Records Committee review for bird sighting of Brown Pelican at Rathbun Reservoir, 1993
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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1999-10-15
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at Lake Rathbun in Appanoose County, IA on May 30, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, an American Birds article, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Cummins, Raymond L.
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Brown Pelican
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Rathbun Lake
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Lake Rathbun Island West Boat Ramp
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Open water
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The documentation form by Raymond L. Cummins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Bill Heusinkveld, Marj Heusinkveld, Tom Johnson, and Mary Montog. | Elimination of similar species: Nothing I know of. | The original documentation form event lasted from 20:00:00/20:30:00.
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Records committee review for rare bird sighting of Brown Pelican at De Soto National Wildlife Refuge, 1992
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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1992-05-06
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1994-10-18
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at De Soto National Wildlife Refuge in Harrison County, IA on May 6, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in the Nebraska Bird Review about the sighting, two photographs, and four documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Rose, B.J.
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Brown Pelican
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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Harrison County, IA, and Washington County, NE. It was on the south end of the oxbow, just above the dam.
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Missouri River oxbow lake
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The documentation form by B.J. Rose is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Thomas H. Kent, Jim Fuller, and Peter C. Petersen were submitted later. Other observers include Babs Padelford, Ross Silcock, Dick Tetrault, and Brian Blevins. | Elimination of similar species: White Pelican is white with black wing tips; some were present for comparison. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:00:00/09:30:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brown Pelican at Council Bluffs in 1819
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1993-09-07
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, IA in 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Iowa in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences 11:125-417 by Rudolph Martin Anderson, and referenced in two other publications.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brown Pelican at Brenton Slough in 1959
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1959-04-26
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1993-09-07
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at Brenton Slough in Polk County, IA on April 26, 1959. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Brown Pelican record near Des Moines in Iowa Bird Life 30:47 seen by Helen and Harold Peasley.
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Brenton Slough
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Bridled Titmouse in Davenport in 1996
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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1996-03-01
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2000-11-22
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Records Committee review for a Bridled Titmouse in Davenport in Scott County, IA on February 13 to 26, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes, notes on sighting and report, and documentation notes with a drawing submitted to the committee.
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Bridled Titmouse
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Davenport
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brewer's Blackbird at Zirbel Slough, 1996
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Administrative records Field notes
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1996-09-08
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2000-11-22
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Brewer's Blackbird at Zirbel Slough in Cerro Gordo County, IA on September 8, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Bangma, Jim Johnson, Ann
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Brewer's Blackbird
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Zirbel Slough
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Zirbel Slough, Cerro Gordo Co., IA
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Marsh
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The documentation form by Jim Bangma and Ann Johnson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Rusty Blackbird ruled out by solid black color, deeper call note, bill shape. Grackles ruled out by tail length, bill size and shape and call note. Cowbirds ruled out by eye color, tail length and head/bill shape. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:00:00/14:01:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant in Iowa before 1870
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1870-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Brant in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant at Swan Lake in 1996
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1996-11-29
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2000-11-22
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Records Committee review for a Brant at Swan Lake in Carroll County, IA on November 26, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the letter from Russ Behrens to Bob describing the bird, and referenced by a publication.
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Brant
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Swan Lake State Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant at Nebraska, IA in 1819
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Brant at Nebrasksa in Page County, IA around 1819. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819, 1820 .. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown by E. James seen by Thomas Say.
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Brant
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Nebraska
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant at Ingham Lake in 1970
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1977-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Brant at Ingham Lake in Emmet County, IA during October 1970. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Waterfowl in Iowa 5th ed. State Conservation Commission by J.W. Musgrove and M.R. Musgrove.
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Ingham Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant at Amana in 1902
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Brant at Amana in Iowa County, IA in 1902. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson and seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by another publication.
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Amana
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Owl north of Floyd in 1915
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1916-09-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Boreal Owl north of Floyd in Floyd County, IA on July 14, 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(3):130-138 by C.L. Fenton, and referenced by another publication.
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Floyd
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1916-09-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Boreal Owl captured near Osage in Mitchell County, IA in 1914. 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 the Wilson Bulletin 28:130-138 by C.L. Fenton, and referenced by another publication.
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Osage
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Boreal Owl at Osage in Mitchell County, IA on March 25, 1916. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Preliminary List of the Birds of Floyd County Iowa in Wilson Bulletin 28:130-138 by Carroll Lane Fenton seen by Flora May Tuttle, and referenced by another publication.
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Osage
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Chickadee at the Dubuque area in 1966
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1967-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Boreal Chickadee at the Dubuque area in Dubuque County, IA on December 26, 1966. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Christmas Bird Census in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 37:5 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Basil Beal, Frieda Crossley, George Crossley, Howard Higley, Jr., Joan Higley, Howard Higley III, Ival Schuster, Phyllis Shultz, and Paul Skelley, Jr.
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Dubuque
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Chickadee at Des Moines, 1976
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1976-11-17
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1996-04-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Boreal Chickadee at Des Moines in Polk County, IA on November 17, 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, multiple articles from Iowa Bird Life, a request for reconsideration of record, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Brown, Woodward H.
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Boreal Chickadee
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Des Moines
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Des Moines, IA
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General: urban, residential Specific: large back yard with both evergreen and deciduous trees and large stand of yew adjacent to feeders
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The documentation form by Woodward H. Brown is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Dick Mooney, Nicholas Halmi, Lurene Warters, and many unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: Superficially similar to any of the chickadees | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:45:00/16:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Boreal Chickadee at College Forest in Ames in 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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1975-09-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Boreal Chickadee at College Forest in Ames in Story County, IA on March 17 and 18, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A Four-year Summary of Unusual Iowa Bird Records in Iowa Bird Life 45:90-91 by Richard D. Crawford.
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Boreal Chickadee
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Iowa State Nursery
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Bonaparte's Gull at Ottumwa, 1989
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1989-01-01
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1993-08-05
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Bonaparte's Gull at Ottumwa in Wapello County, IA on January 1, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Hoskins, Nelson R.
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Bonaparte's Gull
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Ottumwa
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Ottumwa, Ia.
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Des Moines River, Below Hydro-dam
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The documentation form by Nelson Hoskins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Franklin's gull - above mentioned markings. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:45:00/08:55:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Bohemian Waxwing at Marble Beach State Park at Spirit Lake in 1998
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1998-11-30
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2000-11-24
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Records Committee review for a Bohemian Waxwing at Marble Beach State Park at Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, IA on November 21, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes, e-mail correspondence about the sighting, and original sighting record found in Field Reports-Iowa Bird Life submitted by Lee A. Schoenewe. This document is related to https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/6794/view.
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Bohemian Waxwing
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Marble Beach State Recreation Area
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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 for Black-throated Sparrow at Waterloo, 1993
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1993-03-17
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1999-10-15
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Black-throated Sparrow at Waterloo in Black Hawk County, IA on March 17, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, an article in American Birds, and seven documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Fuller, James L
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Black-throated Sparrow
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Waterloo
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Feeder of Maurice and Ruby Hanson, 1262 Ackermant, Waterloo (Black Hawk County).
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Peter C. Petersen, Mark Proescholdt, Thomas H. Kent, James Scheib, Randy Pinkston, and Ray Cummins were submitted. Other observers include Francis Moore, Ken Lowder, Maurice Hanson, Babs Padelford, Loren Padelford, Dick Tetrault, Rita Goranson, Jan Walters, Beth Proescholdt, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Curt Nelson, Marty Pauley, Carolyn Fischer, Beth McBride, Tim Fallon, Pat Hanson, Hank Zaletel, Tim Schantz, Tom Stone, Ruby Hanson, and Brian Blevins. | Elimination of similar species: The black bib in combination with the wide white face stripes is distinctive. No other sparrow-like bird has these features. The other desert southwest birds which are similar are Sage and Five-striped Sparrows, both of which have white throats and a dark stickpin on the breast. | The original documentation form event lasted from 07:44:00/07:47:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-throated Gray Warbler near Cedar Bluff, 1997
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1997-05-10
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Black-throated Gray Warbler near Cedar Bluff in Cedar County, IA on May 10, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Huntington, James
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Black-throated Gray Warbler
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Cedar Bluff
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Open woods near field or sedge meadow
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The documentation form by James Huntington is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Carol Thompson and John Cordell. | Elimination of similar species: Blackpoll - This bird was first called a Blackpoll, but then discrepancies were noted. Color of top of head was gray not black, white above and below black on cheek. Blackpoll has no loral spot. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:30:00/09:45:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-throated Gray Warbler at Graceland Cemetery in Sioux City in 1961
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1961-09-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Black-throated Gray Warbler at Graceland Cemetery in Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA on May 19, 1961. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Black-throated Gray Warbler at Sioux City in Iowa Bird Life 31(3):69 by William Youngworth.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black-throated Gray Warbler
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Graceland Park Cemetery
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-necked Stilt north of Round Lake in 1991
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds
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1991-05-25
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2000-11-22
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Records Committee review for a Black-necked Stilt north of Round Lake in Harrison County, IA on May 25, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the letter with a photograph from Joel Jorgensen about the bird sighting with an account of a Prairie Warbler sighting.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black-necked Stilt
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Round Lake State Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-necked Stilt at Hawarden in 1890
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-19
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Records Committee review for a Black-necked Stilt at Hawarden in Sioux County, IA in 1890. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by two other publications.
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Black-necked Stilt
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Hawarden
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