godwit Turkey Vulture Brewer's Blackbird Yellow-breasted Chat Smith's Longspur Red-breasted Merganser Merlin American Woodcock Long-billed Dowitcher Wood Thrush Le Conte's Sparrow Greater Scaup Sanderling Louisiana Waterthrush Bufflehead Lesser Scaup Short-billed Dowitcher Northern Waterthrush	Cedar Lake Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Pleasant Creek State Park Central City Matsell Bridge Public Access Marengo Wakpicada County Park Swan Lake				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	5
Iowa Birdline update, March 4, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-03-04	1991-03-07	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email of the Iowa Birdline update for March 4, 1991. Highlights include Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackle, Killdeer and the year's first Turkey Vulture. Includes update for March 7, 1991.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Killdeer Turkey Vulture Common Grackle Eurasian Wigeon Cinnamon Teal Ring-necked Duck White-winged Crossbill Lesser Yellowlegs Red-winged Blackbird	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lee County Mason City Riverton Wildlife Management Area Geode State Park				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Herbert F. Wiese letter to Stephen Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for IOU quarterly field reports spring 1991, March 12, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration	1991-03-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Wiese, Herbert F.	Ruddy Duck Lesser Scaup	Cedar Lake				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	5
Iowa Birdline update, March 11, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-03-11	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email of the Iowa Birdline update for March 11, 1991. Highlights include a Cinnamon Teal and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Waterfowl migration is peaking for diving ducks and geese.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Ring-billed Gull Turkey Vulture Brewer's Blackbird Cinnamon Teal Red-breasted Merganser Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Greater Scaup Great Blue Heron	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Riverton Wildlife Management Area Sabula Union Grove State Park Lake MacBride				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Herbert F. Wiese letter to Stephen Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for IOU quarterly field reports of spring 1991, March 12, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Weather	1991-03-12	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Wiese, Herbert F.	Horned Grebe Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Lesser Scaup Common Merganser	Cedar Lake				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	5
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Iceland Gull at Red Rock Reservoir Dam, 1991	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1991-03-13	1993-07-17	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review for an Iceland Gull at Red Rock Reservoir Dam in Marion County, IA on March 13, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes, seven photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, correspondence about bird sighting and review, and eleven documentation forms submitted to the committee.	Schantz, Tim	Iceland Gull	Red Rock Dam	Below Red Rock Dam, Marion County, Iowa		The documentation form by Tim Schantz is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Fuller, Ann Johnson, Thomas H. Kent, Diane Porter, Jim Sinclair, Stephen Dinsmore, James Dinsmore, Beth Proescholdt, and Mark Proescholdt were submitted later. Other observers include Dawn DeVore, Dick Tetrault, Jim Scheib, Beth Brown, Michael Porter, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, and many unidentified observers. \| Elimination of similar species: [...] Iowa Birds mentions that there is a problem separating Iceland with Thayers. If there was any problem with this bird being anything it was a Glaucous Gull of the same age. However the bird was smaller than the Herring Gulls that were on the roost. Long wings will rule out the rare small race of Glaucous Gull. There are not to [sic] many birds that have primaries lighter than the mantle in the sitting bird.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	11	4
Iowa Birdline update, March 25, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-03-25	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email of the Iowa Birdline update for March 25, 1991. Highlights include early Eastern Phoebes, a Varied Thrush, a Cinnamon Teal and continued waterfowl migration. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Double-crested Cormorant Turkey Vulture Rusty Blackbird Purple Martin Varied Thrush Cinnamon Teal Eastern Phoebe Greater Scaup Lesser Yellowlegs	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Marion County Mason City Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Hubbard Hendrickson Marsh Wildlife Management Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, April 1, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-04-01	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for April 1, 1991. Highlights include a Lesser Black-backed Gull, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Goshawk, Le Conte's Sparrow, Long-tailed Duck and all three Swan species. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Mute Swan Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Northern Goshawk Lesser Black-backed Gull Bohemian Waxwing Le Conte's Sparrow Baird's Sandpiper Tundra Swan	Little Wall Lake Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Dallas County Laurens Polk County Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit MidAmerican Energy Ponds Runnells Overlook				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, April 8, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-04-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email of the Iowa Birdline update for April 8, 1991. Highlights include a Burrowing Owl, Black-necked Stilt, Long-tailed Duck, Smith's Longspurs, Sandhill Cranes, Red Crossbills, Marbled Godwits, and Ross' Goose. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Bald Eagle Marbled Godwit Smith's Longspur Long-tailed Duck Ross' Goose Black-necked Stilt Red Crossbill Sandhill Crane Burrowing Owl	Little Wall Lake Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Guthrie County Jackson County Johnson County Snyder Bend Park				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, April 15, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-04-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Swainson's Hawk Eared Grebe Cinnamon Teal Long-tailed Duck Black-necked Stilt Long-billed Dowitcher Rock Wren Louisiana Waterthrush Burrowing Owl	Little Wall Lake Kossuth County Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Story County Woodbury County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, April 22, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-04-22	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	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	Little Wall Lake Guthrie County Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lee County Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, April 29, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-04-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	White-eyed Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Bewick's Wren Cinnamon Teal Common Moorhen Long-tailed Duck Yellow Rail Merlin Black-necked Stilt Hooded Warbler	Little Wall Lake Cerro Gordo County Harrison County Lee County Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Story County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, May 6, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-05-06	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	White-eyed Vireo Bewick's Wren Cinnamon Teal Tricolored Heron Eastern Wood-Pewee Blue-winged Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler	Little Wall Lake Kossuth County Lee County MidAmerican Energy Ponds				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, May 13, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-05-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Fish Crow Bell's Vireo Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Carolina Wren Townsend's Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler Prairie Warbler	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				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, May 20, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Vireonidae \| Vireos Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-05-20	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Red-shouldered Hawk Eared Grebe Alder Flycatcher Yellow-breasted Chat Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Sora Worm-eating Warbler Cape May Warbler Pine Warbler	George Wyth Memorial State Park Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Zirbel Slough Sweet Marsh Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area Riverview Cemetery				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Ruff northwest of Bayard, 1991	Administrative records Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc	1991-05-26	1993-07-17	Rare birds documentation form	Records Committee review of a Ruff northwest of Bayard in Greene County, IA on May 26, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.	Myers, Robert K.	Ruff	Bayard	approx 1 1/2 miles northwest of Bayard, Iowa	Flooded field	The documentation form by Robert K. Myers forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Maridel Jackson was submitted. Other observers include Walt Jackson, Eugene Armstrong, and Eloise Armstrong. \| Elimination of similar species: [...] I first noticed this bird as we were scanning a bunch of dunlin and this bird "stuck out." [...] The bird was about the size of a lesser yellowlegs (also present) but was of different proportions. The body was too heavy (chunky) for a yellowlegs - being more dowitcher like. The neck was fairly long - more so than a dowticher but maybe a little shorter than lesser yellowlegs. The head was defnitely small for the size of the bird. The legs were also fairly long (knobby knees) and again probably a little shorter than a lesser yellowlegs. These basic proportions helped at once to eliminate many species. [..] The bird's head and upper neck were very tawny (similar to buff breasted sandpiper) [...] Tail - This is the one feature along with the basic shape that convinced me. [...] If the bird would have had no color at all I still would have called it a ruff from the proportions. Ruff plumage is variable to say the least. \| The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 15:00:00/15:45:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	10	9
Iowa Birdline update, May 27, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-05-27	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Western Kingbird Cattle Egret Dunlin Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Connecticut Warbler Canada Warbler Mourning Warbler Ruff	Amana Des Moines Greene County Hickory Hill Park Snake Creek State Game Management Area				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Peter C. Petersen letter to Carl Bendorf regarding spring birding report for IOU quarterly field report spring 1991, May 31, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds	1991-05-31	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field reports submitted by Peter C. Petersen with several other observers with an introductory letter from Peter C. Petersen to Carl Bendorf on May 31, 1991. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1991.	Petersen, Peter C.	Greater Scaup Pine Siskin Short-billed Dowitcher	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Davenport Lock and Dam 13				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	5
Neil Bernstein letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, August 1, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification	1991-06-01	1991-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes contributed by Neil Bernstein in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.	Bernstein, Neil	American White Pelican Brown Thrasher Forster's Tern Ruddy Duck Lesser Yellowlegs Great Crested Flycatcher Gray Catbird Green-winged Teal Gadwall Yellow Warbler Black Tern	Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Cayler Prairie State Preserve Lakeside				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	6
John Van Dyk letter to Carl Bendorf, June 1 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Weather	1991-06-01	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from John Van Dyk to Carl Bendorf containing field reports with detailed sighting information and general description of birding. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1991.	Van Dyk, John, 1936-	Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Scarlet Tanager	Sioux Center Sioux County Oak Grove State Park				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	5
Randall Pinkston letter to James Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for the official field report, June 2, 1991	Checklists Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Weather	1991-06-02	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter containing field reports with hand annotations accompanied by an introduction and a supplement and checklists for rare bird sightings submitted by Randall Pinkston to the IOU editor (Jim Dinsmore) on June 2, 1991. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1991.	Pinkston, Randall, 1956-	Bald Eagle White-eyed Vireo Purple Martin Common Moorhen Ross' Goose Greater Scaup Acadian Flycatcher Blue-winged Warbler	Amana Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hickory Hill Park Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Williams Prairie State Preserve Oakland Cemetery				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	5
Iowa Birdline update, June 3, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-06-03	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Little Blue Heron Virginia Rail Black-bellied Plover Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone White-rumped Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher Hooded Warbler Blue Grosbeak	Coralville Lake Perry Sweet Marsh Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Moeckley Prairie				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, June 10, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-06-10	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Least Bittern American Bittern Summer Tanager Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-crowned Night Heron Black-billed Cuckoo Cerulean Warbler	Burlington Des Moines Sweet Marsh Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, June 17, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Nests Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-06-17	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	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.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	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	Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Osceola County Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Swan Lake				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Jim Pease letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, June 22, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching	1991-06-22	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes contributed by Jim Pease in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. The field notes consist of a Red Crossbill sighting near Luther. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.	Pease, James L.	Red Crossbill	Luther				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	6