Iowa RBA, December 28, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-12-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA for December 28, 1998. Highlights include Long-tailed duck, Mew Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, and Varied Thrush.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Varied Thrush Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Mew Gull Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Spotted Towhee
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Iowa RBA, August 3, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-08-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA for August 3, 1998. Highlights include Piping Plover and American Avocet. Includes notes for updates for August 4 and August 6.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Avocet Piping Plover Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Iowa City Fort Atkinson Casey Barrow Landing Lake Meyer County Park Maynard Reese Area
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Iowa RBA, August 25, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-08-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA for August 25, 1998. Highlights include Eurasian Collared Dove, and Gray Partridge. Includes notes for update for August 26.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Carolina Wren Eurasian Collared Dove Merlin Black-crowned Night Heron Gray Partridge Ruddy Turnstone Prothonotary Warbler Egyptian Goose Pine Warbler
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Emmet County Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Mason City Lake Odessa Willow Creek County Recreation Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, and Council Bluffs field notes, winter 1974-1975
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Fringillidae | Finches
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1974-12-01
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1975-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, winter 1974-1975, was a corrected galley with numerous annotations, edited and sent by Peter C. Petersen to Vernon M. Kleen for American birds. Major news was the first Iceland Gull seen in Iowa, at Pleasant Valley, Iowa. Grouped with this document was an undated Melba Wigg letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding winter bird sightings around Council Bluffs, Iowa, and the associated field notes. Observations from March were included. The Council Bluffs sightings were not part of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, winter 1974-1975.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Petersen, Peter C. Wigg, Melba
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Double-crested Cormorant Turkey Vulture Field Sparrow Short-eared Owl Blue-winged Teal Red-breasted Merganser Snowy Owl Iceland Gull Purple Finch Pine Siskin Snow Goose Greater White-fronted Goose
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Iowa Birdline updates, July 5, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-07-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Birdline update for July 5, 1999. Highlights of the update include sightings of Yellow-breasted Chats, Orchard Oriole, Bell's Vireo, Northern Mockingbird, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, and two adult and two young Sandhill Cranes. Included is an email from Jim Fuller to Tom Kent thanking Kent for taking over the Iowa Birdline updates for the next two weeks and seven emails regarding various bird sightings.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Swainson's Hawk Red-throated Loon Bell's Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Orchard Oriole Common Loon Solitary Sandpiper Willet Northern Mockingbird Sandhill Crane
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Allamakee County Mason City Rathbun Lake Wiese Slough State Game Management Area Crandalls Beach Hancock County Cedar Bluffs Recreation Area Marble Beach State Recreation Area
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Ione Getscher letter to Thomas Kent regarding Geese and other birds sighted, November 29, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Weather Coraciiformes | Kingfishers
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1980-11-29
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N/A
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Ione Getscher letter mentions warm weather and focuses on Geese and other recent sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1980.
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Getscher, Ione
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Ring-billed Gull Snow Goose American Black Duck
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Iowa
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Ione Getscher letter to Thomas Kent regarding birds sighted, November 17, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Phalacrocoracidae | Cormorants Weather Pelecanidae | Pelicans
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1980-11-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Ione Getscher letter includes a list of birds and dates sighted. She also mentions recent weather conditions, some news articles, and her recent vacation spent birding in Massachusetts, Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1980.
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Snow Goose
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Barb Wilson letter to Thomas Kent regarding spring sightings, spring 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds of prey Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Fringillidae | Finches Parulidae | Warblers Water birds Weather Troglodytidae | Wrens
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1981-03-01
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1981-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Included with the letter is an annotated list of birds sighted and forms documenting the sighting of a Greater Scaup at the IPL Settling Ponds and Lake Manawa, and a Marbled Godwit and Ruddy Turnstone at Willow Slough. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Marbled Godwit Greater Scaup Ruddy Turnstone
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Folsom Lake Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area Lake Manawa State Park Riverton Wildlife Management Area Manti Memorial Park Willow Slough State Game Management Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds Taylor Lakes
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John Robinson letter to Thomas Kent regarding spring bird list, May 28, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds of prey Birds--Identification Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Fringillidae | Finches Hirundinidae | Swallows Parulidae | Warblers Water birds Troglodytidae | Wrens
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1981-05-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Included with the letter is a list of birds sighted by John Robinson and a form documenting the sighting of a Louisiana Waterthrush in Ames. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Jim Dinsmore letter to Thomas Kent regarding spring field reports, May 26, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Ornithology--Study and teaching Parulidae | Warblers
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1981-05-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Included with the letter is a list of birds sighted by Jim Dinsmore and others in areas mainly around central Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Smith's Longspur Eurasian Wigeon Brown Pelican
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Little Wall Lake Ames Boone Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area Hendrickson Marsh Lake Nevada Ruthven
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Bill Clark letter to the Union Slough Refuge Manager regarding an early sighting of a Red-breasted Nuthatch, September 15, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Wildlife managers
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1980-09-15
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N/A
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In this letter forwarded to Thomas Kent from the Refuge Manager, Bill Clark reports an early sighting of a Red-breasted Nuthatch along with other birds sighted at Union Slough. A copy of this report was also sent to Vernon Kleen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1980.
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Hank Zaletel letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding poor spring migration, June 3, 1985, with accompanying field notes
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration
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1985-06-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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In his letter, Zaletel describes the spring migration as the worst since he moved back to Iowa in 1978. The field notes list various bird sightings, primarily at Hendrickson Marsh, including a Snowy Egret. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Snowy Egret
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Barb L. Wilson letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding weather and bird migration, June 2, 1985, with accompanying field notes
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Birdsongs Weather Birdhouses
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1985-06-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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In her letter, Wilson discusses the spring weather and bird migrations. The field notes list bird sightings by Wilson and others in southwest Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Marbled Godwit Eastern Bluebird Acadian Flycatcher
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Barbara L. Wilson letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding an update to her spring report, June 3, 1985
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Bird watching--Guidebooks Birds--Identification
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1985-06-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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In her letter Wilson notes that she did not document late sightings of a Herring Gull and 18 Caspian Terns and describes the appearance of the terns. This document is related to field notes submitted by Barbara L. Wilson: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3025/view . This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of spring 1985.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Herring Gull Caspian Tern
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Hank Zaletel letter to Thomas Kent regarding editorial comments to field reports, November 26, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1980-11-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Hank Zaletel letter discusses grouping birds into lists of rare, uncommon, and common and the reporting guidelines for each group. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1980.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Wood Thrush Water Pipit Tufted Titmouse Yellow Warbler
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Gladys Black's 1978 Red Rock Fall Migration and letter to Nicholas S. Halmi, October 7, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Rare birds
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1978-10-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Gladys Black's field report titled "1978 Red Rock Fall Migration" and letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding the reporting of rare bird sightings by volunteers, October 7, 1978. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1978.
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Black, Gladys
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Double-crested Cormorant American White Pelican Western Grebe Merlin Golden Eagle
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Lake Red Rock Red Rock Dam Greenfield Carlisle
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding her sighting of Clark's Nutcracker, March 5, 1973
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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1973-03-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Gladys Black wrote to Vernon M. Kleen to describe her sighting of Clark's Nutcracker, March 5, 1973. It was present at her feeders in Pleasantville, Iowa, December 1-21, 1972. She also described other reports of this bird. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1972-1973.
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Black, Gladys
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Clark's Nutcracker
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding shorebirds observed at Lake Red Rock, December 6, 1973
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks
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1973-12-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Gladys Black wrote to Vernon Kleen about shorebirds observed at Lake Red Rock during the seven months preceding December 6, 1973. She said Bill Criswell was responsible for most of the shorebird records although she accompanied him. This item is the cover letter for the separate report on Lake Red Rock and Red Rock Refuge, fall migration, 1973. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1973.
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Black, Gladys
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Gladys Black letter, field notes and map to Vernon M. Kleen regarding fall migration, 1975, Red Rock Lake and Refuge, December 10, 1975
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Correspondence Field notes Maps (documents)
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Habitat (Ecology) Ornithology--Methodology Power-plants
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1975-12-10
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Gladys Black reported on fall migration, 1975, at the Red Rock Lake and Refuge, Pleasantville, Iowa. She noted it was an exceptional year for Evening Grosbeaks. She wrote a cover letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding the impact on bird populations of blizzards, flooding from dams, and a potential nuclear power plant that might be built near the Red Rock Reservoir, December 10, 1975. Included was a sheet about the Red Rock Game Management Area published by the Iowa Conservation Commission, with a map of the area annotated by Black to show the power plant location and which areas were favored by different species of birds. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1975.
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Black, Gladys
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Evening Grosbeak
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Lake Red Rock Pleasantville
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding changes in habitat and birds sighted at Red Rock Refuge during 1968-1970, April 7, 1971
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Habitat Birds--Nests
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1971-04-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon M. Kleen was regarding changes in habitat and birds sighted at Red Rock Refuge during 1968-1970, April 7, 1971. Black noted the spectacular change in the number of migratory species since Lake Red Rock was filled in 1969. She discussed various bird sightings at the lake, including that of a Great Blue Heron rookery and vulture roosts. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1970-1971.
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Black, Gladys
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Great Blue Heron
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Lake Red Rock
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding birds sighted during breeding season 1975, August 5, 1975
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Radio and television tower bird strikes
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1975-08-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon M. Kleen was regarding birds sighted during breeding season 1975, August 5, 1975. She covered sightings in other parts of Iowa in addition to Pleasantville, Iowa. She expressed concern about the impact of TV towers on bird kills, and recommended that Kleen contact Dean Mosman for more information. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1975.
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Black, Gladys
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American Kestrel Yellow-headed Blackbird Bell's Vireo Eastern Bluebird Western Kingbird Dickcissel Wood Duck Black-billed Cuckoo Prothonotary Warbler Great Blue Heron
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon Kleen regarding activities of Iowa Ornithologists' Union members, April 24, 1971
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Rare birds
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1971-04-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon Kleen, April 24, 1971, covered activities of Iowa Ornithologists' Union members in producing checklists and publications, who does reporting from various lakes in Iowa, how rare bird reports are made, and her own report of bird observations in the past week. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1971.
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Black, Gladys
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Common Snipe Northern Mockingbird
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Pleasantville
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J. Donald Gillaspey letter to Carl J. Bendorf regarding Broad-winged Hawk sighting, fall 1986
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Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Habitat Birds--Migration
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1986-08-01
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1986-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Gillaspey writes about a report of Broad-winged Hawks at Little River Lake. He includes a clipping of the report printed in the Lamoni Chronicle on October 16, 1986. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of fall 1986.
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Gillaspey, J. Donald
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Broad-winged Hawk
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Little River Recreation Area
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G. Edgar Folk, Jr. letter to Thomas Kent regarding Siskin sightings, December 3, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1980-12-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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G. Edgar Folk, Jr., letter to Thomas Kent. Folk reports sighting as many as 27 Siskins on a farm at Oxford, Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1980.
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Folk, G. Edgar
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Pine Siskin
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Oxford
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Fred Lesher letter to Thomas Kent regarding Little Blue Heron sighting, April 11, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1981-04-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fred Lesher reports a Little Blue Heron sighting and mentions looking for but not finding Louisiana Waterthrush at Yellow River. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1981.
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Lesher, Fred
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Little Blue Heron Louisiana Waterthrush Wild Turkey
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Yellow River State Forest Wexford Creek Blackhawk Point Wildlife Management Area
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