Iowa RBA, August 7-10, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1995-08-07
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1995-08-10
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for August 7-10, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of Mississippi Kites, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Ring-billed Gulls and Forster's Terns.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Mississippi Kite Little Blue Heron Ring-billed Gull Yellow-breasted Chat Snowy Egret Forster's Tern Northern Mockingbird Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Clive Goose Lake Lake Red Rock Riverton Wildlife Management Area Nebraska City Oak Grove State Park Runnells Overlook Heron Bend Conservation Area Otterville
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Iowa RBA, August 14-15, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1995-08-14
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1995-08-15
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for August 14-15, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of a second year Laughing Gull, an immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Red Knot, Piping Plover, fifteen American Avocets and an American Golden-Plover .
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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American Avocet Mississippi Kite Blue-winged Teal Red Knot Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Piping Plover Willet Blackburnian Warbler Laughing Gull American Golden Plover
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Moorehead Pioneer Park Union Grove State Park Island View Park Sandpiper Recreation Area Polk City Wildlife Area Babcock Access
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Iowa RBA, August 21-22, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1995-08-21
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1995-08-22
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for August 21-22, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of Mississippi Kites, Piping Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, two Sanderlings and a Reeve (Ruff). Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of twenty-two Buff-breasted Sandpipers and three Ospreys.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mississippi Kite Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey Piping Plover Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Red-breasted Nuthatch Mourning Warbler Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff
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Ames Clive Coralville Lake Marion Mason City Elk Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area Sandpiper Recreation Area Heron Bend Conservation Area Babcock Access
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Iowa RBA, August 28, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Laridae | Gulls and Terns Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1995-08-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for August 28, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Reeve (Ruff), Red-necked Phalarope, Mississippi Kite, Snowy Egret, an immature Little Blue Heron and a Least Tern. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a female Black-throated Blue Warbler, a Connecticut Warbler as well as a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mississippi Kite Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Least Tern Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Red-necked Phalarope Black-throated Blue Warbler Cerulean Warbler Connecticut Warbler Ruff
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Coralville Lake Hickory Hill Park Windsor Heights Nebraska City MidAmerican Energy Ponds Brushy Creek State Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa Birdline update, July 13, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-07-13
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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 July 13, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a family of Western Kingbirds in Des Moines and a Swainson's Hawk nest with young in it east of Mason City. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of two adult and two young Western Grebes on Silver Lake in Worth County.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Western Grebe Western Kingbird Snowy Egret Solitary Sandpiper Acadian Flycatcher Northern Parula Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper Great Egret
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Des Moines Elk Rock State Park Hendrickson Marsh Lake Mason City Red Rock Dam Casey Barrow Landing Green Island Wildlife Management Area Silver Lake Roberts Creek
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Iowa Birdline update, June 8, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Birds--Infancy Pelecanidae | Pelicans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-06-08
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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 8, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of many of the same birds as last week, the Prairie Warbler, Sandhill Crane and Henslow's Sparrow. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Northern Mockingbird and a nesting colony of 60 Black Terns.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Henslow's Sparrow Barn Owl Franklin's Gull Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Caspian Tern Northern Mockingbird Prairie Warbler Great-tailed Grackle Sandhill Crane Black Tern
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Bedford Silver Lake Sullivan Slough Big Wall Lake
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Iowa Birdline update, April 13, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1992-04-13
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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 13, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of thousands of American White Pelicans in the state on about every body of water and Barn Owls nesting at the same location in Taylor County for the fourth consecutive year. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Little Blue Heron near Burlington that has been at the same pond for three straight days and 12 Red-breasted Mergansers at Cedar Lake in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Little Blue Heron Carolina Wren Barn Owl American White Pelican Red-breasted Merganser Greater Prairie-Chicken Dunlin Baird's Sandpiper Northern Mockingbird Bonaparte's Gull
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Burlington Cedar Lake Riverton Wildlife Management Area Effigy Mounds National Monument Ringgold State Wildlife Area Green Valley State Park Runnells Overlook Crawford Creek County Recreation Area Taylor County
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Gladys Black letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, January 21, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Research Turdidae | Thrushes
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1977-01-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes regarding bird sightings were contributed by Gladys Black in a letter to Nicholas S. Halmi. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1976-1977.
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Black, Gladys
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Red-tailed Hawk Snowy Owl Pileated Woodpecker Spotted Towhee Wild Turkey Northern Shrike
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Iowa City Mason City Ottumwa Rathbun Lake Seymour Shellsburg
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George Hendrickson letter to Philip DuMont regarding updates to the Revised List of the Birds of Iowa, December 13, 1943
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Correspondence
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Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Nests Ornithology--Methodology Ornithological literature
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1943-12-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from George Hendrickson to Philip DuMont dated December 13, 1943. Hendrickson believes that DuMont had published articles updating his Revised List of the Birds of Iowa and asks for reprints of these papers along with any other additional information that would update the number of species found in Iowa. This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4109/view
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Hendrickson, George O.
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Documents regarding a Wood Duck study, 1963
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Correspondence Questionnaires
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Ducklings
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1963-01-01
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1963-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A brief letter and a questionnaire relating to a Wood Duck study done to gather information on nesting wild Wood Ducks, 1963. The letter describes the purpose of the study and asks for help in filling out the attached questionnaire. The questionnaire covers topics including: the date the ducks were first seen, the date incubation started, the date of hatch, number of young ducklings and if there was a nest failure. This document is related to correspondence and Wood Duck study report: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3111/view, https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3112/view, and https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3113/view.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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2
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Frederic Leopold letter to Clarence Schneider regarding a Wood Duck study, March 29, 1963
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Correspondence
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Bird surveys Birds--Nests Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses Ducks--Counting
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1963-03-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Frederic Leopold to Clarence Schneider regarding a Wood Duck study, March 29, 1963. The letter informs Schneider of an upcoming Wood Duck study that Leopold is launching. Leopold is requesting Schneider's assistance in gathering information on Wood Duck houses located in a park. This document is related to additional correspondence, a Wood Duck study report and Wood Duck study materials: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3111/view, https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3113/view, and https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3114/view.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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2
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Documents regarding a Wood Duck study, February 27, 1964
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Checklists Correspondence Questionnaires
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Bird surveys Bird watchers Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Predatory animals Ducks--Counting Ducklings
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1964-02-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A postcard, mailing lists, a handwritten note, and a questionnaire relating to a Wood Duck study Frederic Leopold coordinated, February 27, 1964. The reminder postcard was sent to the study participants on the mailing lists regarding preparations for the spring return of Wood Ducks. Also included is a questionnaire for study participants to complete regarding the number of duck nests, the number of young hatched and if nests were destroyed by predators. This document is a version of Wood Duck study materials from 1963: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3114/view
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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2
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15
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Frederic Leopold letter to Clarence W. Moody regarding a Wood Duck study, March 29, 1963
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Correspondence
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Nests Ornithology--Methodology Ducks--Counting
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1963-03-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Frederic Leopold to Clarence W. Moody regarding a Wood Duck study, March 29, 1963. The letter informs Moody of an upcoming Wood Duck study that Leopold is launching. In an effort to attain more participants, Leopold is requesting Moody's assistance in writing a newspaper article to reach out to people who may be watching Wood Duck houses and would be willing to join the study. This document is related to additional correspondence, a Wood Duck study report and Wood Duck study materials: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3112/view, https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3113/view, and https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3114/view.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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15
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding birds sighted during breeding season 1975, August 5, 1975
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Radio and television tower bird strikes
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1975-08-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Gladys Black letter to Vernon M. Kleen was regarding birds sighted during breeding season 1975, August 5, 1975. She covered sightings in other parts of Iowa in addition to Pleasantville, Iowa. She expressed concern about the impact of TV towers on bird kills, and recommended that Kleen contact Dean Mosman for more information. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1975.
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Black, Gladys
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American Kestrel Yellow-headed Blackbird Bell's Vireo Eastern Bluebird Western Kingbird Dickcissel Wood Duck Black-billed Cuckoo Prothonotary Warbler Great Blue Heron
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Ankeny Iowa Pleasantville Rathbun Lake Knoxville West Des Moines White Breast Creek
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Lawrence A. Bjonerud letter to Frederic Leopold regarding a Mallard nest and identifying Wood Ducks, May 16, 1966
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Eggs--Incubation Ducklings
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1966-05-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Lawrence A. Bjonerud to Frederic Leopold regarding a Mallard nest and identifying Wood Ducks, May 16, 1966. The letter describes a Mallard nest that was found and the resulting hatching period. Initially, the duck nest was thought to belong to a Wood Duck but the duck was identified as a Mallard. This document is related to a reply from Frederic Leopold: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3103/view
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Bjonerud, Lawrence A.
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Wood Duck Mallard
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Burlington Dubuque
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Gladys Black letters to Vernon M. Kleen regarding fall migration and nesting season, 1974
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Habitat (Ecology) Radio and television tower bird strikes
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1974-08-01
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1974-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letters from Gladys Black to Vernon Kleen regarding the fall migration and the nesting season of 1974 in the Lake Red Rock area. The letters discuss the impact of flooding from new dams on wildlife in central Iowa, a report from Dean Mosman about a bird kill at a TV tower near Alleman, Iowa, the nesting season, and the fall migration. These items were used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1974.
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Black, Gladys
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Lake Red Rock Alleman
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Frederic Leopold letter to Lawrence A. Bjonerud regarding identifying Wood Ducks, May 18, 1966
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Correspondence
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Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1966-05-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Frederic Leopold to Lawrence A. Bjonerud regarding identifying Wood Ducks, May 18, 1966. The letter offers suggestions on how to tell the difference between a Mallard and a Wood Duck since the two ducks look similar. This document is in response to a letter from Lawrence A. Bjonerud: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3104/view
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck Mallard
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Burlington Dubuque
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Stella M. Perkins letter to Frederic Leopold regarding Wood Duck houses
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Correspondence
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Birds--Nests Birdhouses Bird attracting Raccoon--Behavior Zoological illustration
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1966-05-01
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1966-05-18
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Stella M. Perkins to Frederic Leopold regarding Wood Duck houses. The letter asks for guidance on how to attract Wood Ducks to duck houses instead of raccoons. A hand drawn picture of a raccoon and a Wood Duck house in a tree is included. This document is related to a reply from Frederic Leopold: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3101/view
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Perkins, Stella M.
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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2
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13
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Don Joffray letter to Frederic Leopold regarding Wood Duck houses and nest takeover and predation, April 20, 1966
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Correspondence
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birdhouses--Design and construction Predatory animals Squirrels--Behavior Raccoon--Behavior
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1966-04-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Don Joffray letter to Frederic Leopold regarding Wood Duck houses and nest takeover and predation, April 20, 1966. The letter talks about Wood Duck houses being taken over by Eastern Screech Owls. Joffray discusses his interest in providing ample housing for both species as well as a request for more information on signs of nest predation and indications of a successful hatching of duck eggs. This document is related to a reply from Frederic Leopold: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3091/view
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Joffray, Don, 1929-
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Wood Duck Eastern Screech-Owl
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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13
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Frederic Leopold letter to Don Joffray regarding Wood Duck houses and nest predation, April 25, 1966
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Correspondence
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birdhouses--Design and construction Predatory animals Raccoon--Behavior
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1966-04-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Frederic Leopold to Don Joffray regarding Wood Duck houses and nest predation, April 25, 1966. The letter discusses Leopold's view on allowing Eastern Screech Owls to use Wood Duck houses. The letter also offers advice on how to prevent nest predation, encourages frequent nest inspection, and how to interpret a successful hatch of duck eggs. This document is in response to a letter from Don Joffray: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3092/view
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Joffray, Don, 1929-
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Wood Duck Eastern Screech-Owl
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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13
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Robert Jessen letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding birds sighted in Mahaska County during winter, April 2, 1974
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests
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1974-04-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Robert Jessen to Vernon M. Kleen reporting birds sighted in Mahaska County by Robert Jessen, Valerie Jessen, Keith Layton, and Irene Layton during winter 1973-1974. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1973-1974.
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Jessen, Robert
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Bald Eagle Great Horned Owl White-winged Crossbill American Woodcock
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Mahaska County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Gladys Black letter and report to Vernon M. Kleen regarding winter Red Rock Lake area bird sightings, March 6, 1974
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research
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1974-03-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Gladys Black to Vernon M. Kleen reporting winter Red Rock Lake area bird sightings, nesting locations of Red-tailed Hawks and Great Horned Owls, and a Red-tailed Hawk population density study. These items were used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1973-1974.
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Black, Gladys
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Red-tailed Hawk Great Horned Owl
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Lake Red Rock
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Letter and bird sighting checklist from Robert and Valerie Jessen to Vernon M. Kleen, spring migration 1974
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Checklists Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Nests Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures
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1974-03-01
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1974-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter and accompanying checklist from Robert and Valerie Jessen to Vernon M. Kleen reporting birds banded and sighted near Oskaloosa. These items were used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1974.
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Jessen, Robert Jessen, Valerie
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Great Horned Owl White-winged Crossbill Barred Owl Chuck-will's-widow
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Oskaloosa
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Letter from Robert Jessen to Vernon M. Kleen regarding birds sighted near Oskaloosa, summer 1974
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research Troglodytidae | Wrens
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1974-06-01
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1974-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Annotated letter from Robert Jessen to Vernon M. Kleen reporting birds sighted near Oskaloosa, including nesting successes and failures at Goose Lake and elsewhere in Mahaska County. This letter was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1974.
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Jessen, Robert
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Purple Martin Chuck-will's-widow Black-crowned Night Heron Northern Mockingbird
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Oskaloosa Mahaska County Goose Lake
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James Delehant letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding unusual birds sighted during nesting season, August 22, 1972
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Nests
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1972-08-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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James Delehant letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding unusual birds sighted during nesting season, August 22, 1972. Twelve species of birds were sighted near Lake Manawa, De Soto Bend Refuge, Beefland International, and Folsom Lake, including the following species: White-faced Ibis, Herring Gull, Least Tern, Chuck-will's Widow, and Blue Grosbeak. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1972.
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Delehant, James
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White-faced Ibis Chuck-will's-widow Herring Gull Least Tern Blue Grosbeak
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Council Bluffs Folsom Lake Lake Manawa DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
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