Clarice Watson letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding bird sightings, July 12, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1980-07-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Clarice Watson in a letter to Vernon M. Kleen, July 12, 1980. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Watson, Clarice
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Red-headed Woodpecker Warbling Vireo Indigo Bunting Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Brown Thrasher Western Kingbird Baltimore Oriole Great Crested Flycatcher House Wren Downy Woodpecker
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Sioux City Moville
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Francis L. Moore letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, July 31, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birdsongs Songbirds
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1980-07-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Francis L. Moore in a letter to Thomas H. Kent July 31, 1980 with observer Robert K. Myers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980
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Moore, Francis L.
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Red-shouldered Hawk Yellow-headed Blackbird Chuck-will's-widow Marsh Wren Sanderling Northern Mockingbird Prothonotary Warbler Canada Warbler Swamp Sparrow Tennessee Warbler Greater White-fronted Goose Common Tern Black Tern
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Dudgeon Lake State Wildlife Mgt Area Forneys Lake Iowa Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Riverton Wildlife Management Area Waterloo Waubonsie State Park Sweet Marsh Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Dean Mosman letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, July 29, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Weather
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1980-07-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Dean Mosman in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, July 29, 1980. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Mosman, Dean
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Purple Martin Eastern Bluebird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Orchard Oriole Wood Thrush Great Crested Flycatcher Tufted Titmouse
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Elkhart
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David A. Newhouse letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, August 11, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests
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1980-08-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by David A. Newhouse in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, August 11, 1980. The field notes include a sighting of a Leucistic Red-Tailed Hawk. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Newhouse, David A.
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Killdeer Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Upland Sandpiper Turkey Vulture Brown-headed Cowbird Eastern Bluebird Song Sparrow Yellow-billed Cuckoo Dickcissel Hooded Merganser Burrowing Owl Northern Bobwhite
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Dallas County Hamilton County Iowa Ledges State Park Boone County Maxwell Adair County
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Dean Dalziel letter to Richard Bishop regarding unusual bird sighting, July 7, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Infancy
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1980-07-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Dean Dalziel letter to Richard Bishop regarding unusual bird sighting, July 7, 1980. Three Hooded Merganser ducklings were sighted in the middle segment of Big Marsh Wildlife Area. No adults were observed with the young at the time of the sighting. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Dalziel, Dean
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Hooded Merganser
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Big Marsh Wildlife Area
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Ruth Phipps letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, August 3, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1980-08-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Ruth Phipps in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, August 3, 1980 with observers Betty Walters, Barbara Cunningham and Mary Beth Vaughn. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Phipps, Ruth O.
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Summer Tanager Lark Bunting
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Charlotte Scott letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, September 12, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Songbirds Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1980-09-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Charlotte Scott in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, September 12, 1980. This item was submitted past the deadline for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Scott, Charlotte
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Little Blue Heron Upland Sandpiper Cedar Waxwing Bell's Vireo Black-billed Cuckoo American Robin Great Egret
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Rathbun Lake Seymour
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W. Ross Silcock letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, August 2, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1980-08-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by W. Ross Silcock in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, August 2, 1980. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Northern Flicker Double-crested Cormorant Alder Flycatcher Yellow-breasted Chat Eastern Towhee American White Pelican Chuck-will's-widow Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Olive-sided Flycatcher Northern Parula Scarlet Tanager Tufted Titmouse Great Blue Heron
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Iowa Lyon County Sioux County Waubonsie State Park Willow Slough State Game Management Area Gitchie Manitou State Preserve Big Sioux River Wildlife Area - Kroger Tract
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Betty Walters letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, August 13, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Migration Birdsongs Fringillidae | Finches Songbirds
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1980-08-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Betty Walters in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, August 13, 1980. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Walters, Betty
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Red-tailed Hawk Little Blue Heron American Kestrel Turkey Vulture Warbling Vireo Summer Tanager Loggerhead Shrike Western Kingbird Dickcissel Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Gadwall Great Blue Heron Common Pheasant Cliff Swallow
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Forneys Lake Shenandoah Thurman
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John Van Dyk letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, August 24, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Weather
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1980-08-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by John Van Dyk in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, August 24, 1980. This item was submitted past the deadline for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Van Dyk, John, 1936-
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Northern Flicker Least Bittern Purple Martin Yellow-breasted Chat Grasshopper Sparrow Yellow-billed Cuckoo Solitary Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Tree Swallow Great Blue Heron Northern Bobwhite
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Rush Lake Sioux Center Sioux County Oak Grove State Park
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Peter C. Peterson letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sighitings, February 13, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1977-02-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Peter C. Petersen to Nicholas S. Halmi, dated February 13, 1977, that details various bird sightings, including a Black-legged Kittiwake at the Duane Arnold Energy Center by Bryan Gielins on January 22 and 23, 1977.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Lapland Longspur Merlin Black-legged Kittiwake Lark Sparrow Golden Eagle Greater White-fronted Goose Ring-necked Dove
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Clinton Credit Island Davenport Des Moines Lock and Dam 14 Scott County Duane Arnold Energy Center
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow east of Little Wall Lake, 1995
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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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1995-05-04
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2000-11-20
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for at least three Golden-crowned Sparrows east of Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County, IA on May 4, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, correspondence about the sighting and documentation, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Wilcox, Dorothy
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Little Wall Lake
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At platform feeder and on the ground
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Lg. oak trees, shrubs (Rural)
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The documentation form by Dorothy Wilcox is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include family and friends. | Elimination of similar species: white crowned and white throat, definite difference in eye line and crown. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 11:00:00/17:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Mason City, 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1976-11-01
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1994-02-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Gray Jay at Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, IA in early November 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life as well as a letter and documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Tanner, Fern L.
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Gray Jay
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Mason City
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415 N. Jeff Mason City Iowa
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spotted in Spruce tree several times - also once on small bush.
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The documentation form by Fern L. Tanner is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marvin Tanner, Luella Olsen, and Albert Ewers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Looked larger than Blue Jay that was 18 in. away at time. Little shorter beak than Blue Jay. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:00:00/15:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Smith's Longspur near Pocahontas, 1983
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1983-12-17
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1996-04-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Smith's Longspur near Pocahontas in Pocahontas County, IA on December 17, 1983. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration of record, correspondence relevant to bird sighting and review, a photograph, and three documentations submitted to the committee.
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Jardine, Wallace E.
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Smith's Longspur
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Pocahontas
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Pocahontas, IA.
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General: Back yard opening to a 100 acre farm field. Evergreens, bushes, trees. Specific: Foot of tray feeder beside tree.
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The documentation form by Wallace Jardine forms the basis of this record. Other documentations by Ronald Harms and Rita DeWall were submitted. | Elimination of similar species: Lapland Longspur | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:00:00/12:00:00.
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Female Summer Tanager - South edge of Mason City May 4+5, 1989
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds
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1989-05-04
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1989-05-05
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report of a Summer Tanager at Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, IA on May 4 and 5, 1989 by Curt Nelson. It includes a note to Steve Dinsmore asking if an official documentation form was needed for the sighting.
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Nelson, Curtis
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Summer Tanager
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Mason City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-billed Magpie at Hitchcock Wildlife Area, 1999.
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1999-09-27
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2000-11-28
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Black-billed Magpie at Hitchcock Wildlife Area in Pottawattamie County, IA on September 27, 1999. Includes a record review document with votes, an e-mail from Sue Mattix to Jim Fuller, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Mattix, Sue
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Black-billed Magpie
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Hitchcock Nature Area
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Hitchcock Wildlife Area, Crescent, IA
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forest
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The documentation form by Sue Mattix is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Howard Mattix. | Elimination of similar species: Only similar species would be yellow billed magpie - this one had a black bill | The original documentation form event lasted from 17:00:00/18:00:00.
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Philip DuMont letter to the Des Moines Register regarding an article about American Egrets, August 18, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution
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1934-08-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to the Open Forum Editor dated August 18, 1934. DuMont responds to an article published August 12th by saying that the American Egret is not an unusual bird in Iowa and that Little Blue Heron reports are more interesting. This letter was published in the Des Moines Register August 26, 1934.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Little Blue Heron Great Egret
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Iowa McGregor
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Lake Manawa State Park, 1998
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1998-02-05
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Common Raven at Lake Manawa State Park in Pottawattamie County, IA on February 5, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation letter submitted to the committee.
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Bunnimit, Manit
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Common Raven
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Lake Manawa State Park
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[...] Lake Manawa State Park, near Council Bluffs, IA. [...] was travelling south on the road that follows the west edge of Lake Manawa.
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The documentation letter by Manit Bunnimit is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: [...] It flew for most of the time by soaring with its wings held very flat, only twice flapping its wings momentarily (shallow wingbeats) and once folding its wings rather tightly and gliding. All of the crows I have seen flap steadily, gliding only occasionally. [...] It could not have been mistaken even for the tails of the occasional American Crows that appear quite rounded. The sheer size of the bird and the wedge-shaped tail were enough to distinguish it from any of the crows, but what about the Chihuahuan Raven? Fortunately, as it flew by, the bird made two brief call notes that were very hoarse (sounding much more like grrrawgk than the gaw of the American Crow), and much deeper than the Chihuahuan Raven that I heard in northern Texas. However, because it has been a few years since I had seen or heard the Chihuahuan, I decided to double check the calls on a tape I had at home. The tape and I agree that the call was that of a Common Raven. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 11:10:00/11:11:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Dubuque, 1983
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1983-12-17
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Common Raven at Dubuque in Dubuque County, IA on December 17, 1983. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence relevant to bird sighting and review, a summary of review, and a documentation submitted to the committee.
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Herrman, William
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Common Raven
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Dubuque
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Location was about three miles south of Dubuque city limits, in narrow valley with scattered cedar trees, with bird in a leafless tree
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The documentation by William Herrmann is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include John Feller and John Stampe. | Elimination of similar species: One half larger than a dozen Am. crows about 100 feet away from the raven at same distance | The original documentation form event occurred around 14:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Chickadee in Keokuk in 1888
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Carolina Chickadee in Keokuk in Lee County, IA on May 4, 1888. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter about the specimens, notes and details about the specimens, photographs of the specimens, the original sighting record found in the publication the Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Carolina Chickadee
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Keokuk
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Chickadee in Buchanan County in 1929
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1933-12-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Carolina Chickadee in Buchanan County on October 7, 1929. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Fred J. Pierce and Charles J. Spiker, and a letter from Fred J. Pierce to Thomas Kent describing the bird sighting on October 29, 1981.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Carolina Chickadee
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Buchanan County
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Myron Swenk letter to Philip DuMont regarding specimens, January 16, 1935
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Paridae | Titmice Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1935-01-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Myron Swenk to Philip DuMont dated January 16, 1935. In this letter Swenk tells DuMont that he is returning the Horned Lark specimens but plans to continue studying the Chickadee and Sparrow specimens. Included with this letter is a list of the subspecies that Swenk associated with each Horned Lark specimen.
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Swenk, Myron H.
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Vesper Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Horned Lark
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Iowa
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Field reports, Pam and Reid Allen, March 1 - May 31, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1991-03-01
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1991-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field reports with detail for some sighting with annotations submitted by Pam and Reid Allen and a letter submitted by Pam Allen to Carl Bendorf 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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Allen, Pam Allen, Reid I.
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Snowy Egret Wilson's Phalarope Lesser Black-backed Gull Peregrine Falcon Hooded Warbler Blue Grosbeak American Golden Plover
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Polk City West Des Moines Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Runnells Overlook Moeckley Prairie
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Herbert F. Wiese letter to Stephen Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for IOU quarterly field reports of spring 1991, March 12, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Weather
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1991-03-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Wiese, Herbert F.
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Horned Grebe Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Lesser Scaup Common Merganser
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Cedar Lake
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Herbert F. Wiese letter to Stephen Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for IOU quarterly field reports spring 1991, March 12, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration
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1991-03-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Wiese, Herbert F.
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Ruddy Duck Lesser Scaup
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Cedar Lake
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