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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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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Chris Reed card to Peter C. Petersen regarding Baltimore Oriole sighting, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds Meetings
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1981-01-14
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Photocopied card detailing a Baltimore Oriole sighting at Fairport in Muscatine County, IA on January 14, 1981. It is a copy of https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/2323/view.
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Reed, Chris
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Baltimore Oriole
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Fairport
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Chris Reed letter to Pete Petersen regarding Northern Oriole sighting, January 14, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1981-01-14
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Chris Reed letter details his sighting of a Northern Oriole on January 14, 1981. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1980-1981.
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Reed, Chris
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Baltimore Oriole
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Fairport
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Christmas Bird Count 1996
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1996-12-22
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1996-12-23
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes from a Christmas Bird Count with details on the sighting of Thayer's Gull's at Lock and Dam 13, 14, 15 near Davenport and Clinton on December 22 and 23, 1996. Includes observers Pete Petersen, Walter Zuurdeeg and others.
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McKay, Kelly
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Thayer's Gull Chukar Greater Scaup
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Clinton Davenport Lock and Dam 14 Lock and Dam 15 Lock and Dam 13
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Christmas Bird Count details, Peter C. Petersen, December 1988
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1988-12-18
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1988-12-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Photocopy of the second page of field notes by Peter C. Petersen detailing birds seen during the Davenport, Oakville, Princeton, and Clinton Christmas Bird Counts. It includes a Brewer's Blackbird sighting in Davenport on December 18.
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Pertsen, Peter C.
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Cooper's Hawk Brewer's Blackbird Field Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Western Meadowlark Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Clinton Iowa Oakville Princeton Camanche Cordova Park Savanna
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Christmas count, 1980-81
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Field notes Reports
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Bird populations Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Winter Citizen science
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1980-12-20
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1981-01-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The Christmas count report notes a record 127 species sighted, eight more than the previous record number sighted the year before, thanks largely to increased participation and wider coverage. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1980-1981.
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Eastern Phoebe Curve-billed Thrasher Hoary Redpoll Eurasian Tree Sparrow Common Loon Sedge Wren Veery Sandhill Crane
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Iowa
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Chuck Williamson email to Jim Fuller, December 7, 1990
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration
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1990-12-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Print out of part of a field report compiled by Jim Fuller and an email from Chuck Williamson to Fuller suggesting people who could review reports of a Yellow Grosbeak in Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1990.
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Williamson, Charles B.
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Common Grackle Common Redpoll Purple Finch Pine Siskin
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Appanoose County Coralville Lake Iowa City Sioux Center Sioux County
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Clem Klaphake note to Mark Orsag regarding Prairie Falcon sighting
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1999-08-01
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1999-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated note from Clem Klaphake to Mark Orsag. Klaphake describes sighting a Prairie Falcon. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1999.
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Klaphake, Clem
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Prairie Falcon
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Hitchcock Nature Area
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Comments on a White-winged Dove sighting compiled by James J. Dinsmore, July 19, 2000
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds
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2000-07-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes by James J. Dinsmore from notes he took during a phone conversation with Ron Bartelt on July 7, 2000. Bartelt supplied details about a Wing-winged Dove sighting that took place on his farm in Grimes on June 27, 2000. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2000.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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White-winged Dove
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Grimes
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Compiled rare bird reports featuring the Ruby-crowned Kinglet near Solon in unknown year
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Administrative reports Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compiled rare bird reports featuring the Ruby-crowned Kinglet near Solon in Johnson County, IA on an unknown date and year. Other rare bird sightings include Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, and Double-crested Cormorant in the Iowa City area.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Cooper's Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Ruby-crowned Kinglet Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Iowa City Johnson County Solon
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, July 30, 1939
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1939-07-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Daily field checking list of birds observed at the YWCA Camp near the Des Moines River by Walter Rosene, Robert Walker and Gordon Peel, July 30, 1939. Also notes he spent most of his time trying to identify a nesting bird brooding four eggs in a loosely built nest.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Kestrel American Crow Purple Martin Eastern Bluebird Song Sparrow Common Yellowthroat Dickcissel Tufted Titmouse Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl
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Des Moines River YWCA Camp
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 12, 1931
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Photography of birds
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1931-04-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated April 12, 1931. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge with Bob Walker.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Red-tailed Hawk White-breasted Nuthatch Vesper Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Great Horned Owl Ruby-crowned Kinglet Belted Kingfisher Northern Harrier Mallard
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Boone County
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, April 28, 1932
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1932-04-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated April 28, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Schall Pond and Beaver Bayou with Bob Walker between 6:30 and 9:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Kestrel Horned Grebe Osprey Solitary Sandpiper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler Wilson's Warbler Chipping Sparrow
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Boone County Beaver
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, August 21, 1932
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Identification
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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. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Adix Pond and North Bridge with Walter Jr. between 8:30 and 12:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Baird's Sparrow Red-eyed Vireo Louisiana Waterthrush Chipping Sparrow Yellow Warbler American Robin Mourning Dove Least Sandpiper Eastern Screech-Owl
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Boone County
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, August 7, 1932
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1932-08-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated August 7, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge between 11:45 and 12:15.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Red-headed Woodpecker Killdeer Purple Martin Indigo Bunting Northern Cardinal Field Sparrow Eastern Kingbird Gray Catbird House Wren Black-capped Chickadee American Goldfinch
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Boone County
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 1, 1931
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1931-05-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 1, 1931. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Boone County with Bob Walker between 6:00 and 8:30.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Bittern Pied-billed Grebe Chimney Swift Brown Thrasher Le Conte's Sparrow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Louisiana Waterthrush Barn Swallow American Goldfinch
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Boone County
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 13, 1936
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1936-05-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 13, 1936. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge between 6:00 and 8:00, and Long Pond between 5:00 and 6:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Western Kingbird Common Yellowthroat Solitary Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Lincoln's Sparrow Common Tern
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Boone County Long Pond
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 17, 1936
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1936-05-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 17, 1936. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Heitkamp Ponds, North Bridge, and Adex Ponds between 7:00 and 9:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Brown-headed Cowbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Black-bellied Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Hudsonian Godwit Stilt Sandpiper Blackpoll Warbler Yellow Warbler
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Boone County
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 22, 1935
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1935-05-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 22, 1935. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around his yard between 9:00 and 12:00, and 1:00 and 2:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Blue-headed Vireo Swainson's Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Nashville Warbler American Goldfinch
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Ogden
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 23, 1935
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1935-05-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 23, 1935. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around the Ledges with Bob Walker between 1:20 and 6:20.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Osprey Olive-sided Flycatcher Chestnut-sided Warbler Cerulean Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Starling
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Ledges State Park
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, October 2, 1932
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1932-10-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated October 2, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Adix Ponds and Clyde Hall Woods with Bob Walker and Syd between 8:00 and 12:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Killdeer American Kestrel Vesper Sparrow Harris' Sparrow Merlin Lesser Yellowlegs Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow
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Boone County
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, September 16, 1934
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Identification
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1934-09-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated September 16, 1934. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge with Bob Walker between 7:15 and 10:15.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Red-headed Woodpecker Broad-winged Hawk Common Grackle Blue-headed Vireo Ruby-throated Hummingbird White-throated Sparrow Common Nighthawk Great Blue Heron American Goldfinch
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Boone County
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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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Dale Stone letter to Thomas Kent regarding fall field reports, November 18, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1994-11-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Dale Stone to Thomas Kent dated November 18, 1994. Stone states that he is an irregular contributor to the field reports and includes an annotated list of birds sighted. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1994.
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Stone, Dale
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Pied-billed Grebe Lapland Longspur American Redstart Eastern Screech-Owl
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Lake City Ogden Sac County
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Dan Dorrance letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding Red-necked Grebe sighting, August 17, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy
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1994-06-01
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1994-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Dan Dorrance to Jim Dinsmore dated August 17, 1994. Dorrance retracts his sighting of a Red-necked Grebe believing it to be an immature Hooded Merganser based on a conversation with Pete Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1994.
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Dorrance, Dan
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Red-necked Grebe Hooded Merganser
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Princeton State Wildlife Management Area Pagel Flaming Prairie Park
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