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

Iowa RBA, February 2, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-02-02	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 2, 1998. Highlights include Prairie Falcon, Glaucous Gull, and Eurasian Collared Dove. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Carolina Wren Eurasian Collared Dove Mute Swan Trumpeter Swan Merlin Eurasian Tree Sparrow Glaucous Gull Winter Wren	Big Marsh Wildlife Area Burlington Cedar Falls Green Castle Recreation Area Grinnell Sioux City Lock and Dam 16 Dankwardt Memorial Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	1
Iowa RBA, February 16, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-02-16	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 16, 1998. Highlights include waterfowl, Gulls, Redpolls, Prairie Falcon and Varied Thrush. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Summer Tanager Varied Thrush White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Mew Gull California Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Hoary Redpoll	Iowa City Lake Red Rock Lock and Dam 14 Lock and Dam 15 Muscatine Woodbury County Dorchester Lock and Dam 16 Greenwood Cemetery	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	1
Iowa RBA, February 15, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Weather Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-02-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 15, 1999. Highlights include Mountain Bluebird, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Long-tailed Duck, and Eurasian Collared Dove.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Mountain Bluebird Eurasian Collared Dove Short-eared Owl Mute Swan Long-tailed Duck Lesser Black-backed Gull Long-eared Owl Canada Goose Greater White-fronted Goose	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Montrose O'Brien County Grinnell Country Club Iowa Arboretum	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	3
Iowa RBA, February 1, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-02-01	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 1, 1999. Highlights include Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Thayer's Gull, and Long-tailed Duck. Includes notes for updates for February 2, February 4, February 5, and February 6.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Red-shouldered Hawk Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Eurasian Collared Dove Long-tailed Duck Lesser Black-backed Gull Golden Eagle Northern Saw-whet Owl Northern Shrike	Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Lock and Dam 15 Montrose Zearing Fort Madison Grinnell Country Club Waukon	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	3
Iowa RBA, December 7, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Weather Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-12-07	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA for December 7, 1998. Highlights include Bohemian Waxwing, Surf Scoter, Black-legged Kittiwake, and Thayer's Gull. Includes notes for updates for December 10, and December 12.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Thayer's Gull Cedar Waxwing Eurasian Collared Dove Ross' Goose Black-legged Kittiwake Bohemian Waxwing Surf Scoter Long-eared Owl	Davenport Ottumwa Rathbun Lake DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Rock Valley MidAmerican Energy Ponds Grinnell Country Club	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	2
Iowa RBA, December 6-12, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-12-06	1999-12-12	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 6-11, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Yellow-billed Loon, Prairie Falcon, Varied Thrush, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and White-winged Crossbills. Includes seven Iowa RBA update emails and an email from Francis L. Moore regarding the Yellow-billed Loon.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Thayer's Gull Yellow-billed Loon Varied Thrush White-winged Crossbill Snowy Owl Black Scoter Northern Goshawk Lesser Black-backed Gull Sandhill Crane	Little Wall Lake Polk County Saylorville Lake Spirit Lake West Okoboji Lake Fairmont Cemetery Fairfield Badger Creek State Recreation Area Fenton Fort Des Moines Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, December 4-7, 1995	Correspondence Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1995-12-04	1995-12-07	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for December 4-7, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of a first year Glaucous Gull, two Long-eared Owls, Black-billed Magpie, Prairie Falcon, a pair of Evening Grosbeaks, Common Redpoll and a Northern Mockingbird.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Black-billed Magpie Evening Grosbeak Common Redpoll Iceland Gull Purple Finch Glaucous Gull Long-eared Owl Northern Mockingbird	Bay Branch Coralville Lake Iowa City Plymouth County Wildcat Den State Park Elkader Osceola Le Mars Cherry Glen Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	2
Iowa RBA, December 3, 19-24, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-12-03	1999-12-24	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Six emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 3, 19-24, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Yellow-billed Loon, Long-tailed Duck, Bullock's Oriole, Black Scoter, and a Thayer's Gull.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Thayer's Gull Yellow-billed Loon Bullock's Oriole Evening Grosbeak Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Greater White-fronted Goose Northern Shrike	Little Wall Lake Elk Horn Rathbun Lake Red Rock Dam Saylorville Lake Ada Hayden Heritage Park Wildlife Research Station	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, December 29, 1997	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1997-12-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email of the Iowa RBA update for December 29, 1997. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Ross's Gull, a Prairie Falcon, Common Redpolls, White-winged Crossbills, and several additional species of Gulls. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Snowy Owls, and Northern Saw-whet Owls.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, Charles R.	Prairie Falcon Thayer's Gull Ross's Gull Rusty Blackbird American White Pelican White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Snowy Owl Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Lesser Black-backed Gull Marsh Wren Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Northern Shrike	Bettendorf Boone Clive Colo Council Bluffs Dubuque Lake Manawa State Park Lock and Dam 11 Lock and Dam Number 18 Nevada Red Rock Dam Woodbury County Black Hawk Lake Wright County Fort Madison Jewell Carroll Aurelia Aspen Grove Cemetery Monroe Macbride Nature Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	6
Iowa RBA, December 28, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-12-28	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA for December 28, 1998. Highlights include Long-tailed duck, Mew Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, and Varied Thrush.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Varied Thrush Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Mew Gull Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Spotted Towhee	Keokuk Lake Red Rock Lock and Dam Number 18 Saylorville Lake Swan Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	2
Iowa RBA, December 27, 1999 - January 1, 2000	Correspondence Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-12-27	2000-01-01	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Five emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 27, 1999 to January 1, 2000. Highlights of the updates include sightings of of a male Bullock's Oriole, White-winged Crossbill, a Cape May Warbler, and the results of various Christmas bird counts.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Bullock's Oriole White-winged Crossbill Long-tailed Duck Ross' Goose Northern Goshawk Common Snipe Lincoln's Sparrow Cape May Warbler Tundra Swan Northern Shrike	Atlantic Booneville Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Elk Horn Polk County Holst State Forest Raccoon River Lenon Mill Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, December 22, 1997	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Piciformes \| Woodpeckers and allies Dial-a-message telephone calls	1997-12-22	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email of the Iowa RBA update for December 22, 1997. Highlights of the update include observations of several outstanding birds from seven Christmas Bird Counts held around the state. The best birds discovered on the counts were several species of Gulls and Woodpeckers as well as White-winged Crossbills, Long-tailed Ducks, and Common Redpolls. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Merlin, and Surf Scoter.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Thayer's Gull Brewer's Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Short-eared Owl American White Pelican Brown Thrasher Franklin's Gull White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Merlin Mew Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Marsh Wren Le Conte's Sparrow Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Surf Scoter Ruddy Duck Glaucous Gull Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Northern Shrike	Atlantic Burlington Clive George Wyth Memorial State Park Iowa City Keokuk Nevada Rathbun Lake Red Rock Dam Saylorville Lake Sioux City Spirit Lake West Okoboji Lake Aspen Grove Cemetery Medicine Creek Wildlife Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	6
Iowa RBA, December 13-17, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-12-13	1999-12-17	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Six emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 13-17, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Yellow-billed Loon, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Thayer's Gull, Snowy Owl, White-winged Crossbill, Black Scoter, and a Long-tailed Duck.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Thayer's Gull Yellow-billed Loon Snow Bunting Bullock's Oriole White-winged Crossbill Snowy Owl Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Lesser Black-backed Gull Greater Scaup	Little Wall Lake Elk Horn Jester Park Saylorville Lake Spirit Lake Fairmont Cemetery Fairfield Island View Park	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 7-10, 1995	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Ciconiiformes \| Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds Dial-a-message telephone calls	1995-08-07	1995-08-10	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for August 7-10, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of Mississippi Kites, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Ring-billed Gulls and Forster's Terns.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Mississippi Kite Little Blue Heron Ring-billed Gull Yellow-breasted Chat Snowy Egret Forster's Tern Northern Mockingbird Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Clive Goose Lake Lake Red Rock Riverton Wildlife Management Area Nebraska City Oak Grove State Park Runnells Overlook Heron Bend Conservation Area Otterville	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	2
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 3, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-08-03	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA for August 3, 1998. Highlights include Piping Plover and American Avocet. Includes notes for updates for August 4 and August 6.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Avocet Piping Plover Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Iowa City Fort Atkinson Casey Barrow Landing Lake Meyer County Park Maynard Reese Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	2
Iowa RBA, August 28, 1995	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1995-08-28	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for August 28, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Reeve (Ruff), Red-necked Phalarope, Mississippi Kite, Snowy Egret, an immature Little Blue Heron and a Least Tern. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a female Black-throated Blue Warbler, a Connecticut Warbler as well as a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Mississippi Kite Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Least Tern Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Red-necked Phalarope Black-throated Blue Warbler Cerulean Warbler Connecticut Warbler Ruff	Coralville Lake Hickory Hill Park Windsor Heights Nebraska City MidAmerican Energy Ponds Brushy Creek State Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	2
Iowa RBA, August 25, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-08-25	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA for August 25, 1998. Highlights include Eurasian Collared Dove, and Gray Partridge. Includes notes for update for August 26.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Carolina Wren Eurasian Collared Dove Merlin Black-crowned Night Heron Gray Partridge Ruddy Turnstone Prothonotary Warbler Egyptian Goose Pine Warbler	Emmet County Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Mason City Lake Odessa Willow Creek County Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	2
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, August 21-22, 1995	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1995-08-21	1995-08-22	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for August 21-22, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of Mississippi Kites, Piping Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, two Sanderlings and a Reeve (Ruff). Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of twenty-two Buff-breasted Sandpipers and three Ospreys.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Mississippi Kite Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey Piping Plover Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Red-breasted Nuthatch Mourning Warbler Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff	Ames Clive Coralville Lake Marion Mason City Elk Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area Sandpiper Recreation Area Heron Bend Conservation Area Babcock Access	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	2
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, August 17, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-08-17	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for August 17, 1998. Highlights include Red-necked Phalarope, Snowy Egret, and Piping Plover. Includes notes for updates for August 18, and August 19.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Little Blue Heron Common Moorhen Snowy Egret Piping Plover Stilt Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Black-billed Cuckoo Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Forneys Lake Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Sandpiper Recreation Area Heron Bend Conservation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	2
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 14-15, 1995	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Ciconiiformes \| Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1995-08-14	1995-08-15	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for August 14-15, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of a second year Laughing Gull, an immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Red Knot, Piping Plover, fifteen American Avocets and an American Golden-Plover .	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Mississippi Kite Blue-winged Teal Red Knot Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Piping Plover Willet Blackburnian Warbler Laughing Gull American Golden Plover	Moorehead Pioneer Park Union Grove State Park Island View Park Sandpiper Recreation Area Polk City Wildlife Area Babcock Access	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	2