Winter of 1974-75, Red Rock area and Pleasantville, Iowa field notes, and Snowy Owl reports
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Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Maps (documents)
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Weather
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1974-12-01
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1975-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Winter of 1974-75, Red Rock area and Pleasantville, Iowa field notes were submitted by Gladys Black along with a cover letter to Vernon M. Kleen dated March 19, 1975, a newspaper article and a map. The article was one she wrote for the Des Moines Register called "Reports two Snowy Owls seen in central Iowa," and the map showed the number of Snowy Owl observations in Iowa counties, November 1974-March 1975. The letter summarized the findings on Snowy Owls from responses to the newspaper article, and the impact of a blizzard January 10-11 in northwest Iowa that killed many birds and livestock. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1974-1975.
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Black, Gladys
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Snowy Owl
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Des Moines Iowa Lake Red Rock Pleasantville
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James L. Hansen letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding spring bird sightings and accompanying field notes, June 1, 1983
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents) Reports
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Ornithology--Methodology Parulidae | Warblers Water birds Weather
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1983-06-01
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N/A
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Letter with accompanying field notes from James L. Hansen to Thomas H. Kent regarding spring bird sightings in north central Iowa, June 1, 1983. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1983.
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Hansen, James L.
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Least Bittern Double-crested Cormorant Horned Grebe Blue-winged Teal American White Pelican Western Kingbird Cattle Egret Le Conte's Sparrow Forster's Tern Wood Duck Common Snipe Northern Saw-whet Owl Golden-crowned Kinglet Tundra Swan
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Big Wall Lake Wildlife Management Area Clear Lake Elm Lake Thornton Ventura McIntosh Woods State Park Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Field notes contributed by Barbara L. Wilson, winter 1983-1984
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird kills Bird watching Weather
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1983-12-01
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1984-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes were contributed by Barbara L. Wilson, winter 1983-1984. Included was a cover letter about the weather, bird kills, and odd behavior of two Screech Owls seeking warmth in farm buildings near Hastings, Iowa. Other observers were Howard Wilson and Joe Wearin.
These items were used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1983-1984.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Eastern Screech-Owl
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Hastings
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Eldon J. Bryant letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding spring bird sightings, Akron, Iowa, May 28, 1984
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Weather
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1984-05-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Eldon J. Bryant letter to Thomas H. Kent was regarding spring bird sightings, Akron, Iowa, May 28, 1984. He looked for Say's Phoebes, which may have been killed by hail like other birds he saw. He noted that Buff-breasted Sandpipers were less than casual during spring migration, and how to identify them by their flight. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1984.
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Bryant, Eldon J.
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Cooper's Hawk Say's Phoebe Common Grackle American Robin Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Akron
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Field notes contributed by Barbara L. Wilson, summer 1984
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Habitat Birds--Nests Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Water birds Weather
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1984-06-01
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1984-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes were contributed by Barbara L. Wilson, summer 1984. Included was a cover letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding weather, abundant water-living birds, and March kills of birds, August 2, 1984. Nestings of Least Terns and Piping Plovers at the IPL ponds were described in detail with seven other observers, and many herons were seen near the Missouri River in Fremont County. Counts of House Sparrows were shown to decrease as livestock operations decreased, 1978-1984. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1984.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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House Sparrow Least Tern Piping Plover Great Blue Heron
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Fremont County Mills County MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Philip DuMont letter to the editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune regarding dead birds at Little Wall Lake, July 7, 1928
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Correspondence
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Bird kills Fishing
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1928-07-07
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N/A
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Letter from Philip DuMont to the editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune dated July 7, 1928. DuMont reports that during a visit on June 12, he found dead birds, fish and turtles on the southeast shore of Little Wall Lake and speculates it may be the result of dynamiting for fish.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Little Wall Lake
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Marian M. Brewer letter to Mr. Dinsmore regarding field notes, July 29, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1985-07-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Marian M. Brewer in a letter to Mr. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1985.
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Brewer, Marion M.
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Eastern Bluebird Sanderling Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak American Redstart Eastern Whip-poor-will Dark-eyed Junco Burrowing Owl
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Larrabee Cherokee Quimby
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Field notes and Barbara L. Wilson letter to Thomas H. Kent, November 10, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Food Weather
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1991-11-10
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N/A
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List of birds and locations contributed by Barbara L. Wilson. The field notes also include birds observed during all seasons in 1990 and spring, summer and fall of 1991. Included with the report is a letter from Barbara L. Wilson to Thomas H. Kent regarding a fall 1991 ice storm. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1991.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Cooper's Hawk Lapland Longspur Northern Mockingbird Horned Lark Northern Harrier
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Hastings Silver City
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Carl Priebe letter to W. Ross Silcock regarding Fremont County Snowy Owl sightings, November 24, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1993-11-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Carl Priebe to W. Ross Silcock regarding Fremont County Snowy Owl sightings, November 24, 1993. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Priebe, Carl
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Snowy Owl
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Farragut Locust Grove Township
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Field notes and letter to Thomas H. Kent contributed by James J. Dinsmore, June 3, 1996
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Parulidae | Warblers Weather
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1996-06-03
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Spring report of birds and locations contributed by James J. Dinsmore. Also included is a letter from Dinsmore to Thomas H. Kent regarding additional bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1996.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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American Avocet Little Blue Heron Eared Grebe Alder Flycatcher Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Carolina Wren Cinnamon Teal Cattle Egret Black-necked Stilt Wilson's Phalarope Great Gray Owl Lark Sparrow Common Loon Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Peregrine Falcon Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Hermit Thrush Blackpoll Warbler Great-tailed Grackle Great Egret
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Little Wall Lake Ainsworth Ames Des Moines Dunbar Slough Harrier Marsh Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Ledges State Park Saylorville Lake Snake Creek State Game Management Area Trumbull Lake DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Anderson Goose Lake Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Paul Errington Wildlife Management Area Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Geode State Park Gordon's Marsh Area Kiowa Marsh
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Bill Youngworth letter to Woodward Hart Brown regarding general bird notes, May 17, 1963
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Correspondence
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Bird kills Bird watching Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Ornithology--Periodicals Parulidae | Warblers Periodical editors
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1963-05-17
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N/A
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Letter from Bill Youngworth to Woodward Hart Brown dated May 17, 1963. Youngworth states that publishing general bird notes is a good way for people who don't write full articles to get a byline in ornithology periodicals. He laments that the current editor of Iowa Bird Life does not publish as many as the previous editor did, and that the Wilson Bulletin no longer publishes any at all. Youngworth also discusses the ebb of native bird life.
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Youngworth, William
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Red-headed Woodpecker Burrowing Owl
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Iowa
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Woodward Hart Brown Papers | MS 502
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