Field notes contributed by John Van Dyk, June 1, 1987
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Birds--Research Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Fringillidae | Finches Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Weather
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1987-06-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by John Van Dyk. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Van Dyk, John, 1936-
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Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Gray-cheeked Thrush Franklin's Gull Merlin Long-billed Dowitcher Solitary Sandpiper Snow Goose Bufflehead Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Great Blue Heron Northern Bobwhite
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Rush Lake Sioux Center Sioux County Oak Grove State Park Hospers Rock Valley
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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7
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Daily field checking list, Philip DuMont, May 16, 1954
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse Weather Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Caprimulgiformes | Nighthawks and Nightjars Coraciiformes | Kingfishers
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1954-05-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 16, 1954. A checklist of birds sighted by Philip DuMont annotated with weather, locations visited, and number sighted.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Waterworks Park Walnut Woods State Park
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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11
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Daily field checking list, Philip DuMont, December 7, 1933
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Pelecaniformes | Pelicans, Cormorants, Darters, and Frigate-birds Podicipediformes | Grebes Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Gaviiformes | Loons Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse Strigiformes | Owls Coraciiformes | Kingfishers
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1933-12-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated December 7, 1933. A checklist of birds sighted by Philip DuMont in Clay, Palo Alto, Emmet and Dickinson counties.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Clay County Dickinson County Emmet County Palo Alto County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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11
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Daily field checking list, Philip DuMont, October 21, 1933
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies
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1933-10-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated October 21, 1933. A checklist of birds sighted by Philip DuMont on a trip from Des Moines to Iowa City annotated with the route taken.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Des Moines Iowa City Oskaloosa Prairie City Washington
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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11
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Daily field checking list, Philip DuMont, August 25, 1933
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Columbiformes | Doves and Pigeons Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Gaviiformes | Loons Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Coraciiformes | Kingfishers
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1933-08-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated August 25, 1933. A checklist of birds sighted by Philip DuMont on a trip from Des Moines to Iowa City.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Des Moines Iowa City
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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11
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Field card of all birds, Philip DuMont, August 21, 1932
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Podicipediformes | Grebes Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse Weather Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Cuculiformes | Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
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1932-08-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated August 21, 1932. A checklist of birds sighted by Philip DuMont, Kenneth Nelson, Arthur Palas and Anna Palas in Polk County annotated with number sighted and weather.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Polk County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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11
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Daily field checking list, Philip DuMont, September 20, 1931
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Columbiformes | Doves and Pigeons Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Coraciiformes | Kingfishers
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1931-09-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated September 20, 1931. A checklist of birds sighted by Philip DuMont at Brenton Slough, annotated with number sighted.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Brenton Slough
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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11
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Field card of all birds occurring annually in the Middle West, Philip DuMont, June 6, 1929
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Strigiformes | Owls Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Cuculiformes | Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis Coraciiformes | Kingfishers
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1929-06-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated June 6, 1929. A checklist of birds sighted by Philip DuMont annotated with numbers sighted and locations visited.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Brenton Slough Des Moines Fisher Lake Polk City West Des Moines
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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11
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Field card of all birds occurring annually in the Middle West, Philip DuMont, June 3, 1929
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Columbiformes | Doves and Pigeons Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse Strigiformes | Owls Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Cuculiformes | Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis Caprimulgiformes | Nighthawks and Nightjars Coraciiformes | Kingfishers
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1929-06-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated June 3, 1929. A checklist of birds sighted by Philip DuMont annotated with numbers sighted and locations visited.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Des Moines Ledges State Park Perry Camp Mitigwa Long Pond
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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11
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Daily field checking list, Philip DuMont, December 23, 1923
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse Weather Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Coraciiformes | Kingfishers
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1923-12-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated December 23, 1923. This checklist was used by Philip DuMont, Kenneth Nelson and Mark Alcorn to record birds sighted around Des Moines. The list has been annotated with the number of birds sighted, the weather and the route taken.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Des Moines
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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11
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Burt Gresham letter to Philip DuMont regarding Goose migration, April 9, 1938
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Correspondence Field notes Surveys (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration
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1938-04-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Burt Gresham to Philip DuMont dated April 9, 1938. Gresham responds to a request for route and stopover data on Goose migration. Included with this letter are the compiled migration reports for 1938. This document is in response to a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3517/view
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Gresham, Burt
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Snow Goose Canada Goose
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Missouri Iowa Winnipeg South Dakota North Dakota James Bay
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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4
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Philip DuMont letter to Burt Gresham regarding Goose migration, April 4, 1938
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration
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1938-04-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to Burt Gresham dated April 4, 1938. Philip DuMont reports on Snow and Blue Goose migration and inquires about stopover sites. This document is answered by a letter from Gresham: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3518/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Snow Goose
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Onawa Whiting Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge Watertown Sloan Madison
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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4
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Philip DuMont telegram to Burt Gresham regarding Goose migration, March 18, 1938
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration
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1938-03-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Telegram from Philip DuMont to Burt Gresham dated March 18, 1938. Philip DuMont reports on Snow and Blue Goose migration at Sand Lake Refuge and relays migration information from Omaha.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Snow Goose Northern Pintail Mallard
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Omaha Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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4
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Form for reporting Iowa Christmas bird counts to Iowa Bird Life, Bill Heusinkveld, December 20, 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Weather
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1986-12-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Christmas bird counts of regular and uncommon species found at Lake Rathbun contributed by Bill Heusinkveld, December 20, 1986. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1986-1987.
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Heusinkveld, Bill
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Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Thayer's Gull Pied-billed Grebe Ring-necked Duck House Sparrow Red-breasted Merganser Black-legged Kittiwake American Wigeon Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Glaucous Gull Snow Goose American Coot Canada Goose Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Gadwall Common Merganser Burrowing Owl Mallard
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Rathbun Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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6
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Douglas E. Trapp letter to Robert K. Myers regarding a bird sighting, April 13, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1987-04-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Douglas E. Trapp in a letter to Robert K. Myers regarding his sighting of a Barn Owl. The letter includes detailed documentation on his sighting. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Trapp, Douglas E.
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Barn Owl
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Sioux City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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7
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Dale Stone letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, April 4, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification
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1987-04-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Dale Stone in a letter to Robert K. Myers, April 4, 1987. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Stone, Dale
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Canvasback Winter Wren Great Blue Heron
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Browns Lake Hinton
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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7
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Doug Reeves letter to Robert K. Myers regarding a special sighting report, May 11, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Research
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1987-05-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Doug Reeves in a letter to Robert K. Myers regarding the sighting of several Cooper's Hawks. The letter includes a special sighting report with detailed description of the Cooper's Hawks. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Reeves, Doug
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Cooper's Hawk Louisiana Waterthrush
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Ledges State Park Lucas County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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7
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Doug Reeves letter to Robert K. Myers regarding an unusual bird sighting, May 19, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1987-05-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Doug Reeves in a letter to Robert K. Myers regarding the sighting of a Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher, May 19, 1987. The letter includes a detailed description of the bird. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Reeves, Doug
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Boone County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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7
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Jan Ortmeier letter to Robert K. Myers regarding a single bird sighting, April 28, 1987
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Field notes
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Bird watching
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1987-04-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Jan Ortmeier in a letter to Robert K. Myers, April 28, 1987. The letter includes the sighting of a Townsend's Solitaire. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Ortmeier, Jan
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Townsend's Solitaire
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Milford
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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7
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Field notes contributed by Thomas H. Kent, May 23, 1987
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Research Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Troglodytidae | Wrens Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1987-05-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Thomas H. Kent with observers Carl J. Bendorf, Francis L. Moore, Lanny Haldy and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Least Bittern Red-necked Grebe Bell's Vireo Smith's Longspur Eurasian Tree Sparrow Common Loon Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Piping Plover Willet Water Pipit Short-billed Dowitcher Gadwall Bonaparte's Gull King Rail Black Tern
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Iowa County Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Iowa City Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Plymouth County South Amana Pond Sweet Marsh Cedar County Lake MacBride MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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7
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Andrew S. Fix letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, May 20, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1987-05-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Andrew S. Fix in a letter to Robert K. Myers, May 20, 1987. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Fix, Andrew S.
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Semipalmated Sandpiper Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Caspian Tern Black Tern Least Sandpiper
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Saylorville Lake Brookside Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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7
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Stephen J. Dinsmore letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, June 2, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1987-06-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Stephen J. Dinsmore in a letter to Robert K. Myers, June 2, 1987. It includes reports from Bart M. Ballard and Dan Nivens with detailed observations. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Pectoral Sandpiper Lincoln's Sparrow
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Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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7
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Form for reporting Iowa Christmas bird counts to Iowa Bird Life, J. Donald Gillaspey, December 27, 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Weather
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1986-12-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Christmas bird counts of regular and uncommon species found in Lamoni contributed by J. Donald Gillaspey, December 27, 1986. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1986-1987.
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Gillaspey, J. Donald
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Rough-legged Hawk Common Grackle House Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Hairy Woodpecker Belted Kingfisher Tufted Titmouse Black-capped Chickadee Dark-eyed Junco American Goldfinch Brown Creeper Common Pheasant Eastern Screech-Owl
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Lamoni
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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6
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Form for reporting Iowa Christmas bird counts to Iowa Bird Life, Beth Brown, December 20, 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Weather
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1986-12-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Christmas bird counts of regular and uncommon species found in Lucas contributed by Beth Brown, December 20, 1986. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1986-1987.
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Brown, Beth
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Red-headed Woodpecker American Crow Cedar Waxwing House Sparrow Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Purple Finch American Tree Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Black-capped Chickadee Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark Common Starling
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Lucas
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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6
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Form for reporting Iowa Christmas bird counts to Iowa Bird Life, Cynthia Samples, December 21, 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Weather
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1986-12-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Christmas bird counts of regular and uncommon species found at Lake Red Rock contributed by Cynthia Samples, December 21, 1986. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1986-1987.
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Samples, Cynthia
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Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Rough-legged Hawk Ring-billed Gull American Crow Ring-necked Duck White-throated Sparrow House Sparrow Herring Gull Snow Goose American Coot Green-winged Teal Gadwall American Robin Common Merganser Horned Lark Mallard
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Lake Red Rock
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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6
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