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Title	Genres	Topics	Date (Start)	Date (End)	Type	Description	Creator/Author	Birds	Locations

Fred Lesher letter to Thomas Kent regarding Saw-whet Owl calls, March 15, 1981	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birding sites Birds--Nests Birdsongs Accipitridae \| Hawks and Eagles	1981-03-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	The letter reports a Saw-whet Owl sighting and mentions nesting Eagles in north-east Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.	Lesher, Fred	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Pool Slough Fish Farms Mounds Wildlife Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	19	7
Mark Proescholdt letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding a trip to northwest Iowa and bird sightings, June 26, 1987	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birding sites Ornithology--Methodology	1987-06-26	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Mark Proescholdt to James J. Dinsmore regarding a trip to northwest Iowa and bird sightings, June 26, 1987. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1987.	Proescholdt, Mark	Upland Sandpiper Wood Duck Canada Goose	Anderson Prairie State Preserve Big Wall Lake Wildlife Management Area Christopherson Slough / Little Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area Elm Lake High Lake Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Liscomb Rush Lake Trumbull Lake Morse Lake Mud Lake Ingham Lake Cayler Prairie State Preserve Silver Lake Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area West Swan Lake State Game Management Area Lake Cornelia State Game Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	1
Mike Dooley email to Thomas Kent regarding Eastern Meadowlark, March 29, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birding sites Birdsongs	1999-03-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Printout of an email from Mike Dooley to Thomas Kent dated March 29, 1999. Dooley reports an illegally sighted last Eastern Meadowlark and the first sightings of Meadowlarks for spring. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1999.	Dooley, Michael C.	Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Johnson County	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	28	3
Ric & Betty Zarwell email to the Iowa Bird listserv regarding Sandhill Crane sighting, June 27, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birding sites	1999-06-27	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Printout of an email from Ric and Betty Zarwell to the Iowa Bird listserv dated June 27, 1999. Zarwell reports sighting two adult and two young Sandhill Cranes at a birding site known locally as Bakewell's Pond. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1999.	Zarwell, Ric Zarwell, Betty	Sandhill Crane	Kains Lake Wildlife Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	28	4
Birding areas of Iowa: the unglaciated northeast	Correspondence Maps (documents) Drafts (documents) Articles	Bird watching Birding sites Falconiformes \| Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Piciformes \| Woodpeckers and allies	1974-05-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Draft article written by Morten Konig. Konig discusses birds that can be found in northeast Iowa and some of the best places for sighting them. This manuscript was sent with a letter dated May 13, 1974 to Pete Petersen, editor of Iowa Bird Life.	Konig, Morten E. Konig	Ruffed Grouse Red-headed Woodpecker Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Eastern Whip-poor-will Wild Turkey Cliff Swallow	Allamakee County Yellow River State Forest Brush Creek Canyon State Park Winneshiek County Fayette County Lock and Dam 9 Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Clayton County Pikes Peak State Park Bixby State Park Lock and Dam 10 Joy Springs County Park Gouldsburg County Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	38	18