Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Iceland Gull at Red Rock Reservoir Dam, 1991
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1991-03-13
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1993-07-17
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Rare birds documentation form
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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.
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Schantz, Tim
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Iceland Gull
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Red Rock Dam
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Below Red Rock Dam, Marion County, Iowa
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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.
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Iowa Birdline update, March 25, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-03-25
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N/A
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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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Double-crested Cormorant Turkey Vulture Rusty Blackbird Purple Martin Varied Thrush Cinnamon Teal Eastern Phoebe Greater Scaup Lesser Yellowlegs
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Marion County Mason City Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Hubbard Hendrickson Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Birdline update, April 1, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-04-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mute Swan Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Northern Goshawk Lesser Black-backed Gull Bohemian Waxwing Le Conte's Sparrow Baird's Sandpiper Tundra Swan
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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
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Iowa Birdline update, April 8, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-04-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Bald Eagle Marbled Godwit Smith's Longspur Long-tailed Duck Ross' Goose Black-necked Stilt Red Crossbill Sandhill Crane Burrowing Owl
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Little Wall Lake Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Guthrie County Jackson County Johnson County Snyder Bend Park
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Iowa Birdline update, April 15, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-04-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-04-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-04-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-05-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-05-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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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Correspondence Field notes
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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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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-necked Stilt north of Round Lake in 1991
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds
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1991-05-25
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2000-11-22
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Black-necked Stilt north of Round Lake in Harrison County, IA on May 25, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the letter with a photograph from Joel Jorgensen about the bird sighting with an account of a Prairie Warbler sighting.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black-necked Stilt
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Round Lake State Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Ruff northwest of Bayard, 1991
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1991-05-26
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1993-07-17
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Rare birds documentation form
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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.
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Myers, Robert K.
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Ruff
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Bayard
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approx 1 1/2 miles northwest of Bayard, Iowa
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Flooded field
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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.
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Iowa Birdline update, May 27, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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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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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Peter C. Petersen letter to Carl Bendorf regarding spring birding report for IOU quarterly field report spring 1991, May 31, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1991-05-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Greater Scaup Pine Siskin Short-billed Dowitcher
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Davenport Lock and Dam 13
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Neil Bernstein letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, August 1, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1991-06-01
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1991-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Bernstein, Neil
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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
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Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Cayler Prairie State Preserve Lakeside
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John Van Dyk letter to Carl Bendorf, June 1 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Weather
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1991-06-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Van Dyk, John, 1936-
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Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Scarlet Tanager
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Sioux Center Sioux County Oak Grove State Park
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Randall Pinkston letter to James Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for the official field report, June 2, 1991
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Checklists Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Weather
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1991-06-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Pinkston, Randall, 1956-
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Bald Eagle White-eyed Vireo Purple Martin Common Moorhen Ross' Goose Greater Scaup Acadian Flycatcher Blue-winged Warbler
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Amana Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hickory Hill Park Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Williams Prairie State Preserve Oakland Cemetery
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Iowa Birdline update, June 3, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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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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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-10
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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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Jim Pease letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, June 22, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching
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1991-06-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Pease, James L.
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Red Crossbill
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Luther
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Iowa Birdline update, June 24, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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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, July 1, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Nest building Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-07-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for July 1,1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of three young and two adult Barn Owls, Mississippi Kites and Western Grebes. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of 21 Least Terns with 11 nests and nine Piping Plovers with three nests.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mississippi Kite Marbled Godwit Barn Owl Western Grebe Western Kingbird Greater Yellowlegs Least Tern Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Piping Plover Great Egret
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Clive Guthrie County Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge MidAmerican Energy Ponds Bedford Humboldt West Bend Taylor County Sullivan Slough
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Iowa Birdline update, July 8, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-07-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for July 8, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of Mississippi Kites, Eared Grebes and Swainson's Hawks. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of twelve shorebird species including Dowitchers, a Stilt Sandpiper and a Western Sandpiper.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Mississippi Kite Eared Grebe Henslow's Sparrow Yellow-throated Warbler Western Sandpiper Osprey Stilt Sandpiper Blue Grosbeak Great-tailed Grackle
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Clive Iowa City Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Rush Lake O'Brien County Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Badger Creek State Recreation Area Babcock Access
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Iowa Birdline update, July 15, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-07-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for July 15, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of Least Terns, Piping Plovers, Mississippi Kites, and five Barn Owls. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of a Laughing Gull and several Black Terns.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Cooper's Hawk Mississippi Kite Upland Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant Barn Owl Chuck-will's-widow Least Tern Osprey Piping Plover Laughing Gull Black Tern American Golden Plover
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Clive Lake Red Rock Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Waubonsie State Park Loess Hills Wildlife Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds Bedford Macbride Nature Recreation Area Bancroft
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