Wood Duck nesting records, volume two, 1954-1966
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Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses Eggs--Incubation Ducks--Counting Ducklings Wood duck--Behavior
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1954-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Wood Duck nesting records covering the years 1954-1966 compiled by Frederic Leopold. The mostly handwritten volume contains Leopold's detailed notes on the nesting habits of Wood Ducks, including the following: nest site selection, egg laying, incubation, hatching, and departure from the nest. Also included in this volume are newspaper clippings, correspondence, Clemson Agricultural College Leaflet No. 20 on the Wood Duck written by Robert E. Ware, instructions on how to build a Wood Duck nesting box, and an article from National Wildlife titled "Of spring and an egg" written by Jean George.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species at Swan Lake in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1954-04-10
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species at Swan Lake in Johnson County, IA on August 10, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Glossy Ibis at Swan Lake in Iowa Bird life 24:80 written by Alfred W. Meyer with a photograph by Frederick W. Kent, seen by Alfred W. Meyer. Specimen collected by Walter C. Thietje.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swan Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Chimney Swift, 1954-1983
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1954-04-13
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1983-04-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Chimney Swift submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1954-1983. The document also includes the name of the observer, date and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Chimney Swift
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Check-list of Iowa birds annotated by A. Lang Bailey
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers
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1954-04-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A checklist of 275 bird species commonly found in Iowa as well as an appended list of 65 additional rare or accidental species annotated by A. Lang Bailey.
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Baily, A. Lang
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Long-tailed Duck Yellow Rail Black Rail
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds
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1954-04-30
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species in Turin in Monona County, IA on April 30, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A sight record of White-faced Glossy Ibis in Iowa Bird Life by Maynard Reece seen by Dick Hanson and George Johnson.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Turin
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Common Goldeneye, 1954-1983
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1954-05-10
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1983-05-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Common Goldeneye submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1954-1983. The document also includes the name of the observer, date, and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Goldeneye
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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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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Daily field checking list, Philip DuMont, May 17, 1954
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Columbiformes | Doves and Pigeons Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds
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1954-05-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 17, 1954. A checklist of birds sighted by Philip DuMont on a trip from Des Moines to the Salt Plains Refuge, annotated with number sighted.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Des Moines Kansas City Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Ponca City
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sprague's Pipit near Brenton Slough in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1954-06-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Sprague's Pipit near Brenton Slough in Polk County, IA on May 16, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Des Moines Convention in Iowa Bird Life 24(2):38-42 by Frieda Crossley seen by George O. Hendrickson, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sprague's Pipit
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Brenton Slough
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Little Blue Heron at Lake Odessa in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1954-07-22
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for seven Little Blue Herons at Lake Odessa in Louisa County, IA on July 22, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Bird notes from southeast Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 24:56 by Peter C. Petersen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Little Blue Heron
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Lake Odessa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Prairie Warbler at Grundy Center in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1954-09-01
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1994-01-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Prairie Warbler at Grundy Center in Grundy County, IA on April 26, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration of the record, and the original sighting record found in the publication Bird Notes from Central Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 24(3):59 by Helen Gould King.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Prairie Warbler
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Grundy Center
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-necked Stilt at Anderson Goose Lake in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Technique Rare birds
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1954-09-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Black-necked Stilt at Anderson Goose Lake in Hamilton County, IA on May 10, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Bird notes from central Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 24:59 by Helen Gould King also seen by Phyllis Rose.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black-necked Stilt
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Anderson Goose Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field Notes, Tom Morrissey, Davenport, 1956
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Radio and television tower bird strikes Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1954-10-06
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1956-06-02
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report with drawings for recovered birds at the WOC radio tower at Davenport in Scott County, IA on October 6, 1954, May 12 and 18, 1956, and June 1, 1956. It features the sighting of a Henslow's Sparrow on October 6, 1954. It was part of a letter from Thomas Morrisey to Robert L. King on June 2, 1956 and is part of the F.W. Kent Archives.
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Morrissey, Thomas
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Henslow's Sparrow Ovenbird Blackpoll Warbler
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WOC-AM (Davenport)
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Marshall or Grundy Counties in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1955-03-01
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1994-11-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Ferruginous Hawk at Marshall or Grundy Counties, IA on December 31, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The 1954 Christmas bird census in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 25:5-12 by F.J. Pierce seen by Mrs. Harold Brown and Helen King, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Grundy County Marshall County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Lesser Yellowlegs, 1955-1983
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1955-03-05
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1983-07-22
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Lesser Yellowlegs submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1955-1983. The document also includes the name of the observer, date and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Lesser Yellowlegs
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Vermillion Flycatcher at Carter Lake in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1955-04-01
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1996-04-25
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Vermillion Flycatcher at Carter Lake in Pottawattamie County, IA on November 21, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Vermilion Flycatcher in Nebraska in Nebraska Bird Review 23:28-29 by W.F. Rapp, Jr. seen by R.G. and Grace Cortelyou.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Vermilion Flycatcher
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Carter Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sage Thrasher west of Browns Woods in West Des Moines in 1964
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1956-03-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Sage Thrasher west of Browns Woods in West Des Moines in Polk County, IA from December 26, 1964 to January 2, 1965. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence about the bird sighting, and the original sighting record found in the publication The 1964 Christmas Bird Census in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 35(1):6 compiled by Woodward H. Brown also seen by Albert Berkowitz, Margaret Brooke, Joe Kennedy, Dick Mooney, Robert Norton, and Mary Ellen Warters.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sage Thrasher
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Brown's Woods
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Painted Bunting at Fort Defiance State Park in 1956
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1956-09-01
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1994-01-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Painted Bunting at Fort Defiance State Park in Emmet County, IA on May 30, 1956. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration of the record, and the original sighting record found in the publication Storm-driven Birds at Fort Defiance State Park in Iowa Bird Life 26(3):69-70 by Myrle L. Jones also seen by B.O. Wolden, Ida Wolden, Eunice Christensen, Everett Christensen, and Margaret Metcalf Jones.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Painted Bunting
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Fort Defiance State Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Black-crowned Night Heron, 1956-1983
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1956-10-25
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1983-07-08
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Black-crowned Night Heron submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1956-1983. The document also includes the name of the observer, date, and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Black-crowned Night Heron
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven near Spirit Lake before 1952
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1957-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Common Raven near Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, IA before 1952. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication First Authentic Record of Raven in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 27:21-22 by James Sieh and also seen by Frank Marnette.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Spirit Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Superior Township in Dickinson County in 1956
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1957-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Common Ravens at Superior Township in Dickinson County, IA on October 7, 1956. Includes a record review document with votes, three photographs, and the original sighting record found in the publication First Authentic Record of Raven in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 27(1):21-22 by James G. Sieh.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Superior Township
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species at Credit Island in 1957
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds
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1957-05-08
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species at Credit Island in Scott County, IA on May 8, 1957. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Shorebirds and other in Davenport region in Iowa Bird Life 27:97-98 by Edward C. Greer, seen by Greer and Tom Morrissey.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Credit Island
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Check-list of Iowa Birds compiled by Dennis L. Carter, May 18, 1957
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1957-05-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Check list of birds observed in Emmet County compiled by Dennis L. Carter, May 18, 1957. Also includes handwritten notes with bird sightings from Fort Defiance State Park and Lake Cheever.
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Carter, Dennis L.
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Emmet County Fort Defiance State Park Cheever Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Dipper at Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area in Fremont County in 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1957-09-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an American Dipper at Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area in Fremont County, IA in the spring of 1895 or 1896. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A Dipper Specimen at Macedonia, Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 27(3):72 by George O. Hendrickson seen by Guido Louis Stempel and Mason Laut.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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American Dipper
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Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Emmet County in 1957
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation
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1958-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Common Raven at Emmet County, IA on October 5, 1957. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Raven Sighted at Union Slough Refuge in Iowa Bird Life 28:26-27 by Harold H. Burgess seen by Ralph Lempke and reported by Jack W. Musgrove.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Emmet County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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