Field notes from the northwest corner of the state
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Field notes Essays Narratives (literary works)
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An essay by Loraine Wallace detailing field notes from bird sightings in Spirit Lake. The essay covers the species of birds seen, the behavior of the birds and nesting habits.
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Wallace, Loraine
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-tailed Hawk Purple Martin Black-and-white Warbler Dickcissel Baltimore Oriole Cerulean Warbler Yellow Warbler Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Screech-Owl
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Spirit Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Rock Wren at Sioux City in 1899
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1907-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two to three Rock Wrens at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA on June 1, 1899. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Guy C. Rich.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Rock Wren
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Sioux City
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 11, 1932
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1932-05-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 11, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Boone County with Bob Walker between 6:00 and 10:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Cooper's Hawk Ring-billed Gull Clay-colored Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Great Crested Flycatcher Snow Goose Eastern Whip-poor-will Nashville Warbler Northern Bobwhite
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Boone County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 12, 1932
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1932-05-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 12, 1932. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge with Bob Walker between 5:30 and 10:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Harris' Sparrow Barred Owl White-crowned Sparrow Spotted Sandpiper Yellow-rumped Warbler Cerulean Warbler Eastern Whip-poor-will Green Heron
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Boone County
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 7, 1933
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs
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1933-05-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 7, 1933. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Keokuk with Walter Bennett and one other person between 6:00 and 9:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Orchard Oriole White-throated Sparrow Common Yellowthroat Ruby-crowned Kinglet Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Pine Warbler
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Keokuk
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 28, 1933
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1933-05-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 28, 1933. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around Rippey Slough and Beaver Bayou between 6:30 and 11:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Least Bittern American Bittern Grasshopper Sparrow Orchard Oriole Savannah Sparrow Black-billed Cuckoo Northern Rough-winged Swallow Red-winged Blackbird
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Rippey Beaver
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, June 4, 1933 second trip
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birdsongs Photography of birds Birds--Infancy
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1933-06-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated June 4, 1933. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around the Ledges between 4:30 and 6:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Rose-breasted Grosbeak Field Sparrow Blue-winged Warbler Scarlet Tanager Yellow-throated Vireo Yellow Warbler
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Ledges State Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew north of Ogden in 1932
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1933-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Long-billed Curlew north of Ogden in Boone County, IA on May 15, 1932. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by Walter Rosene and Robert Walker.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Long-billed Curlew
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Ogden
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Poorwill at Mud Lake in 1935
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1936-03-01
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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 Common Poorwill at Mud Lake in Clay County, IA on May 29, 1935. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Nuttall's Poor-will in Clay County in Iowa Bird Life 6:7 by George A. Amman.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Poorwill
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Mud Lake
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, May 13, 1936
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1936-05-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated May 13, 1936. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge between 6:00 and 8:00, and Long Pond between 5:00 and 6:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Western Kingbird Common Yellowthroat Solitary Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Lincoln's Sparrow Common Tern
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Boone County Long Pond
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 5, 1941
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Weather
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1941-05-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene, May 5, 1941. Also notes that the American Goldfinches were singing loudly.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Killdeer Common Yellowthroat Pectoral Sandpiper Great Crested Flycatcher Chipping Sparrow Yellow-throated Vireo House Wren Horned Lark American Goldfinch Northern Bobwhite
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Boone County
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Birdwatching notes compiled by Woodward Hart Brown, 1946-1980
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Weather
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1946-02-10
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1980-02-29
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Handwritten notes listing birds sighted by Woodward Hart Brown from 1946 to 1980.
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Brown, Woodward H.
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Iowa
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Woodward Hart Brown Papers | MS 502
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Smith Pool in 1957
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1958-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Common Raven at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Smith Pool in Kossuth County, IA on October 18, 1957. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Raven Sighted at Union Slough Refuge in Iowa Bird Life 28:26-27 by Harold H. Burgess.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Smith Pool
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Rock Wren north of Sioux City in 1958
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1958-09-01
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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 Rock Wren north of Sioux City in Plymouth County, IA on June 16, 1958. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Rock Wren near Sioux City in Iowa Bird Life 28(3):60 by William Youngworth.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Rock Wren
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Sioux City
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Records Committee review for Lazuli Bunting at Plymouth County, IA in 1958
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1959-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting at Plymouth County, IA on June 18, 1958. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Lazuli Bunting Along the Western Border of Iowa: A Summary in Iowa Bird Life 29(1):3-5 by William Youngworth.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Lazuli Bunting
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Plymouth County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Great-tailed Grackle near Wheatland in 1961
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1961-12-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Record Committee review for a Great-tailed Grackle near Wheatland in Clinton County, IA on October 18, 1961. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A Sight Record of the Boat-tailed Grackle in Iowa Bird Life 31(4):88 by Woodward H. Brown seen by C. Esther Copp and Dolly Copp.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Wheatland
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, House Wren, 1971-1982
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Research Birds--Infancy
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1971-10-25
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1982-10-10
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the House Wren submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1971-1982. The document also includes the name of the observer, date and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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House Wren
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, American Woodcock, 1971-1983
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Research Birds--Infancy
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1971-11-11
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1983-07-13
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the American Woodcock submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1971-1983. The document also includes the name of the observer, date and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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American Woodcock
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Iowa
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Woodward H. Brown letter to Fred Kent regarding bird sightings for the summer of 1972, August 21, 1972
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds Weather
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1972-06-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Woody Brown to Fred Kent about bird sightings for the summer of 1972 and the potential of Polk City lake to attract birds. It features a Henslow's Sparrow banding at Lamoni in Decatur County, IA on August 19, 1972.
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Brown, Woodward H.
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Henslow's Sparrow Black-billed Magpie Ruby-crowned Kinglet Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Red Crossbill
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Brenton Slough Indianola Lamoni Polk City Shenandoah Polk City Wildlife Area Jesup
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pinyon Jay at Shenandoah in 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1973-03-01
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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 Pinyon Jay at Shenandoah in Page County, IA on December 17, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Pinyon Jay in Shenandoah in Iowa Bird Life 43(1):28-29 by Ruth Zollars also seen by Betty Walters.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pinyon Jay
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Shenandoah
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Alder Flycatcher at Iowa City in 1974
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1974-06-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Alder Flycatcher at Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on May 15, 1974. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 44:44 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Nicholas Halmi.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Alder Flycatcher
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Iowa City
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Rare bird documentation for Sharp-tailed Sparrow at Prairie Rose State Park in 1975
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Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1975-05-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation for a Sharp-tailed Sparrow at Prairie Rose State Park in Shelby County, IA on May 31, 1975.
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Bray, Tanya
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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
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Prairie Rose State Park
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Rare bird documentation form for Carolina Wren at Hickory Hill Park, 1975
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Ornithology Rare birds
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1975-11-01
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1975-11-20
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for two Carolina Wrens at Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on November 1, 1975.
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Newlon, Michael C.
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Carolina Wren
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Hickory Hill Park
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Hickory Hill Park, Iowa City IA
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brushy ravines on gullies in Hickory Hill Park - park contains woods, open pastures, brushy grown-up old fields
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The documentation form by Michael C. Newlon is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Nicholas Halmi and Marilyn Smith Glasson. | Elimination of similar species: eye stripes, rusty color, large size, voice elim. House, winter wrens voice, lack of white in tail, short tail rule out Bewick's (v. rare if not extinct in Iowa City area)<-(fide FW Kent). | The original documentation form event occurred in the morning.
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Rare bird documentation form for Harris' Sparrow at Coralville Reservoir, 1976
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Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birdsongs Ornithology Rare birds
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1976-04-10
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1976-04-11
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for two Harris' Sparrows at Coralville Reservoir in Johnson County, IA on April 10, 1976.
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Newlon, Michael C.
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Harris' Sparrow
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Coralville Lake
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Coralville Reservoir Iowa City, Iowa 52240
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woodlot with tall trees, weed patches, brush pile, in an area of fields and second-growth woods.
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The documentation form by Michael C Newlon is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers are unidentified in the documentation form. | Elimination of similar species: [...] large sparrow, built like a white-crown but larger, longer-tailed, posture less erect.
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Rare bird documentation form for Hooded Warbler near Coralville Reservoir, 1976
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Birdsongs Ornithology Rare birds
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1976-05-27
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1976-05-31
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Hooded Warbler near Coralville Reservoir in Johnson County, IA on May 27, 1976.
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Newlon, Michael C.
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Hooded Warbler
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Coralville Lake
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wooded hillside n. of Co. Rd 'F', just w of highway 218
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Specific: a wooded hillside, with mature oaks + shagbark hickories and a dense understory of 6'-10'- high shrubs, and forbs. General: above is part of a large tract of woodland that borders the n. shore of the Coralville Reservoir, separated from the resevoir [sic] by a road and a belt of second-growth woods. to the w. is an old farm, brushy grown-up pastures; to the n. is farmland.
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The documentation form by Michael C. Newlon is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Song, black 'hood' eliminate Kentucky, Canada Warblers - Canada has necklace of streaks, not solid black on throat; Kentucky has no black on throat | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 08:00:00/08:10:00.
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