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

Iowa RBA, January 15, 1996	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1996-01-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for January 15, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a White-winged Crossbill, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Long-tailed Duck and an immature Golden Eagle. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of flocks of Lapland Longspurs, Snow Buntings and Horned Larks.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Rose-breasted Grosbeak Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Brown Thrasher White-winged Crossbill Long-tailed Duck Golden Eagle Northern Saw-whet Owl Belted Kingfisher Horned Lark	Cedar Lake Lake Red Rock West Branch Sheldon Crawford Creek County Recreation Area Renwick Atalissa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	3
Iowa RBA, January 13-15, 1997	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1997-01-13	1997-01-15	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for January 13-15, 1997. Highlights of the update include the continued presence of a Pinyon Jay, the return of a Varied Thrush, and an Evening Grosbeak. Other interesting observations were of nine Red Crossbills, two Snowy Owls, and a Northern Goshawk. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Northern Saw-whet Owl and a Red-shouldered Hawk.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-shouldered Hawk Prairie Falcon Varied Thrush Snow Bunting Harris' Sparrow Evening Grosbeak Snowy Owl Northern Goshawk Pinyon Jay Northern Saw-whet Owl Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Red-breasted Nuthatch Red Crossbill	Ames Ankeny Cerro Gordo County Marion Marshalltown Mason City Perry Boone County Elkader Humboldt Shell Rock River Greenbelt Gruver Lincoln Cemetery	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	5
Iowa RBA, January 12, 1998	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-01-12	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa RBA for January 12, 1998. Highlights include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Glaucous Gull, and Thayer's Gull.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Thayer's Gull Mute Swan White-winged Crossbill Trumpeter Swan Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Yellow-rumped Warbler	Decorah Lake Red Rock Mason City White Wildlife Area Fraser Carroll City Cemetery Springfield Church	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	1
Iowa RBA, January 11, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-01-11	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for January 11, 1999. Highlights include Spotted Towhee, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, and Prairie Falcon. Includes notes for updates for January 12, January 13, and January 15.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Cedar Waxwing Carolina Wren Eurasian Collared Dove Long-tailed Duck Bohemian Waxwing White-winged Scoter Spotted Towhee Swamp Sparrow	Lake Red Rock Mason City Sioux Center Spirit Lake Grinnell Country Club Swan Lake Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Wever	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	3
Iowa RBA, January 1-4, 1996	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1996-01-01	1996-01-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for January 1-4, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous Gull, Yellow-rumped Warblers and a Snowy Owl. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of Hooded Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebes and a Wood Duck.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Red-shouldered Hawk Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Pied-billed Grebe Common Redpoll Snowy Owl Lesser Black-backed Gull Wood Duck Hooded Merganser Glaucous Gull Yellow-rumped Warbler	Bettendorf Cedar Lake Lock and Dam 14 Montrose Moline Effigy Mounds National Monument Superior	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	3
Iowa RBA, February 9, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-02-09	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 9, 1998. Highlights include Common Raven, Snowy Owl, Common and Hoary Redpolls, California, Glaucous and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and Eurasian Collared Dove. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Eurasian Collared Dove Common Redpoll Snowy Owl California Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Raven Hoary Redpoll Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl	Clay County Grinnell Lake Red Rock Lake Manawa Muscatine Lock and Dam 16	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	1
Iowa RBA, February 8, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-02-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 8, 1999. Highlights include Mountain Bluebird, Glaucous Gull, Thayer's Gull, and Great Black-backed Gull. Includes notes for updates for February 9, and February 10.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Ruffed Grouse Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Mountain Bluebird Long-tailed Duck Merlin Glaucous Gull Red-breasted Nuthatch Greater White-fronted Goose	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Le Claire Lock and Dam 15 Waterman Creek Terra Lake Stephens State Forest - Woodburn Unit	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	3
Iowa RBA, February 5-7, 1996	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1996-02-05	1996-02-07	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for February 5-7, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Hoary Redpoll, Snowy Owl, Varied Thrush and a Great Gray Owl.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Red-shouldered Hawk Varied Thrush Eastern Bluebird Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Great Gray Owl Hoary Redpoll Eurasian Tree Sparrow Northern Mockingbird Northern Shrike	Burlington Des Moines Johnson County Albion Badger Creek State Recreation Area Lake Ahquabi State Park Blairsburg Alexander	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	3
Iowa RBA, February 3, 1997	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1997-02-03	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for February 3, 1997. Highlights of the update include the continued presence of an immature Pinyon Jay as well as sightings of Prairie Falcons, an immature Snowy Owl, four Long-eared Owls, and Long-tailed Ducks. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of Great Gray Owls and Snowy Owls.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Red-shouldered Hawk Prairie Falcon Common Grackle Carolina Wren Brown Thrasher Snowy Owl Long-tailed Duck Great Gray Owl Pinyon Jay House Finch Golden Eagle Long-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl	Algona Claybanks Forest Iowa City Marion Montrose Spencer Thornton Boone County Elkader Hardin County Croton Pool 19 Lake Sugema	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	5
Iowa RBA, February 26, 1996	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1996-02-26	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for February 26, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Great Grey Owl, Thayer's Gull, White-winged Crossbills and a Red-shouldered Hawk. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of thirteen species of waterfowl including eleven Greater White-fronted Geese.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Red-shouldered Hawk Thayer's Gull Loggerhead Shrike White-winged Crossbill Ross' Goose American Woodcock Great Gray Owl Pileated Woodpecker Greater White-fronted Goose Green-winged Teal	Bay Branch Big Marsh Wildlife Area Brenton Slough Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lock and Dam 15 Madison County Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Wall Lake Cemetery	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	3
Iowa RBA, February 24, 1997	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1997-02-24	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for February 24, 1997. Highlights of the update include the continued presence of Great Gray Owls and a Ferruginous Hawk as well as sightings of a Prairie Falcon and a Townsend's Solitaire. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Northern Shrike and six Red Crossbills.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Ferruginous Hawk Prairie Falcon Townsend's Solitaire Short-eared Owl Trumpeter Swan Northern Goshawk Great Gray Owl Peregrine Falcon Long-eared Owl Red Crossbill Northern Shrike	Big Marsh Wildlife Area Cedar Rapids Cerro Gordo County Claybanks Forest Thornton Black Hawk Lake Washta Badger Creek State Recreation Area Swan Lake State Park Shell Rock River Greenbelt Van Meter	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	5
Iowa RBA, February 23, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-02-23	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 23, 1998. Highlights include Sprague's Pipit, Merlins and Ross' Goose. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Sprague's Pipit White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Ross' Goose Northern Goshawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon Long-eared Owl Great-tailed Grackle	Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area Waterman Prairie Wildlife Management Area Webb University of Iowa Graettinger Fallow Marsh Wildlife Management Area Telford Prairie Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	1
Iowa RBA, February 22, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-02-22	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 22, 1999. Highlights include Mountain Bluebird, Prairie Falcon, Eurasian Collared Dove, and Long-tailed Duck. Includes notes for updates for February 24, and February 26.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Mountain Bluebird Eurasian Collared Dove Long-tailed Duck Ross' Goose Trumpeter Swan Eurasian Tree Sparrow Greater White-fronted Goose Bar-headed Goose	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Black Hawk Lake Lake MacBride O'Brien County Madrid Grinnell Country Club	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	3
Iowa RBA, February 2, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-02-02	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 2, 1998. Highlights include Prairie Falcon, Glaucous Gull, and Eurasian Collared Dove. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Carolina Wren Eurasian Collared Dove Mute Swan Trumpeter Swan Merlin Eurasian Tree Sparrow Glaucous Gull Winter Wren	Big Marsh Wildlife Area Burlington Cedar Falls Green Castle Recreation Area Grinnell Sioux City Lock and Dam 16 Dankwardt Memorial Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	1
Iowa RBA, February 19, 1996	Field notes	Bird banding Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1996-02-19	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for February 19, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Great Gray Owl, Snowy Owl, White-winged Crossbill, and Hoary Redpolls. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Peregrine Falcon and a Snow Goose.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Snowy Owl Great Gray Owl Hoary Redpoll Peregrine Falcon Northern Saw-whet Owl Snow Goose Canada Goose Northern Shrike	Big Marsh Wildlife Area Cedar Lake Cedar Rapids Iowa City Ledges State Park Sheldon Elk Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area Graettinger	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	3
Iowa RBA, February 16, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-02-16	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 16, 1998. Highlights include waterfowl, Gulls, Redpolls, Prairie Falcon and Varied Thrush. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Summer Tanager Varied Thrush White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Mew Gull California Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Hoary Redpoll	Iowa City Lake Red Rock Lock and Dam 14 Lock and Dam 15 Muscatine Woodbury County Dorchester Lock and Dam 16 Greenwood Cemetery	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	1
Iowa RBA, February 15, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Weather Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-02-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 15, 1999. Highlights include Mountain Bluebird, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Long-tailed Duck, and Eurasian Collared Dove.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Mountain Bluebird Eurasian Collared Dove Short-eared Owl Mute Swan Long-tailed Duck Lesser Black-backed Gull Long-eared Owl Canada Goose Greater White-fronted Goose	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Montrose O'Brien County Grinnell Country Club Iowa Arboretum	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	3
Iowa RBA, February 12, 1996	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1996-02-12	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for February 12, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Great Grey Owl, Hoary Redpoll, Thayer's Gull and a Varied Thrush. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of over one hundred Common Redpolls.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Red-shouldered Hawk Thayer's Gull Varied Thrush Eastern Bluebird Carolina Wren Common Redpoll Great Gray Owl Hoary Redpoll Northern Saw-whet Owl Northern Mockingbird	Big Marsh Wildlife Area Des Moines Homestead Johnson County Laurens Black Hawk Lake Albion Carroll Lake Ahquabi State Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	3
Iowa RBA, February 1, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-02-01	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa RBA for February 1, 1999. Highlights include Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Thayer's Gull, and Long-tailed Duck. Includes notes for updates for February 2, February 4, February 5, and February 6.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Red-shouldered Hawk Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Eurasian Collared Dove Long-tailed Duck Lesser Black-backed Gull Golden Eagle Northern Saw-whet Owl Northern Shrike	Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Lock and Dam 15 Montrose Zearing Fort Madison Grinnell Country Club Waukon	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	3
Iowa RBA, December 9, 1996	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1996-12-09	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for December 9, 1996. Highlights of the update include the return of a Pinyon Jay, as well as sightings of a Long-tailed Duck, Red Crossbills, all three Scoter species, and a Varied Thrush. Other interesting observations include two Pomarine Jaegers, a first year Glaucous Gull, and Snowy Owls. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of Thayer's Gulls and a Cape May Warbler.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Thayer's Gull Pomarine Jaeger Varied Thrush Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Black Scoter Northern Goshawk Pinyon Jay Palm Warbler Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Glaucous Gull Cape May Warbler Red Crossbill Horned Lark	Ames Boone Fremont County Grundy County Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Indianola Kossuth County Lake Red Rock Lock and Dam 15 Webster County West Okoboji Lake Black Hawk Lake Boone County Hardin County Ada Hayden Heritage Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	4
Iowa RBA, December 7, 1998	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Weather Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1998-12-07	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA for December 7, 1998. Highlights include Bohemian Waxwing, Surf Scoter, Black-legged Kittiwake, and Thayer's Gull. Includes notes for updates for December 10, and December 12.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Thayer's Gull Cedar Waxwing Eurasian Collared Dove Ross' Goose Black-legged Kittiwake Bohemian Waxwing Surf Scoter Long-eared Owl	Davenport Ottumwa Rathbun Lake DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Rock Valley MidAmerican Energy Ponds Grinnell Country Club	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	2
Iowa RBA, December 6-12, 1999	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1999-12-06	1999-12-12	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 6-11, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Yellow-billed Loon, Prairie Falcon, Varied Thrush, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and White-winged Crossbills. Includes seven Iowa RBA update emails and an email from Francis L. Moore regarding the Yellow-billed Loon.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Thayer's Gull Yellow-billed Loon Varied Thrush White-winged Crossbill Snowy Owl Black Scoter Northern Goshawk Lesser Black-backed Gull Sandhill Crane	Little Wall Lake Polk County Saylorville Lake Spirit Lake West Okoboji Lake Fairmont Cemetery Fairfield Badger Creek State Recreation Area Fenton Fort Des Moines Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	44	4
Iowa RBA, December 4, 1995	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1995-12-04	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for December 4, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of Evening Grosbeaks, Black-billed Magpie, White-winged Crossbill, Black-legged Kittiwawke, Glaucous Gull, Common Redpoll and an Iceland Gull. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Long-eared Owl.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Black-billed Magpie White-winged Crossbill Evening Grosbeak Common Redpoll Iceland Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Glaucous Gull Long-eared Owl Pine Siskin Northern Shrike	Coralville Lake Lake Red Rock Plymouth County Elkader Osceola Cherry Glen Recreation Area Holstein Cemetery	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	2
Iowa RBA, December 4-7, 1995	Correspondence Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls	1995-12-04	1995-12-07	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for December 4-7, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of a first year Glaucous Gull, two Long-eared Owls, Black-billed Magpie, Prairie Falcon, a pair of Evening Grosbeaks, Common Redpoll and a Northern Mockingbird.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Black-billed Magpie Evening Grosbeak Common Redpoll Iceland Gull Purple Finch Glaucous Gull Long-eared Owl Northern Mockingbird	Bay Branch Coralville Lake Iowa City Plymouth County Wildcat Den State Park Elkader Osceola Le Mars Cherry Glen Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	2
Iowa RBA, December 30, 1996	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1996-12-30	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa RBA update for December 23, 1996. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Clark's Nutcracker, a Pinyon Jay, a Varied Thrush, an Evening Grosbeak, and a Snowy Owl. Other interesting observations were of a male Evening Grosbeak, a Snowy Owl, and two Red-shouldered Hawks. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Spotted Towhee and a first year Mew Gull.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Red-shouldered Hawk Pied-billed Grebe Clark's Nutcracker Varied Thrush Short-eared Owl Savannah Sparrow Evening Grosbeak Snowy Owl Merlin Mew Gull Pinyon Jay Wood Duck Hooded Merganser Spotted Towhee American Coot Canada Goose Lesser Scaup Northern Pintail Common Merganser Mallard	Cedar Lake Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area George Wyth Memorial State Park Marshalltown Mills County Perry Boone County Carroll Lock Number 19 Rock Falls	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	43	4