Field reports contributed by Thomas H. Kent, November 28, 1993
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers
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1993-11-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Thomas H. Kent. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Northern Flicker Broad-winged Hawk Green-backed Heron Prairie Falcon Thayer's Gull Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Blue Jay Rusty Blackbird Carolina Wren American White Pelican Brown Thrasher Reddish Egret Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Le Conte's Sparrow Peregrine Falcon Common Snipe Gray Catbird House Wren Great Egret
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Buffalo Center Colfax Coralville Lake Dickinson County Iowa City Lake Red Rock Pleasant Creek State Park Spirit Lake Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Zirbel Slough Silver Lake
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Carl Priebe letter to W. Ross Silcock regarding Fremont County Snowy Owl sightings, November 24, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1993-11-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Carl Priebe to W. Ross Silcock regarding Fremont County Snowy Owl sightings, November 24, 1993. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Priebe, Carl
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Snowy Owl
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Farragut Locust Grove Township
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Rare bird documentation form for Red-necked Grebe at Saylorville Reservoir, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-11-22
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Red-necked Grebe at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on November 22, 1993.
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Johnson, Ann
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Red-necked Grebe
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Saylorville Lake
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Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County, IA
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Open deep water
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The documentation form by Ann Johnson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Bery Engebretsen, Eugene Armstrong, and Eloise Armstrong. | Elimination of similar species: The long, thin neck eliminated ducks and loons and convinced me that the shape of the bird was most certainly a grebe. Western/Clark's shows white rather than gray on the chin, neck, and breast and is larger. Horned Grebes are smaller and also are white on the underparts. Pied-billed could be eliminated by the size and shape of the bill alone. Although fall Eared Grebes are fairly gray, the size equaling Hooded Mergansers and the large bill allowed me to eliminate that species. | The original documentation form event lasted from 16:30:00/16:40:00.
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Iowa Birdline update, November 22, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-11-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for November 22, 1993. Highlights include sightings for a California Gull, Red Crossbills, Long-tailed Ducks and Scoters. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Horned Grebe Snowy Owl Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter California Gull White-winged Scoter Golden Eagle Red Crossbill Northern Shrike
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Allamakee County Dale Maffitt Reservoir Marshall County Pottawattamie County Harpers Ferry Hickory Grove County Park Rock Creek State Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of California Gull at Carter Lake, 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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1993-11-21
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1995-07-08
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a California Gull at Carter Lake in Pottawattamie County, IA on November 21, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and three documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Bray, Tanya
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California Gull
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Carter Lake
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Carter Lake, Pottawattamie County
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The documentation form by Tanya Bray forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Loren and Babs Padelford, and Ross Silcock were submitted. Other observers include Jerry Toll and B.J. Rose. | Elimination of similar species: Both Ring-billed and Herring Gulls are eliminated by bill coloration, size, slightly darker mantle, and eye color. Western, Lesser-black backed would be darker mantled, different bill coloration. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/10:58:00.
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Michael D. Cox letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding captured and banded raptors, November 17, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Migration Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Wildlife rehabilitation
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1993-11-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Michael D. Cox to Thomas H. Kent regarding captured and banded raptors, November 17, 1993. Cox details the various types of raptors that were caught and banded during fall migration by the Iowa State University Wildlife Care Clinic. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.
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Cox, Michael D.
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Red-tailed Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Golden Eagle Peregrine Falcon Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Boone Des Moines River
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Iowa Birdline update, November 15, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-11-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for November 15, 1993. Highlights include the sighting of a Mew Gull; a Thayer's Gull has been sighted at the same location. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull White-winged Crossbill Snowy Owl Black Scoter Mew Gull American Pipit Greater Scaup White-winged Scoter Golden Eagle
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Allamakee County Pleasant Creek State Park Red Rock Dam Elkader Buena Vista County Badger Creek State Recreation Area Island View Park Roberts Creek Park
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Rare bird documentation form for Thayer's Gull at Red Rock Dam, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-11-13
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Thayer's Gull at Red Rock Dam in Marion County, IA on November 13, 1993.
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Pinkston, Randall, 1956-
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Thayer's Gull
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Red Rock Dam
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Lake Red Rock dam, Marion County, Iowa
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The documentation form by Randall Pinkston is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Jim Fuller. | Elimination of similar species: Compared with first-winter Herring Gull above. Pale Thayer's may be confused with same-aged Iceland Gull, but Iceland typically much paler than this individual. Iceland should also show pale, mottled tertials and tail which are concolor with the upperparts. This bird's tertials and tail were unpatterned (except at the edges of the tertials) and darker than the remainder of the upperparts. Iceland's folded primaries are paler than the remainder of the mantle, not darker as in this bird. Slaty-backed, Glaucous-winged, and Glaucous-winged X Western hybrid Gulls all larger, have more massive bills, less likely in Iowa. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:15:00/10:40:00.
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Documentation of an extraordinary bird sighting, Thayer's Gull, November 13, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-11-13
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1993-11-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Documentation supporting the sighting of a Thayer's Gull at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA contributed by Thomas H. Kent on November 13, 1993.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Thayer's Gull
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Lake Red Rock
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Rare bird documentation form for Thayer's Gull at Red Rock Reservoir, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-11-13
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1993-11-16
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Thayer's Gull at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on November 13, 1993.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Thayer's Gull
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Lake Red Rock
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Tailwaters, Red Rock Res.
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Tailwaters/River
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The documentation form by Bob Cecil is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Tom Kent and Dick Tetrault. | Elimination of similar species: 1st winter Herring Gull has a very dark secondary bar, often has lighter head, and generally has a much more 'contrastry' appearance involving darker and lighter shades of brown. Overall, the 1st winter Herring is darker brown. | The original documentation form event occurred in the afternoon.
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Rare bird documentation form for Northern Shrike at Trumbull Lake, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-11-11
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Northern Shrike at Trumbull Lake in Clay County, IA on November 11, 1993.
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Schoenewe, Lee A.
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Northern Shrike
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Trumbull Lake
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Trumbull Lake, Clay County
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Top of dead tree in open cattail marsh
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The documentation form by Lee A. Schoenewe is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Loggerhead Shrike - Thinner mask and larger bill | The original documentation form event occurred around 14:20:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Northern Goshawk at Lost Island Lake in Huston Park, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-11-11
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Northern Goshawk at Lost Island Lake in Huston Park in Palo Alto County, IA on November 11, 1993.
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Schoenewe, Lee A.
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Northern Goshawk
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Lost Island Huston Park
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Huston Park, Lost Island Lake, Palo Alto Co.
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Woods at lakeside
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The documentation form by Lee A. Schoenewe is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Cooper's Hawk - size and eyebrow stripe. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:45:00/15:15:00.
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Iowa Birdline update, November 10, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-11-10
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for November 10, 1993. Highlights include sightings of Evening Grosbeaks, a White-winged Crossbill, Snowy Owls, Scoters and a Pacific Loon. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Snow Bunting White-winged Crossbill Evening Grosbeak Snowy Owl Pacific Loon Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Golden Eagle Great Crested Flycatcher
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Lake Manawa Moorehead Pioneer Park Pleasant Creek State Park Yellow River State Forest Rolling Cove Park Effigy Mounds National Monument Island View Park Silver Lake
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Rare bird documentation form for Great Crested Flycatcher at Effigy Mounds National Monument, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-11-08
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Great Crested Flycatcher at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Allamakee County on November 8, 1993.
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Carter, Dennis L.
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Great Crested Flycatcher
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Effigy Mounds National Monument, Allamakee County, Iowa
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railroad tracks at base of river bluff (wooded) and ajacent [sic] to Mississippi River " right-of-way bordered by brushy growth
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The documentation form by Dennis Carter is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: I considered the possibility that this might be an Ash-throated Flycatcher, a species that was recorded in Minnesota in Nov., 1990. The bird I saw lacked the pale coloration and slim appearance of Ash-throated. I feel that the bright yellow belly, contrasting with the dark gray chest eliminates Ash-throated. At no time during my observation, did I feel that this bird might be an Ash-throated Flycatcher. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/11:00:00.
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Iowa Birdline update, November 6 & 8, 1993
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Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-11-06
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1993-11-08
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for November 6, 1993. Highlights include sightings of a White-winged Scoter, Snowy Owl, Long-tailed Duck, and Surf Scoter. Includes notes for the Iowa Birdline update for November 8, 1993.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Cooper's Hawk Horned Grebe Snowy Owl Long-tailed Duck Pacific Loon Common Loon Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Bonaparte's Gull
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Lake Red Rock Lake Manawa Moorehead Pioneer Park Pleasant Creek State Park Rolling Cove Park Monroe County MidAmerican Energy Ponds Island View Park
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Iowa Birdline update, November 1 & 2, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-11-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for November 1, 1993. Highlights include sightings of a Ross' Gull, Gyrfalcon, Prairie Falcon and Evening Grosbeak. Includes update for November 2, 1993.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Prairie Falcon Ross's Gull Snow Bunting Goldeneye Gyrfalcon Evening Grosbeak Snowy Owl Golden Eagle Bonaparte's Gull
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Bremer County Lake Macbride State Park Lake Red Rock Palo Alto County Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Williams Prairie State Preserve Elkader Crawford County Rock Falls Plymouth
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Black-bellied Whistling-Duck at Big Marsh, 1993
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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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1993-11-01
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1996-04-25
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck at Big Marsh in Butler County, IA on November 1, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, correspondence about the bird sighting, two photographs, an article in The Southwestern Naturalist, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
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Big Marsh Wildlife Area
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Big Marsh
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freshwater marsh
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The documentation form by Jim Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Rodney Steere. | Elimination of similar species: Nothing it could be confused with
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Ross's Gull in Red Rock Dam, 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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1993-10-31
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1995-07-08
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Ross's Gull in Red Rock Dam in Marion County, IA on October 31, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, six photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, an article in American Birds, and eight documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Fuller, James L
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Ross's Gull
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Red Rock Dam
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Below the Red Rock Reservoir Dam (Marion County).
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Ann Johnson, Thomas H. Kent, Mark Proescholdt, Randy Pinkston, Peter C. Petersen, Pam Allen, and Raymond Cummins were submitted. Other observers include Pete Wickham, Dick Tetrault, Beth Brown, Tom Johnson, Jim Sinclair, Jim Durbin, Joyce Durbin, Gladys Black, Russ Widner, Ken Lowder, Brian Blevins, Kelly McKay, Reid Allen, Beth Proescholdt, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, and many unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: No other small gull has the combination of a pink wash on underparts and head, orange-red legs, very small black bill, nape line, and wedge-shaped tail. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:35:00/11:30:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Prairie Falcon at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, 1993
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1993-10-29
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1993-10-31
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Prairie Falcon at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in Kossuth County, IA on October 29, 1993.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Prairie Falcon
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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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Union Slough N.W.R., Kossuth Co., IA
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long narrow slough
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: The underwing markings and apparent light coloration argue against Peregrine Falcon. The date and location are appropriate for Prairie Falcon in Iowa. | The original documentation form event lasted from 16:50:00/17:00:00.
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Iowa Birdline update, October 25, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-10-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for October 25, 1993. Highlights include sightings of White-faced Ibis, Sandhill Crane, Sabine's Gull and Western Grebe. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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White-faced Ibis Western Grebe Cattle Egret Sabine's Gull Purple Finch Common Loon Black-bellied Plover Pine Siskin Sandhill Crane
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Blue Lake Lake Red Rock Marshalltown Monona County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-bellied Whistling Duck at Blue Lake in 1993
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Administrative records Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds Hunting
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1993-10-24
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1996-01-25
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Black-bellied Whistling Duck at Blue Lake in Monona County, IA on October 24, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of the specimens, notes on the specimen by Jim Dinsmore and the original sighting record found in the field notes with photograph by Terry J. Hulsebus.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
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Blue Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Sabine's Gull near Whitebreast Park at Red Rock Reservoir, 1993
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1993-10-23
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1995-07-08
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Sabine's Gull near Whitebreast Park at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on October 23, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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Sabine's Gull
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Whitebreast Recreation Area
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Red Rock Reservoir - (Marion Co.)
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Large lake - near Whitebreast Area on South side
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The documentation form by Mark Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Beth Proescholdt, Ann Johnson, Tim Schantz, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Pam Allen, and Reid Allen. | Elimination of similar species: A Black-legged Kittiwake 1st winter bird is vaguely similar, but it does not have the three-triangle look on its wing and does not have a brownish back and neck | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 09:45:00/09:50:00 and 10:15:00/10:18:00.
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Iowa Birdline update, October 18, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-10-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for October 18, 1993. Highlights include sightings of Western Grebe, Common Loon and Great Egrets. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Western Grebe Cattle Egret Eurasian Tree Sparrow Common Loon Black-bellied Plover Sanderling Magnolia Warbler Bonaparte's Gull Great Egret
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Lake Red Rock Lake Manawa Casey Barrow Landing Des Moines County Crapo Park Huron
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Gyrfalcon in Hanover Township in Crawford County, 1993
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Administrative records Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1993-10-17
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1995-07-08
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Gyrfalcon at Hanover Township in Crawford County, IA on October 17, 1993. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter about reporting the sighting from Jim Fuller to Dan Eiten on October 29, 1993, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Eiten, Dan
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Gyrfalcon
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Hanover Township
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Hanover Twp Crawford County IA 6 1/2 NW Denison
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Near Bean field on Field Fencepost
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The documentation form by Dan Eiten is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Arlan Gierstorf. | The original documentation form event occurred around 14:00:00.
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Iowa Birdline update, October 11, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Passeriformes | Perching-birds and songbirds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-10-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for October 11, 1993. Highlights include sightings of Red-shouldered Hawk and the end of the early passerine migration and reports of later migrants. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-shouldered Hawk American Pipit Black-throated Blue Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Pine Siskin Winter Wren Great-tailed Grackle Brown Creeper Pine Warbler
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Grimes Lake Macbride State Park Twin Springs Park Wolf Creek Recreation Area Babcock Access
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