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Iowa RBA, November 23, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-11-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA for November 23, 1998. Highlights include Clark's Grebe, Black-legged Kittiwake, Black Scoter, and Red Crossbill. Includes notes for updates for November 25.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull Red-throated Loon Clark's Grebe Black Scoter California Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Bohemian Waxwing White-winged Scoter Red Crossbill
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Grinnell Ida Grove Lake Icaria Lake Red Rock Lost Island Lake Sioux City Spirit Lake MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whooping Crane southwest of Jester Park, 1998
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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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1998-11-12
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Whooping Crane southwest of Jester Park in Polk County, IA on November 12, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation letter submitted to the committee.
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Keys, Jerry
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Whooping Crane
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Jester Park
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Keith Curtis farm southwest of Jester Park in Polk County, Iowa.
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The documentation letter by Jerry Keys is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Chad Loreth and Randy Cook. | Elimination of similar species: [...] The bird's long neck and trailing legs led us to assume it was a Sandhall Crane (many had been spotted in the area yesterday). Chad started to imitate a Sandhill Crane, but when we heard the bird calling, it 'purred' and 'yelped,' it did not sound like a Sandhill. [...] Also, it was bigger than a Sandhill Crane. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 09:30:00/09:45:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whooping Crane southeast of Plainfield, 1998
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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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1998-11-11
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for seven to eight Whooping Cranes southeast of Plainfield in Bremer County, IA on November 11, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation letter submitted to the committee.
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Dinnes, Dana
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Whooping Crane
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Plainfield
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About 3 miles southeast of Plainfield, Ia. along a creek
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The documentation letter by Dana Dinnes is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Larry Brown. | Elimination of similar species: [...] The neck was too thin to be that of a pelican. The necks and legs were too long, and the call was much different, than that of snow geese. | The original documentation form event occurred around 09:00:00.
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Iowa RBA, November 9, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-11-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA for November 9, 1998. Highlights include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Surf Scoter, and White-winged Scoter. Includes notes for updates for November 10, November 11, November 12, and November 14.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Prairie Falcon Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon California Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Snipe Black-headed Gull
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Ames Lake Red Rock Lock and Dam Number 18 Pleasant Creek State Park Saylorville Dam Spirit Lake Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area Rock Creek Lake
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Iowa RBA, November 2, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-11-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA for November 2, 1998. Highlights include White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Eurasian Collared Dove, and California Gull. Includes notes for updates for November 4, and November 5.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Snow Bunting Eurasian Collared Dove Pacific Loon Black Scoter Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher California Gull White-winged Scoter Black-headed Gull
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Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Pleasant Creek State Park Saylorville Lake Spirit Lake Black Hawk Lake Grinnell Country Club
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Field notes and letter to Thomas H. Kent contributed by Michael Overton, October 19, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Water levels
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1998-10-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fall report of birds found in central Iowa contributed by Michael Overton. Also included is a letter from Overton to Thomas H. Kent regarding the early submission date of the fall bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Overton, Michael D.
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Rusty Blackbird Bobolink Black-and-white Warbler Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Golden-winged Warbler Yellow Rail Western Sandpiper Le Conte's Sparrow Sanderling White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Philadelphia Vireo Chestnut-sided Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Blackburnian Warbler Buff-breasted Sandpiper Common Tern Nashville Warbler
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Harrier Marsh Ledges State Park Snake Creek State Game Management Area Sandpiper Recreation Area
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Iowa RBA, October 19, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-10-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for October 19, 1998. Highlights include Black-headed Gull, Red-shouldered Hawk and California Gull. Includes notes for updates for October 23.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-shouldered Hawk Red-necked Grebe Western Grebe California Gull Black-headed Gull
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Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Spirit Lake Trickle Slough
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Iowa RBA, October 12, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-10-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for October 12, 1998. Highlights include Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, California Gull, and Eurasian Collared Dove. Includes notes for updates for October 14.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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American Bittern Great Black-backed Gull Smith's Longspur Eurasian Collared Dove Yellow Rail Red Phalarope California Gull Sabine's Gull Black-headed Gull
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Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Lake Red Rock Spirit Lake Storm Lake Grinnell Country Club Black Hawk Lake Wildlife Management Area Maynard Reese Area
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Iowa RBA, October 5, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-10-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for October 5, 1998. Highlights include Sabine's Gull, Prairie Falcon, Yellow Rail, Little Blue Heron, and Snowy Egret. Includes notes for updates for October 6, October 7, and October 9.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Little Blue Heron Prairie Falcon Common Moorhen Yellow Rail Snowy Egret Merlin Virginia Rail Sabine's Gull
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Forneys Lake Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Lake Manawa Snake Creek State Game Management Area Storm Lake
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Iowa RBA, September 28, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Parulidae | Warblers Emberizidae | Sparrows Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-09-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA for September 28, 1998. Highlights include Red-shouldered Hawk, Yellow Rails, and Eurasian Collared Doves. Includes notes for updates for October 1.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Rusty Blackbird Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Eurasian Collared Dove Yellow Rail Le Conte's Sparrow Peregrine Falcon Amazilia Hummingbird
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Boone Dale Maffitt Reservoir Des Moines Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Grinnell Snake Creek State Game Management Area Bjorkboda Marsh
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Amazilia species at Des Moines, 1998
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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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1998-09-11
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Amazilia species at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on September 11, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, two letters from Carole Stolz to T.H. Kent, a letter from Louis Bevier to Tom Kent, e-mail exchanges, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Amazilias
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Des Moines
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512 SW 60th St., Des Moines, Polk Co., IA
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Rather open urban area on southwest side of Des Moines in bottom land. There is a large deck behind the house with hummingbird feeder hanging from the eve and crab apple tree behind the deck and adjacent to the garage. A large vacant field is behind the property.
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Don Stolz, Carole Stolz, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Pam Allen, Reid Allen, Ann Johnson, Jim Dinsmore, Jim Fuller, Bob Cecil, and Aaron Brees. | Elimination of similar species: My experience and references of Buff-bellied Hummingbird suggest that the cinnamon color, extent of this color toward the throat, cinnamon rump/back, and white eye spot do not fit this species. I believe that the features shown in the photo of the Arizona 'mystery' bird in Field Notes are a perfect fit for the Des Moines bird. I do not know of specific information on bird trafficking in Iowa. We had a Yellow Grosbeak north of Des Moines in December 1990, the origin of which was never explained. | The original documentation form event lasted from 07:50:00/08:40:00.
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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 RBA, August 17, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1998-08-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa RBA for August 17, 1998. Highlights include Red-necked Phalarope, Snowy Egret, and Piping Plover. Includes notes for updates for August 18, and August 19.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Little Blue Heron Common Moorhen Snowy Egret Piping Plover Stilt Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Black-billed Cuckoo Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Forneys Lake Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Sandpiper Recreation Area Heron Bend Conservation Area
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Neil Bernstein email to Jim Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, August 5, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Infancy
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1998-08-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Neil Bernstein to Jim Dinsmore dated August 5, 1998. Bernstein reports sighting Woodcocks at Hawkeye Wildlife Area and relays that Sandy Rhodes noticed two downy Turkey Vultures in his barn. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Turkey Vulture American Woodcock
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Iowa County Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area
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Darwin Koenig email to Jim Dinsmore regarding summer field report, August 4, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1998-08-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Darwin Koenig to Jim Dinsmore dated August 4, 1998. Koenig reports on recent bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Koenig, Darwin
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Broad-winged Hawk Cooper's Hawk Upland Sandpiper Yellow-breasted Chat Hooded Merganser Willet Veery Chestnut-sided Warbler Snow Goose Winter Wren
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Yellow River State Forest Mill Creek State Park Sanborn Luxemburg
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Phil Walsh email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Mississippi Kite sightings, August 3, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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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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Printout of an email from Phil Walsh to Jim Dinsmore dated August 3, 1998. Walsh reports sighting Mississippi Kites flying over his house and mentions that it might be interesting to write a note about field identification complications regarding the Clark's Grebe and the Western Grebe. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Walsh, Philip J.
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Mississippi Kite Clark's Grebe Western Grebe
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Des Moines
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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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Matthew Kenne email to Jim Dinsmore regarding summer field report, August 2, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1998-08-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Matthew Kenne to Jim Dinsmore dated August 2, 1998. Kenne reports forgetting to list a Green-winged Teal on the seasonal bird report he submitted. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Kenne, Matthew C.
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Green-winged Teal
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Maynard Reese Area
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Ann Johnson email to Jim Dinsmore regarding field reports, August 2, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1998-08-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Ann Johnson to Jim Dinsmore dated August 2, 1998. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Johnson, Ann
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Henslow's Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Hooded Warbler
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Norwalk Lake Ahquabi State Park
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds and letter to Thomas H. Kent contributed by Mark Proescholdt, fall 1998
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1998-08-01
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1998-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Mark Proescholdt and other observers. Also included is a brief letter from Proescholdt to Thomas H. Kent regarding the field reports. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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American Avocet Least Bittern Indigo Bunting Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Eurasian Collared Dove Ruby-throated Hummingbird Pacific Loon Trumpeter Swan Olive-sided Flycatcher Swainson's Thrush Connecticut Warbler Scarlet Tanager Mourning Warbler Winter Wren American Golden Plover Brown Creeper Green Heron
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Lake Red Rock Liscomb Black Hawk Lake Diamond Lake Lily Pond Pool Slough Walnut Woods State Park Pine Lake State Park Pikes Peak State Park Grinnell Country Club Oak Grove Recreation Area Polk City Wildlife Area Bjorkboda Marsh Laurel Russell Wildlife Area
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Mark Orsag forwarded email to Thomas H. Kent regarding a Hawk watch at Hitchcock Nature Area, fall 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration
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1998-08-01
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1998-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An email originally from Mark Orsag forwarded to Thomas H. Kent on behalf of Loren Padelford and Babs Padelford. The email details the raptor and non-raptor sightings that were seen during a Hawk watch conducted at Hitchcock Nature Area from September 5 through December 6, 1998. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Orsag, Mark
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Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Prairie Falcon American Kestrel Turkey Vulture American White Pelican Ross' Goose Northern Goshawk Merlin Osprey Peregrine Falcon Scarlet Tanager American Black Duck Sandhill Crane Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Hitchcock Nature Area
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Field notes contributed by Robert Gruenewald with a reply form letter from Thomas H. Kent, fall 1998
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nomenclature (Popular)
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1998-08-01
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1998-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fall report of birds found in O'Brien County contributed by Robert Gruenewald. Also included is a form letter from Thomas H. Kent to Gruenewald regarding a request for more information and answers to several inquiries about bird names. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Gruenewald, Robert
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Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Western Kingbird Cattle Egret Northern Goshawk Prothonotary Warbler Canada Goose Great Blue Heron Buff-breasted Sandpiper Mallard
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O'Brien County Sanborn
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Thomas Kent letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding summer field reports, July 31, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1998-07-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Thomas Kent to Jim Dinsmore dated July 31, 1998. Kent reports a few sightings for the summer season. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Killdeer Lesser White-fronted Goose Greater Yellowlegs Common Loon Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Least Sandpiper
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Lake Macbride State Park
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Doug Harr letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding IOU observations, July 31, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy Predatory animals Families
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1998-07-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Doug Harr to Jim Dinsmore dated July 31, 1998. Harr updates Dinsmore on a Red-necked Grebe sighting and discusses his recent travels. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Harr, Douglas C.
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Red-necked Grebe
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Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area
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Steve Dinsmore email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Scott Rolfes sightings, July 29, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1998-07-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Steve Dinsmore to Jim Dinsmore dated July 29, 1998. Steve Dinsmore passes on some summer bird sightings from Scott Rolfes. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Franklin's Gull Cattle Egret Osprey
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Big Creek State Park Polk County Saylorville Lake
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