Field notes contributed by John Van Dyk, fall 1993
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Parulidae | Warblers Weather Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1993-08-01
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1993-11-30
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Fall report of birds found in northwest Iowa contributed by John Van Dyk. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Van Dyk, John, 1936-
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Northern Flicker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Killdeer Eared Grebe Blue Jay Common Grackle Snow Bunting Vesper Sparrow Ruby-throated Hummingbird Snowy Owl Purple Finch Lesser Yellowlegs Bay-breasted Warbler Spotted Towhee Blue Grosbeak Pine Siskin Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Great Blue Heron Dark-eyed Junco Northern Shrike Brown Creeper
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, reported to Mark Proescholdt, fall 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification
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1993-08-01
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1993-11-30
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Fall report of birds and locations reported to Mark Proescholdt by multiple observers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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Evening Grosbeak Osprey Hermit Thrush Black-throated Green Warbler Wilson's Warbler Pine Siskin Northern Shrike Nashville Warbler Pine Warbler
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Marshalltown Rock Creek State Park Mitchellville Arney Bend Wildlife Area
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Mark Proescholdt, fall 1993
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1993-08-01
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1993-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Mark Proescholdt. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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Red-tailed Hawk American Bittern Ross's Gull Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Lapland Longspur Loggerhead Shrike Snowy Owl Western Grebe Reddish Egret Cattle Egret Black Scoter Sabine's Gull Black-crowned Night Heron White-winged Scoter Olive-sided Flycatcher Swainson's Thrush Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Colfax Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Lake Red Rock Liscomb Lost Island Lake Marshalltown Pleasant Creek State Park Rathbun Lake Snake Creek State Game Management Area Hickory Grove County Park Tama County Monroe County Baxter Pine Lake State Park Gilman Rock Creek State Park Mitchellville Beeds Lake State Park Wolf Creek Recreation Area
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Field notes about Yellow Rail sightings contributed by Carl Priebe, fall 1993
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification
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1993-08-01
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1993-11-30
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Fall report of Yellow Rail sightings contributed by Carl Priebe. 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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Yellow Rail
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Forneys Lake Goose Lake State Game Management Area
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Field notes contributed by Randall Pinkston, fall 1993
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Field notes Reports
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Parulidae | Warblers
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1993-08-01
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1993-11-30
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Randall Pinkston. The report also includes key details on the sightings of a White-winged Scoter, a Brewer's Blackbird, a Black Scoter, and a Northern Shrike. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Pinkston, Randall, 1956-
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Red-shouldered Hawk Thayer's Gull Ross's Gull Brewer's Blackbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Snowy Owl Reddish Egret Black Scoter Common Loon White-winged Scoter Sanderling Stilt Sandpiper Tree Swallow Sedge Wren Pine Siskin Red-breasted Nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet House Wren Northern Shrike
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Colfax Coralville Lake Iowa City Johnson County Lake Red Rock Pleasant Creek State Park Williams Prairie State Preserve Effigy Mounds National Monument Monroe County Rock Creek Lake
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Carolyn J. Fischer, fall 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy
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1993-08-01
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1993-11-30
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Fall report of birds found in northern Iowa contributed by Carolyn J. Fischer. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Fischer, Carolyn J.
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Least Bittern Rose-breasted Grosbeak Northern Goshawk Eastern Phoebe Golden Eagle Caspian Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Hermit Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch Northern Shrike Brown Creeper Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Clear Lake Lime Creek Nature Center Mason City Zirbel Slough Shell Rock River Greenbelt
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Field notes contributed by Ann Johnson, fall 1993
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Field notes Reports
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Rare birds Parulidae | Warblers
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1993-08-01
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1993-11-30
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Ann Johnson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Johnson, Ann
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Ross's Gull Turkey Vulture Red-necked Grebe Alder Flycatcher Orchard Oriole Snowy Owl Western Grebe Reddish Egret Palm Warbler Lark Sparrow Hooded Merganser Sanderling Olive-sided Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Swainson's Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch Mourning Warbler Red Crossbill Laughing Gull Pine Warbler
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Colfax Lake Red Rock Norwalk Polk City Saylorville Lake Lovilia Polk City Wildlife Area
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Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, fall 1993
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Field notes Reports
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers
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1993-08-01
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1993-11-30
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Ross's Gull Eared Grebe Bell's Vireo Carolina Wren Evening Grosbeak Snowy Owl Western Grebe Reddish Egret Trumpeter Swan Merlin Yellow-bellied Flycatcher White-winged Scoter Osprey Red-breasted Nuthatch Cape May Warbler
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Bellevue Colfax Davenport Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Lake Red Rock Le Claire Montpelier Clinton County Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve
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Documentation of an extraordinary bird sighting, Thayer's Gull, November 13, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-11-13
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1993-11-27
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Documentation supporting the sighting of a Thayer's Gull at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA contributed by Thomas H. Kent on November 13, 1993.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Thayer's Gull
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Lake Red Rock
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Rare bird documentation form for Thayer's Gull at Red Rock Reservoir, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-11-13
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1993-11-16
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Thayer's Gull at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on November 13, 1993.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Thayer's Gull
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Lake Red Rock
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Tailwaters, Red Rock Res.
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Tailwaters/River
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The documentation form by Bob Cecil is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Tom Kent and Dick Tetrault. | Elimination of similar species: 1st winter Herring Gull has a very dark secondary bar, often has lighter head, and generally has a much more 'contrastry' appearance involving darker and lighter shades of brown. Overall, the 1st winter Herring is darker brown. | The original documentation form event occurred in the afternoon.
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Rare bird documentation form for Goose species at Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, 1993
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-10-06
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1993-11-16
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Goose species at Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown in Marshall County, IA on October 6, 1993.
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Stegmann, Mike
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Ducks, Geese, Swans
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Riverside Cemetery
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Riverside Cemetary [sic], Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa.
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Man made pond
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The documentation form by Mike Stegmann is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Garry Brandenburg. | Elimination of similar species: Canada Goose and Snow Goose - show characteristics of both species. | The original documentation form event lasted from 13:30:00/16:00:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Northern Goshawk at Rock Falls, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-09-15
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1993-11-15
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for two Northern Goshawks at Rock Falls in Cerro Gordo County, IA on September 15, 1993.
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Goranson, Rita
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Northern Goshawk
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Rock Falls
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290th St. = 1/4/ mile from S62 near Rock Falls, Iowa
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open pasture
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The documentation form by Rita Goranson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Carolyn Fisher, Beth McBride, Tim Phalen, Pat Hansen, and Jan Walter. | Elimination of similar species: did not fly like falcons - wing shape different larger than Coopers - shape appeared different than Cooper's. | The original documentation form event occurred around 10:00:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Prairie Falcon at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-10-29
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1993-10-31
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Prairie Falcon at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in Kossuth County, IA on October 29, 1993.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Prairie Falcon
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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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Union Slough N.W.R., Kossuth Co., IA
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long narrow slough
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: The underwing markings and apparent light coloration argue against Peregrine Falcon. The date and location are appropriate for Prairie Falcon in Iowa. | The original documentation form event lasted from 16:50:00/17:00:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Pine Warbler at Wolf Creek County Park, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-10-04
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1993-10-13
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Pine Warbler at Wolf Creek County Park in Grundy County, IA on October 4, 1993.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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Pine Warbler
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Wolf Creek Recreation Area
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Wolf Creek Co. Park - (Grundy Co.)
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Big Oak trees along a stream
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The documentation form by Mark Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Bay-breasteds are buffy underneath and not clear white and lack the yellowish wash on throat and upper breast. Blackpolls are lightly streaked across breast and belly and lack the yellowish wash on throat and upper breast. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:12:00/10:12:40.
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Records Committee review for a King Eider at Bellevue in Jackson County, IA on December 20, 1964. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Christmas Bird Count in Iowa Bird Life 35:8 seen by Myrle Jones, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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King Eider
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Bellevue
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for King Eider near New Boston in 1950
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Records Committee review for King Eider near New Boston in Louisa County, IA on November 18, 1950. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Another Iowa record of the King Eider in Iowa Bird Life 21:41 by Thomas Morrissey and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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King Eider
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New Boston
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for King Eider at Keokuk in 1894
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens
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1925-01-01
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Records Committee review for a King Eider at Keokuk in Keokuk County on November 10, 1894. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Two records from Keokuk Iowa in Iowa Ornithologist 1:52 by William E. Praeger, and referenced by seven other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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King Eider
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Keokuk
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in 1972
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in Jasper County, IA on April 13, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication European Widgeon [sic] in central Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 42:49 by Mrs Dorothy Maish also seen by Irene Wein.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Rock Creek Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at Black Hawk Lake in 1947
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at Black Hawk Lake in Sac County, IA during the Spring of 1947. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Waterfowl in Iowa in State Conservation Commission by J.W. Musgrove and M.R. Musgrove seen by Jerry Kelley.
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Black Hawk Lake
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at North Twin Lake in Calhoun County, IA in October 1933. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Specimen of European Widgeon in northwestern Iowa in Wilson Bull 47:235 by P.A. DuMont seen by George Van Wyngarden, and referenced by three other publications.
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Eurasian Wigeon
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North Twin Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brown Pelican at Montpelier, 1969
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Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at Montpelier in Muscatine County, IA on May 10, 1969. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Brown Pelican in Muscatine County in Iowa Bird Life 42:51 by Peter C. Petersen photographed by Elmer Deters.
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Brown Pelican
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Montpelier
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at Twin Lake in Calhoun County, IA on September 14, 1963. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Life 33:86 seen by Mrs. George Wright.
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Brown Pelican
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Twin Lakes
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brown Pelican at Brenton Slough in 1959
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at Brenton Slough in Polk County, IA on April 26, 1959. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Brown Pelican record near Des Moines in Iowa Bird Life 30:47 seen by Helen and Harold Peasley.
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Brown Pelican
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Brenton Slough
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brown Pelican at Boone in 1900
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican near Boone in Boone County, IA in July 1900. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter from David A Newhouse to IOU Records Committee, the original sighting record found in the publication A Southern bird in central Iowa by C.F. Henning seen by Fritcher brothers, and referenced in three other publications.
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Brown Pelican
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Trapping
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, IA in 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Iowa in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences 11:125-417 by Rudolph Martin Anderson, and referenced in two other publications.
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Brown Pelican
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