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Title	Genres	Topics	Date (Start)	Date (End)	Type	Description	Creator/Author	Birds	Locations	Locality	Habitat	Remarks

Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Union Grove State Park, 1985	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1985-09-30	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Union Grove State Park in Tama County, IA on September 30, 1985.	Fuller, James L	Glossy Ibises	Union Grove State Park	Union Grove St. Park - Tama County	Lake	The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Cal Knight. \| Elimination of similar species: Small Herons - bill shape.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Cooper's Hawk at Story County, 1998	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1998-12-19	1998-12-21	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Cooper's Hawk at Story County, IA on December 19, 1998.	Ehresman, Bruce	Cooper's Hawk	Story County	Story Co., T-82N, R-22W, Sec 6, NW 1/4	Indian Creek, woods on west	The documentation form by Bruce Ehresman is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Liessa Thomas and Marlene Ehresman. \| Elimination of similar species: Was too large for sharp shinned hawk, did not have white rump patch of harrier. Too large to be Merlin and wing shape + flight pattern different than Merlin (this bird had rounded wings and flew in flap-flap glide pattern as it left the area). \| The original documentation form event lasted from 09:30:00/09:32:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	33	24
Rare bird documentation form for Cooper's Hawk at Mill Creek State Park, 1985	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1985-09-19	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Cooper's Hawk at Mill Creek State Park in O'Brien County, IA on September 19, 1985.	Harr, Douglas C.	Cooper's Hawk	Mill Creek State Park	Mill Creek State Park, 1 mi. w. of Paullina, O'Brien Co., IA	along edge of park woods & cornfield	The documentation form by Douglas C. Harr is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: Sharp-shinned Hawk - smaller, slimmer, squared tail. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 11:14:00/11:16:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	33	24
Rare bird documentation for Cooper's Hawk at Saylorville in 1985	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1985-06-29	1985-07-26	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Rare bird documentation for four Cooper's Hawks at Saylorville in Polk County, IA on June 29, July 13, and July 26, 1985.	Engebretsen, Bery	Cooper's Hawk	Saylorville				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	33	24
Rare bird documentation form for Cooper's Hawk at Rush Lake, 1980	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1980-05-02	1980-06-02	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Cooper's Hawk at Rush Lake in Palo Alto County, IA on May 2, 1980.	Jardine, Wallace E.	Cooper's Hawk	Rush Lake	Rush Lake, Laurens, Iowa	Woods bordering farm field + lake. Tree on slope. 30' high in a 40' tree.	The documentation form by Wallace E. Jardine is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Ray Cummins. \| Elimination of similar species: Sharp-shinned. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 07:00:00/07:05:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	33	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Tomahawk Marsh, 1994	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1994-10-12	1994-10-14	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Tomahawk Marsh in Sac County, IA on October 12, 1994.	Fuller, James L	Glossy Ibises	Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area	Tomahawk Marsh (Sac County)		The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Peter Ernzen. \| Elimination of similar species: Shorebird possibilities with long decurved bills are Whimbrel, which is generally much smaller with a relatively longer and thinner bill. Long-billed Curlew also has a much longer and thinner bill, and is generally lighter in color. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 07:30:00/08:05:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at east of Jewell and south of Anderson Lake, 1991	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1991-05-08	1991-05-27	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species east of Jewell and south of Anderson Lake in Hamilton County, IA on May 8, 1991.	Proescholdt, Mark	Glossy Ibises	Anderson Goose Lake	East of Jewell and south of Anderson Lake - (Hamilton co.)	small pond in a corn field	The documentation form by Mark Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Ramona Sommerlot, Ann Johnson, Tim Schantz, Beth Brown, and Beth Proescholdt. \| Elimination of similar species: This was a white-faced Ibis or a Glossy Ibis. A first spring white ibis would show lots of white in its plumage colorations. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 18:20:00/18:40:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Huxley, 1990	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1990-09-09	1990-09-10	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Huxley in Story County, IA on September 9, 1990.	Cecil, Robert I.	Glossy Ibises	Huxley	About 1 mile west of Huxley in Story County, Iowa	Shallow pond	The documentation form by Robert Cecil is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 08:45:00/09:15:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Dan Green Slough at Clay County, 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1988-10-05	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Dan Green Slough at Clay County, IA on October 5, 1988.	Brewer, Marion M.	Glossy Ibises	Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area	Dan Green Slough, Clay Co.	Marsh, shallow water, mud edge	The documentation form by Marion M. Brewer is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: I could not tell whether glossy or white-faced Ibis. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 13:15:00/14:00:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Union Slough, 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1988-08-17	1988-08-24	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Union Slough in Kossuth County, IA on August 17, 1988.	Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Eugene	Glossy Ibises	Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge	Union Slough - South Pool.	Small shallow water at Union Slough	The documentation form by Eugene Armstrong and Eloise Armstrong is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: Told from herons by long & curved bill. most not separated from other ibis sp. white faced likely. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 14:00:00/14:15:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Ely, 1986	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1986-09-25	1986-09-26	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Ely in Linn County, IA on September 25, 1986.	Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-	Glossy Ibises	Ely	S. of Ely, IA	Marshy roadside pond	The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Jim Fuller. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 13:00:00/13:10:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at west side of Johnson County, 1986	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1986-09-25	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species on the west side of Johnson County, IA on September 25, 1986.	Fuller, James L	Glossy Ibises	Johnson County	West side of Johnson Co. W6E - 2 mi. N of ST #382	Shallow pond	The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Cal Knight, Bernie Knight, Mark Snyder, and Tom Kent. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 11:30:00/11:35:00 and 14:40:00/14:45:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Cone Marsh, 1986	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1986-05-11	1986-05-25	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Cone Marsh in Louisa County, IA on May 11, 1986.	Dwyer, Timothy L.	Glossy Ibises	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area	Cone Marsh, Louis Co. Flying above Marsh. Viewed from dike.	Marsh	The documentation form by Timothy L. Dwyer is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: Not speciated. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 09:10:00/09:13:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Engineer's Cantonment in 1820	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1823-01-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Engineer's Cantonment, IA on April 1, 1820. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819, 1820 by Edwin James seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Union Grove State Park, 1985	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1985-09-29	1985-10-02	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form an Ibis species at Union Grove State Park in Tama County, IA on September 29, 1985.	Proescholdt, Mark	Glossy Ibises	Union Grove State Park	Union Grove State Park -(Tama Co.)	Shallow end of lake with grassy edges	The documentation form by Mark Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Steve Dinsmore, Eric Munson, Russell Hays, Hank Zaletel, Jim Fuller, and Cal Knight. \| Elimination of similar species: Can't think of any similar species. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 13:45:00/15:00:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Union Grove State Park, 1985	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1985-09-29	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form an Ibis species at Union Grove State Park in Tama County, IA on September 29, 1985.	Dinsmore, Stephen J.	Glossy Ibises	Union Grove State Park	Union Grove SP, Tama Co.	shallow, marshy area on edge of lake	The documentation form by Steve Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Erik Munson, Mark Proescholdt, Russel Hays, and Hank Zaletel. \| Elimination of similar species: All other herons eliminated by uniformly dark brown color and long, decurved bill. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 15:00:00/16:00:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Nashua, 1984	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1984-09-29	1984-10-06	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Nashua in Chickasaw County, IA on the Cedar River on September 29, 1984.	Proescholdt, Mark	Glossy Ibises	Nashua	Nashua, Chickasaw County, Cedar River	over main river channel - sandbars, some marshy areas	The documentation form by Mark Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Beth Proescholdt and Steve Dinsmore. \| Elimination of similar species: Double-crested Cormorant. From a distance the ibis had a similar body shape but long decurved bill and dark purplish brown color determined an ibis. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 15:48:00/15:50:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Cedar River at Nashua, 1984	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1984-09-29	1984-10-01	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Ibis species at Cedar River at Nashua in Chickasaw County, IA on September 29, 1984.	Proescholdt, Beth	Glossy Ibises	Nashua	Cedar River at Nashua, S.W. Chickasaw County	very low river, with sandbars & mudflats, marshy edge	The documentation form by Beth Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Steve Dinsmore and Mark Proescholdt. \| Elimination of similar species: Cormorant - as it flew toward us, I might have dismissed it as a cormorant except that Steve had yelled 'ibis' & I really looked. Only as it drew closer did I see its different flight pattern & the silhouette showed the down-curved bill, & we saw the iridescence. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 15:48:00/15:50:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Ibis species at Cedar River at Nashua, 1984	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1984-09-29	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Cedar River at Nashua in Chickasaw County, IA on September 29, 1984.	Dinsmore, Stephen J.	Glossy Ibises	Nashua	flying down Cedar River, Nashua, Chickasaw County	River channel with lots of mudflats and marshy areas nearby	The documentation form by Steve Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Beth Proescholdt and Mark Proescholdt. \| Elimination of similar species: Separated from other herons by the uniformly dark colored body and the long dark decurved bill. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 15:50:00/15:52:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Glossy Ibis at Louisa National Wildlife Refuge, 1984	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1984-06-11	1984-07-31	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for two Glossy Ibises at Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Louisa County, IA on June 11, 1984.	Hovell, Leroy E. Stanley, A. Wayne	Glossy Ibis	Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Louisa Division	northeast corner of Moist Soil Unit number one, Louisa National Wildlife Refuge, Louisa County, Iowa		The documentation form by Wayne Stanley & Leroy Hovell is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Chuck H. Bartenhagen, Philip R. Earnest, Sarah M. Cross, Ramona R. Haight, Ginger A. Malcolm, Chris Weyrick, and Bill Knapp. \| Elimination of similar species: All characteristics matched Glossy Ibis including the blue skin at the base of the curved bill. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 09:00:00/09:15:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for Glossy Ibis at Eldridge, 1981	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1981-09-02	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Glossy Ibis at Eldridge in Scott County, IA on September 2, 1981.	Blevins, Lewis D.	Glossy Ibis	Eldridge	1/2 mile north North Eldridge, Scott County, Iowa	wading bird area - bird was feeding in flooded field	The documentation form by Lewis D. Blevins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include members of survey crew. \| Elimination of similar species: The only other species offering same characteristics would be the white-faced Glossy Ibis. This was eliminated by answer question 6. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 13:00:00/13:10:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Otter Creek Marsh, 1981	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1981-05-01	1981-05-24	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for an Ibis species at Otter Creek Marsh in Tama County, IA on May 1, 1981.	Proescholdt, Beth	Glossy Ibises	Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge	Otter Creek Marsh - south central Tama County	Otter Creek Marsh, in the area where water had apparently been let out to form mud flats, interspersed with very shallow water	The documentation form by Beth Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Phyllis Harris, Garnite Seward, and Ramona Sommerlot. \| Elimination of similar species: Curlew - but not correct shape for a curlew, White ibis - wrong color. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 18:00:00/18:15:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Decatur County in 1872	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Rare birds	1872-01-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Decatur County, IA during the Spring 1872. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the birds of southern Iowa in the Proceedings of Boston Society of Natural History 15:229-243 by T.M. Trippe, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Decatur County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Floyd County around the 1860's and 1870's	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds	1916-12-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Floyd County, IA around the 1860's and the 1870's. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A preliminary list of the birds of Floyd County Iowa in Wilson Bulletin 28:130-138 by C.L. Fenton seen by Clement Webster and John R. Waller, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Floyd County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew in western Iowa in 1867	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds	1868-01-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews in western Iowa in 1867. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on birds observed in western Iowa in the months of July, August and September in Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1:488-502 by J.A. Allen, and referenced by two other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Long-billed Curlew	Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	9	24