James J. Dinsmore letter to Bruce G. Peterjohn with additional summer bird sightings, August 15, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1988-08-15
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N/A
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James J. Dinsmore letter to Bruce G. Peterjohn with additions to his summer bird sighting report. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Short-eared Owl House Finch
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Emmet County Waterloo
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Douglas E. Trapp letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding two owl species sightings, August 1, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1988-08-01
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N/A
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Field notes contributed by Douglas E. Trapp in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. The field notes include his observations of a pair of Barred Owls and several Eastern Screech Owls. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Trapp, Douglas E.
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Barred Owl Eastern Screech-Owl
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Sioux City Stone State Park Bacon Creek Park War Eagle Park
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Peter E. Lowther letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, June 21, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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1988-06-21
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N/A
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Field notes contributed by Peter E. Lowther in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. The field notes gives a brief bird census comparison between 1982-1985 to summer 1988. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Lowther, Peter E.
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Bobolink Grasshopper Sparrow Common Yellowthroat Dickcissel Yellow Warbler Northern Harrier
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Cayler Prairie State Preserve Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
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Darwin Koenig letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, August 1, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1988-08-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Darwin Koenig in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Koenig, Darwin
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Red-shouldered Hawk Green-backed Heron Little Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Red-necked Grebe Bell's Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Ruby-throated Hummingbird Greater Yellowlegs Pileated Woodpecker Veery Chestnut-sided Warbler Hooded Warbler Lesser Scaup Winter Wren Green-winged Teal Sandhill Crane
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Allamakee County Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Diamond Lake Mahaska County Winneshiek County White Pine Hollow State Park Effigy Mounds National Monument Lock and Dam 9
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IOU field reports form, Douglas C. Harr, July 29, 1988
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birdsongs Weather Birds--Infancy
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1988-07-29
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N/A
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List of birds and locations contributed by Douglas C. Harr. The field report includes information on a deceased Peregrine Falcon. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Harr, Douglas C.
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Western Grebe Peregrine Falcon Blue Grosbeak Northern Harrier
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Dickinson County Osceola County Rush Lake Ocheyedan Sheldon
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Field notes and Bery Engebretsen letter to James J. Dinsmore, July 30, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers Weather Birds--Infancy
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1988-07-30
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N/A
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List of birds and locations contributed by Bery Engebretsen. Included with the field notes is a letter from Bery Engebretsen to James J. Dinsmore regarding the weather conditions. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Cooper's Hawk Little Blue Heron American Kestrel Double-crested Cormorant White-eyed Vireo Grasshopper Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Orchard Oriole Wood Thrush Dickcissel Forster's Tern Sora Black-billed Cuckoo Pileated Woodpecker Sedge Wren Ovenbird Scarlet Tanager Great Blue Heron Black Tern
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Big Creek Lake Lake View Saylorville Lake
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Bruce Ehresman letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, August 4, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Research Birds--Infancy
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1988-08-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Bruce Ehresman in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Ehresman, Bruce
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Swainson's Hawk Upland Sandpiper Least Flycatcher Bell's Vireo Barn Owl Sharp-shinned Hawk Great Egret
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Chickasaw County Greene County Hamilton County Stephens State Forest - Lucas Unit Warren County Boone County Knoxville Backbone State Park Stephens State Forest - White Breast Unit
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List of bird sighted in Boone County on May 14, 1933
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Field notes Research notes
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Parulidae | Warblers Weather Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1933-05-14
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N/A
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Undated research notes. This is a list of birds sighted in Boone County on May 14, 1933 between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. by Walter Rosene, Sr., Robert Walker, and Walter Rosene, Jr. The sighting of 124 species of birds in single day by a single observer or party of observers is believed to be a record for Iowa. Included within this list are ten species of Duck, twelve species of Sparrow, and fifteen species of Warbler.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941 Walker, Bob Rosene, Walter, 1912-
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Boone County
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Documentation form for extraordinary bird sightings in Iowa, Cooper's Hawk, June 11, 1988
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching
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1988-06-11
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N/A
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Documentation supporting the sighting of a Cooper's Hawk in south-west Wayne County, contributed by Raymond L. Cummins with observer Mary Montgomery. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Cummins, Raymond L.
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Cooper's Hawk
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Wayne County
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Dale Stone letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding Upland Sandpiper sightings, August 3, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Infancy
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1988-08-03
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N/A
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Field notes contributed by Dale Stone in a letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding the sighting of twelve Upland Sandpipers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Stone, Dale
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Upland Sandpiper
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Osceola County
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Dennis Dahl letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding American White Pelican sightings, July 13 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Weather Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1988-07-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Dennis Dahl in a letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding the sighting of three American White Pelicans. The field notes include detailed descriptions of the birds. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Dahl, Dennis
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American White Pelican
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Sunken Grove State Game Management Area
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Neil Bernstein letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding aerial photographs, June 12, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1988-06-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Neil Bernstein letter to James J. Dinsmore requesting aerial photographs of Rush Lake and Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area. The letter includes two bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Common Moorhen White-throated Sparrow
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Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
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Opal Uher letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding a request to purchase a Peter C. Petersen publication, August 9, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Societies, etc Birds--Infancy
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1988-08-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Opal Uher letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding a request to purchase a copy of a publication by Peter C. Petersen. The letter includes field notes on House Finch nesting. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Uher, Opal
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House Finch
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Waterloo
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Ronald Harms letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, April 26, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1988-04-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Ronald Harms in a letter to Robert K. Myers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Harms, Ronald
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Swainson's Hawk American Kestrel Short-eared Owl American Woodcock Long-eared Owl Hermit Thrush Brown Creeper
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Laurens
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A ten year calendar of three hundred and eighty-one wild birds of Iowa
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology--Bibliography
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1919-04-25
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N/A
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A notebook containing a checklist of birds and distributed to the Boy Scouts of Iowa at cost. In this notebook Philip DuMont recorded his bird sightings from 1918 to 1927.
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Cole, Gertrude Mansfield Boy Scouts of America
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Iowa
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Oscar Root letter to Philip DuMont regarding birds sighted in Iowa, August 11, 1938
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1938-08-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Oscar Root to Philip DuMont dated August 11, 1938. In this letter Root tells DuMont he was impressed with the book "Revised List of the Birds of Iowa" and includes a list of birds he sighted recently on a visit to Ottumwa.
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Root, Oscar M.
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Wapello County Davis County
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding yearly bird sighting list, April 9, 1927
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests 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 Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls
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1927-04-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated April 9, 1927. Rosene sends DuMont a copy of his up-to-date list of birds sighted for 1927.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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White-breasted Nuthatch Mourning Dove Horned Lark
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Ogden
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding seeing Kenneth Nelson at the Ledges, June 3, 1927
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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1927-06-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated June 3, 1927. Rosene describes meeting Kenneth Nelson at the Ledges while looking for Woodcock. Included with this letter is Rosene's list of birds sighted from January 1, 1927 to June 1, 1927.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Woodcock
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Ledges State Park Polk County Boone County
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Field notes contributed by Joe Cassidy, April 14, 1988
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Field notes
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Bird watching
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1988-04-14
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Joe Cassidy include a single sighting of a Red-necked Grebe. The field notes contain a detailed description of the bird. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Cassidy, Joe
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Red-necked Grebe
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Lake Manawa
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John Van Dyk letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, May 27, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1988-05-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by John Van Dyk in a letter to Robert K. Myers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Van Dyk, John, 1936-
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Purple Martin Dickcissel Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Common Loon Snow Goose
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Sioux Center
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Douglas E. Trapp letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, June 2, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1988-06-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Douglas E. Trapp in a letter to Robert K. Myers with observers Kevin J. Loftus and Timothy Loftus. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Trapp, Douglas E.
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Red-shouldered Hawk Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Turkey Vulture Indigo Bunting Yellow-billed Cuckoo Brown Thrasher Northern Goshawk Wood Duck Osprey Peregrine Falcon Belted Kingfisher
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Stone State Park
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Field reports of Iowa birds contributed by Thomas H. Kent, May 21, 1988
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae | Warblers
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1988-05-21
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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 and W. Ross Silcock. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Curlew Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant Brewer's Blackbird Rose-breasted Grosbeak Smith's Longspur White-winged Crossbill Cattle Egret Snowy Plover Long-billed Dowitcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Hooded Merganser Golden Eagle Baird's Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Tree Swallow Hermit Thrush Northern Shoveler American Black Duck
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Hickory Hill Park Iowa City Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Muskrat Slough State Game Management Area
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Dixie Kanago letter to Robert K. Myers regarding Common Redpoll and Red Crossbill sightings, May 2, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching
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1988-05-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Dixie Kanago in a letter to Robert K. Myers regarding sightings of Common Redpolls and Red Crossbills. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Kanago, Dixie
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Common Redpoll Red Crossbill
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Spencer
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IOU field reports form, Douglas C. Harr, May 27, 1988
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Birdsongs Weather
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1988-05-27
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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 Douglas C. Harr with observers Rory Martinson, Gary Wee and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.
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Harr, Douglas C.
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Upland Sandpiper Turkey Vulture Bobolink Eastern Bluebird Western Kingbird Chuck-will's-widow House Finch Northern Parula Prothonotary Warbler Great Egret Northern Bobwhite
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Christopherson Slough / Little Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Larchwood Lyon County Osceola County Sioux County Spencer Melvin Smiths Slough Wolters Prairie
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Bird sighting list, January 10, 1933
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Field notes
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Bird watching Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds
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1933-01-10
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Annotated list of birds sighted dated January 10, 1933. A list of birds sighted in Iowa between October 1928 and December 1932 annotated with location, date, earliest/latest occurrence and citations for published accounts.
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Buchanan County Clayton County
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