Gladys Black letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, January 8, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Research Wit and humor Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1977-01-18
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Bird sightings contributed by Gladys Black in a letter to Nicholas S. Halmi. Black recounts a story of an injured mockingbird who enjoys eating mince pie. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1976-1977.
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Black, Gladys
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Snowy Owl Northern Mockingbird Mallard
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Newton Red Rock Dam Knoxville
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Rare bird documentation form for Orange-crowned Warbler at Ledges State Park in 1986
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Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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Rare bird documentation form for a Orange-crowned Warbler at Ledges State Park in Boone County, IA on August 22, 1986.
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Munson, Erik
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Orange-crowned Warbler
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Ledges State Park
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Field notes from the northwest corner of the state
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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An essay by Loraine Wallace detailing field notes from bird sightings in Spirit Lake. The essay covers the species of birds seen, the behavior of the birds and nesting habits.
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Wallace, Loraine
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-tailed Hawk Purple Martin Black-and-white Warbler Dickcissel Baltimore Oriole Cerulean Warbler Yellow Warbler Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Screech-Owl
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Spirit Lake
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Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, winter 1981-1982
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1981-12-01
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1982-02-28
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Field notes were contributed by Paul Martsching. Verifying documentation of an extraordinary sighting of a Goshawk is included. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1981-1982.
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Martsching, Paul
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Cedar Waxwing Snow Bunting Harris' Sparrow Common Redpoll Northern Goshawk Northern Saw-whet Owl Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Ames Big Creek State Park Ledges State Park Cambridge Cemetery Iowa State Nursery Slater
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Field notes and letter to Thomas H. Kent contributed by Pam Allen and Reid I. Allen, December 2, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birds--Identification
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1998-12-02
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N/A
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Fall report of birds contributed by Pam Allen and Reid I. Allen. Also included is a letter from Pam Allen to Thomas H. Kent regarding the fall field reports. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Allen, Pam Allen, Reid I.
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American Avocet Rough-legged Hawk Little Blue Heron Prairie Falcon Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Yellow Rail Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Surf Scoter Long-eared Owl Philadelphia Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Common Tern Sandhill Crane Pine Warbler
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Allamakee County Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Lake Anita State Park Mills County Snake Creek State Game Management Area Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area Runnells Overlook Black Hawk Lake Wildlife Management Area
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Field notes contributed by James J. Dinsmore, fall 1998
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Field notes Reports
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Weather
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1998-08-01
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1998-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by James J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Whooping Crane American Avocet American Bittern Prairie Falcon Double-crested Cormorant Pied-billed Grebe Brewer's Blackbird Cedar Waxwing Short-eared Owl Barn Owl Western Grebe American Pipit White-winged Scoter Pine Siskin Great Blue Heron Bonaparte's Gull Red Crossbill Mourning Dove Sandhill Crane Burrowing Owl
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Ames Big Creek Lake Boone Jester Park Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Larchwood Plainfield Saylorville Lake Chichaqua Wildlife Habitat Park Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Moeckley Prairie Dallas Center Big Wall Lake Allerton Humeston
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Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, summer 1996
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birdsongs Bird droppings
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1996-06-01
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1996-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Paul Martsching. The field notes contain a detailed description of the Eastern Screech Owl. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1996.
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Martsching, Paul
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Pine Siskin Mourning Warbler American Redstart Eastern Screech-Owl
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Brookside Park Iowa State University
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Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, summer 1992
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Field notes Reports
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birdsongs
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1992-06-01
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1992-07-31
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Summer report of birds found in eastern Iowa contributed by Peter C. Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1992.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Ring-billed Gull Upland Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant Bell's Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Carolina Wren Common Yellowthroat Dickcissel House Finch Acadian Flycatcher Northern Mockingbird Canada Warbler Horned Lark Brown Creeper
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Credit Island Davenport Huron Island Montpelier Muscatine Wildcat Den State Park Sherman Park Muskrat Slough State Game Management Area Buena Vista County Park
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Curtis Nelson, summer 1992
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Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting
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1992-06-01
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1992-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Summer report of birds and locations contributed by Curtis Nelson. Also included is a brief note from Nelson to James J. Dinsmore regarding an Osprey sighting. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1992.
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Nelson, Curtis
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Orchard Oriole Franklin's Gull Forster's Tern Osprey American Redstart
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Mason City Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area Plymouth Wilkinson Pioneer Park Kuhn Wildlife Area
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Field notes contributed by Paul Hertzel, August 1, 1992
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Birds--Infancy Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1992-08-01
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N/A
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Summer report of birds found in central Iowa contributed by Paul Hertzel. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1992.
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Hertzel, L. Paul
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White-eyed Vireo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Orchard Oriole Eastern Wood-Pewee House Finch Wood Duck Gray Catbird Canada Goose Kentucky Warbler Wild Turkey Red-winged Blackbird Cliff Swallow
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Dallas County Polk County Story County
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Carol Ann Alexander, summer 1992
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1992-06-01
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1992-07-31
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Summer report of birds contributed by Carol Ann Alexander. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1992.
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Alexander, Carol Ann
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Carolina Wren House Sparrow Kentucky Warbler King Rail
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Lake Wapello Fairfield Lamson Woods State Preserve
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Fourth Supplementary Breeding Bird Census of Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve, July 1990
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Weather
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1990-07-01
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1990-07-31
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Fourth Supplementary Breeding Bird Census of Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve, Louisa County, Iowa by Peter C. Petersen for July, 1990 with handwritten annotations. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1990.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Yellow-headed Blackbird Grasshopper Sparrow Song Sparrow Carolina Wren Chuck-will's-widow American Woodcock Hooded Merganser Philadelphia Vireo Northern Mockingbird Prothonotary Warbler Brown Creeper
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Louisa County Spring Lake Beattys Pond
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Field reports, Thomas Kent, summer 1990
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Weather
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1990-06-01
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1990-07-29
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Field reports submitted by Thomas H. Kent with two contributors for summer 1990 with handwritten comments. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1990.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Ring-billed Gull Double-crested Cormorant Yellow-headed Blackbird American White Pelican Greater Yellowlegs Osprey Sora Stilt Sandpiper Least Sandpiper
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Coralville Lake Johnson County Swan Lake
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Field reports, Steve Dinsmore, summer 1990
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification
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1990-06-01
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1990-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field reports submitted by Steve Dinsmore with two contributors for summer 1990. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1990.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Ring-billed Gull American White Pelican Western Sandpiper Piping Plover
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area Saylorville Lake MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Field reports, Dennis Carter, summer 1989
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification
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1990-06-01
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1990-07-31
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Field reports for fall 1989 submitted by Dennis Carter for specific locations in Allamakee, Clayton, Howard, and Winneshiek counties. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1989.
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Carter, Dennis L.
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Ruddy Duck Acadian Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler Ovenbird American Redstart
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Yellow River State Forest Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Effigy Mounds National Monument Sny Magill North Cedar Creek Wildlife Management Area
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Field reports, Tanya E. Bray, summer 1990
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Habitat Rare birds Weather
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1990-06-01
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1990-07-31
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Field reports submitted by Tanya E. Bray with several additional observers with a detailed descriptions of certain sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1990.
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Bray, Tanya
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Semipalmated Sandpiper Yellow-headed Blackbird Dickcissel Peregrine Falcon Great Blue Heron Great Egret
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Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area Riverton Wildlife Management Area Keg Lake Wildlife Management Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Neil Bernstein letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for IOU quarterly field report for summer 1990, July 3, 1990
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Conservation Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1990-07-03
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N/A
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Bird sightings reported to IOU by Neil Bernstein in a letter to Jim Dinsmore on July 3, 1990. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1990.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Upland Sandpiper Dickcissel Great Crested Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler
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Fort Defiance State Park Cayler Prairie State Preserve Stinson Prairie State Park
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Field notes with additional documentation contributed by Barbara L. Wilson, winter 1981-1982
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Field notes
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Bird declines Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Weather
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1981-12-01
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1982-02-28
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Field notes were contributed by Barbara L. Wilson. Verifying documentation on the Vesper Sparrow is included. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1981-1982.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Rusty Blackbird Eastern Bluebird Vesper Sparrow Common Redpoll Tufted Titmouse Horned Lark
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Mills County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Barrow's Goldeneye at Keokuk district in 1888
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Tables (documents)
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Barrow's Goldeneye at Keokuk district in Lee County, IA on March 27, 1888. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of the Des Moines Rapids in Auk 24:565-577 by William E. Praeger, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Barrow's Goldeneye
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Keokuk County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Barrow's Goldeneye at Linn County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for Barrow's Goldeneyes at Linn County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Barrow's Goldeneye
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Linn County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Barrow's Goldeneye at Mills and Pottawattamie Counties before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Tables (documents)
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for Barrow's Goldeneyes at Mills and Pottawattamie Counties before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by I.S. Trostler, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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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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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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Rare bird documentation form for Northern Parula at Brookside Park in Ames, 1982
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Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds Wildlife conservation
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1982-10-10
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1982-10-30
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Northern Parula at Brookside Park in Ames in Story County, IA on October 10, 1982.
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Martsching, Paul
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Northern Parula
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Brookside Park
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Brookside Park - Ames - Story County, Iowa
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General: forest with some area with all underbrush cut and grass mowed. Specific: In tree at edge of more natural forest area.
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The documentation form by Paul Martsching is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: female Common Yellowthroat doesn't have wing bars and is brownish on head & back. Nashville Warbler doesn't have wing bars; back isn't grayish; yellow extends way down the front. | The original documentation form event occurred around 10:00:00/10:00:30.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eskimo Curlew at Northwestern Iowa in 1866
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Extinct birds Rare birds Hunting
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1901-06-01
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1996-04-25
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Records Committee review for Eskimo Curlews in Northwestern Iowa in the spring of 1866. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The dough bird again in Forest and Stream 56:146 by E. Hough seen by John Smith.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Eskimo Curlew
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Prairie Warbler at Des Moines in 1893
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Records Committee review for a Prairie Warbler at Des Moines in Polk County, IA during 1893. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry. A clipping of Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley 1884-5 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Division of Economic Opportunity Bulletin Number 2 by W.W. Cooke is also included.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Des Moines
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