Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule in Iowa before 1879
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Purple Gallinules in Iowa before 1879. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by J. Krider, and referenced by two other publications.
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Robert K. Myers letter to Thomas H. Kent about bird sightings including Marbled Goldwit, June 6, 1980
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1980-06-06
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N/A
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Robert K. Myers letter to Thomas H. Kent Rare about bird sightings for a Marbled Godwit in Iowa, June 6, 1980. Myers details how he and Russ Hayes identified the Godwit and mentions birds he saw on a trip to Waubonsie and Lacey-Keosauqua state parks.
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Myers, Robert K.
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Marbled Godwit Summer Tanager Yellow-throated Warbler Western Kingbird Hudsonian Godwit Northern Parula Cerulean Warbler Blue Grosbeak Kentucky Warbler
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Waubonsie State Park Sweet Marsh
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Rare bird documentation form for Marbled Godwit in Missouri Valley, 1978
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Field notes
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1978-04-10
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1978-05-31
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for two Marbled Godwits in Missouri Valley in Harrison County, IA on April 10, 1978.
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Gochenour, Ruth A.
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Marbled Godwit
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Missouri Valley
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3 miles North of Missouri Valley, Iowa, Harrison County
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Wet meadow
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The documentation form by Ruth A. Gochenour is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Naomi Svenningsen and Justin Gochenour. | Elimination of similar species: Hudsonian Godwit. Extremely large shore bird - this bird was lacking white rump-and black tail, chestnut under parts - The cinnamon wing linings were easily seen. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/12:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eskimo Curlew at Iowa before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1870-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee for Eskimo Curlews at Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen in Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa by Charles A. White, and referenced by two other publications.
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Eskimo Curlew
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule at Ames in 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Wildlife rescue Zoological specimens
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1979-09-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule at Ames in Story County, IA on May 22, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Purple Gallinule in Ames in Iowa Bird Life 49:87-88 by James Dinsmore and D.L. Graham seen by Lorna Volmer, a reference to the sighting in another publication, and two photographs of the specimen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Purple Gallinule
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Ames
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule near Promise City in 1975
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1975-09-01
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1994-11-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule near Promise City in Wayne County, IA on May 10, 1975. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Field reports in Iowa Bird Life 45:55-59 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Charlotte Scott, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Purple Gallinule
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Promise City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule in Wapello County in 1974
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1974-12-01
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1994-11-04
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule in Wapello County, IA during the Summer of 1974. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Six county area including Ottumwa and Rathbun Lake in Iowa Bird Life 75:82-86 by B.C. Heusinkveld, C. Scott, Pearl Evans, C. Ayres, and D. Ayres, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Purple Gallinule
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Ottumwa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule at Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area in 1964
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds
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1964-09-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule at Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Louisa County, IA on May 7, 1964. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Purple Gallinule in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 34:50-51 by F.W. Kent, and a photograph of the sighting.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Purple Gallinule
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule north of Cedar Falls in 1937
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1937-09-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule north of Cedar Falls in Black Hawk County, IA on May 13, 1937. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Purple Gallinule in Black Hawk County in Iowa Bird Life 7:34 by Myrtle Dix.
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Purple Gallinule
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Cedar Falls
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule at Des Moines in 1915
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule at Des Moines in Polk County, IA during the Spring of 1915. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Polk County Iowa in Des Moines Audubon Society by P.A. DuMont seen by F.W. Rice and identified by Luther S. Ross and P.A. DuMont.
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Purple Gallinule
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Des Moines
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule at Charles City in 1915
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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1916-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule at Charles City in Floyd County, IA on September 9, 1915. 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 Mary A. Dalton and Sydney Wetherbee, and referenced by two other publications.
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Purple Gallinule
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Charles City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule at Black Hawk County before 1907
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Purple Gallinule at Black Hawk 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 seen by Morton E. Peck, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Purple Gallinule
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Black Hawk County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule at Floyd County in 1891
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule at Floyd County, IA in 1891. 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, and referenced by two other publications.
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Purple Gallinule
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Floyd County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of South Polar Skua at Credit Island, 1995
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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2000-11-22
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a South Polar Skua at Credit Island in Scott County, IA on April 2, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes, three different copies of a photograph, an article in American Birds, an article in Birds of Missouri, correspondence about the sighting, a documentation form, and an audiotape transcription submitted to the committee.
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Hodges, Herbert James
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South Polar Skua
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Credit Island
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Credit Island, Davenport, IA.
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frozen harbor off Miss. River
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The documentation form by Jim Hodges is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: No Jaeger or Gull has a comparable white streak down the primary bases into the secondaries. Lack of a dorsal view made species id. impossible. | The original documentation form event occurred around 09:30:00.
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Purple Gallinules in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen in Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa by Charles A. White in 1870, and referenced by two other publications.
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Purple Gallinule
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1993-09-07
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in Jasper County, IA on April 13, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication European Widgeon [sic] in central Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 42:49 by Mrs Dorothy Maish also seen by Irene Wein.
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Rock Creek Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at Solon in 1961
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at Solon in Johnson County, IA during the Spring of 1961. Includes a record review document with votes, letters between Tom Kent and G. Edgar Folk about the sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication Audubon Field Notes 15:414 seen by G. Edgar Folk as reported by F.W. Kent seen by Marion Huit as well, and referenced by two other publications.
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Solon
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at Black Hawk Lake in 1947
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1977-01-01
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1993-09-07
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at Black Hawk Lake in Sac County, IA during the Spring of 1947. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Waterfowl in Iowa in State Conservation Commission by J.W. Musgrove and M.R. Musgrove seen by Jerry Kelley.
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Black Hawk Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at North Twin Lake in 1933
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1935-09-01
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at North Twin Lake in Calhoun County, IA in October 1933. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Specimen of European Widgeon in northwestern Iowa in Wilson Bull 47:235 by P.A. DuMont seen by George Van Wyngarden, and referenced by three other publications.
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Eurasian Wigeon
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North Twin Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Anhinga at Union Grove Lake in 1967
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Records Committee review for an Anhinga at Union Grove Lake in Tama County, IA on April 5, 1967. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Anhinga, third record for Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 37:53 by Evelyn Ehlers.
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Anhinga
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Union Grove Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Anhinga at Riverton in 1953
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1993-08-16
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Records Committee review for an Anhinga near Riverton in Fremont County, IA on October 18, 1953. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A sight record of the Anhinga in Fremont County in Iowa Bird Life 23:72 by Mrs. William H. Collins.
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Anhinga
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Riverton
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Anhinga at Salem circa 1889
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1889-01-01
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Anhinga at Salem in Henry County, IA around 1889. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Walter G. Savage, and referenced in another publication.
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Anhinga
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Finch at Iowa City, 1990
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1990-07-10
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1993-07-17
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Purple Finch at Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on July 10, 1990. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Spieker, Susan J.
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Purple Finch
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Iowa City
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830 Hudson, Iowa City, Iowa
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Back yard, with fruit trees, walnut trees, shrubs and bushes and garden.
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The documentation form by Sue Spieker is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Female House Finch has more overall brown coloring and the streaks on breast and belly are wider and bolder. Also House Finch does not have the light area, eyebrow stripe, above and below eye. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:05:00/15:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Bohemian Waxwing at Grinnell Country Club, 1999
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1999-01-06
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2000-11-28
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Bohemian Waxwing at Grinnell Country Club in Poweshiek County, IA on January 6, 1999. Includes a record review document with votes and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Fuller, James L
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Bohemian Waxwing
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Grinnell Country Club
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Grinnell (Poweshiek County) Grinnell Country Club golf course in a deciduous tree about 120 feet east of the clubhouse parking lot.
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Thomas H. Kent was submitted. | Elimination of similar species: Comparisons with Cedar waxwing made in description. | The original documentation form event occurred around 12:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Royal Tern at Pool 18 in Des Moines County, 1989
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1989-08-20
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1993-08-06
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Royal Tern at Pool 18 in Des Moines County, IA on August 20, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence relevant to the bird sighting and review, four photographs, and three documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Fuller, James L
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Royal Tern
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Pool 18
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Sandbar in Pool #18 - Mississippi River
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Mississippi River
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Peter C. Petersen as well as Cal Knight and Bernie Knight were submitted later. Other observers include Clint Van Fossen, Sue Clevenstine, Chuck Fuller, Eugene Armstrong, and Eloise Armstrong. | Elimination of similar species: Larger than Common or Forster's Tern (2 Fortser's were also standing in area) differed from Caspian in slightly smaller size, orange and slimmer bill, white forehead, and light underwing primaries. | The original documentation form event lasted from 19:15:00/19:30:00 on August 20, 1989 and 18:33:00/19:15:00 on August 27, 1989.
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