Fall, early spring, and late spring migration dates for Iowa
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Parulidae | Warblers
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A handwritten list of fall, early spring, and late spring migration dates for numerous bird species in Iowa. The list includes the date of the sighting, the number of birds seen, as well as a key code indicating the location of the sighting. Also included is the type-written geographic location key used to decipher in which one of the 12 different observation spots the sighting was made.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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American Avocet Upland Sandpiper Horned Grebe Brewer's Blackbird Lapland Longspur Bewick's Wren Common Moorhen Western Kingbird Least Tern Baltimore Oriole Philadelphia Vireo Greater White-fronted Goose Bonaparte's Gull Dark-eyed Junco American Black Duck
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Ames Credit Island Forneys Lake Ledges State Park Pilot Knob State Park Sidney DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Anderson Goose Lake Iowa State University Nobles Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Beth Proescholdt, fall 1982
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Fringillidae | Finches Parulidae | Warblers Weather
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes were contributed by Beth Proescholdt and other observers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1982.
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Proescholdt, Beth
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Bald Eagle Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Merlin Osprey Gray Partridge Pileated Woodpecker Hermit Thrush
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Marshall County Pine Lake Hardin County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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5
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Walter Rosene bird sighting records
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae | Sparrows
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A handwritten list of bird sighting records compiled by Walter Rosene, organized by species and annotated with sighting dates.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Blue Jay American Robin Downy Woodpecker
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Walter Rosene bird sighting records
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Hirundinidae | Swallows Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A handwritten list of bird sighting records compiled by Walter Rosene, organized by species and annotated with sighting dates.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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3
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Observations and data on various birds, part 3 of 3, Woodward Hart Brown
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Correspondence Field notes Research notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Fringillidae | Finches Thraupidae | Tanagers Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A collection of bird sightings around Iowa compiled by Woodward Hart Brown, including notes and correspondence. This document is part three of three and begins with the tabbed section labeled Vireo/Warbler and ends with the tabbed section labeled Finch. This document continues: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/8624/view
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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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3
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1978 fall report
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Field notes
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Parulidae | Warblers
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0198-08-01
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1978-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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1978 fall report submitted by Janet G. Greer. Document discusses the sightings as well as other information such as population and migrations, of various species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Field Report of fall 1978.
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Greer, Janet
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Cooper's Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Say's Phoebe Purple Martin Ruby-throated Hummingbird American White Pelican Brown Thrasher Franklin's Gull Western Grebe Merlin Least Tern Golden Eagle Northern Saw-whet Owl Snow Goose Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Harrison County Lake Anita State Park Lake Manawa Mills County Pottawattamie County Viking Lake Nebraska
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Letter from Peter Petersen to Nicholas Halmi regarding bird sightings, August 23, 1976
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Parulidae | Warblers
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0976-08-23
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird sighting list and locations contributed by Peter Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1976.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Walter Rosene bird arrival notepad, 1914-1929
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ornithology--Methodology Hirundinidae | Swallows Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1914-07-01
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1929-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A notepad that Walter Rosene used to record bird arrival dates from 1917-1929. Also included are miscellaneous notes on expenses, observations of nests and eggs, and several addresses of Rosene's colleagues.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Boone County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Walter Rosene bird calendar, Boone County, 1918-1927
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Field notes
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Bird watching Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1918-01-01
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1927-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A ten year calendar of three hundred and eighty-one wild birds of Iowa annotated by Walter Rosene with sighting dates of species located in Boone County for the years 1918 through 1927. Also includes a record of two birds of North America not included in the Iowa list that were observed by Rosene. Bird observations from a trip to North Dakota in 1924 are included and noted with red ink.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Dunlin Common Pheasant
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Boone County North Dakota
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Walter Rosene 1923 bird sighting records
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1923-01-01
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1923-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A handwritten list of bird sighting records from 1923 compiled by Walter Rosene, organized by species and annotated with sighting dates. Also includes the number of different varieties of birds observed each month.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Walter Rosene 1924 bird sighting records
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1924-01-01
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1924-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A handwritten list of bird sighting records from 1924 compiled by Walter Rosene, organized by species and annotated with sighting dates.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Northern Flicker Blue Jay American Robin
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Missouri Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Walter Rosene letter to the United States Bureau of Biological Survey regarding a 1925 bird migration report, January 18, 1926
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1926-01-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Walter Rosene to the United States Bureau of Biological Survey regarding a 1925 bird migration report, January 18, 1926. Rosene mentions this is the largest single year's list that he has ever completed, which involved 74 recorded field trips and observations of 153 varieties of birds from the station in Ogden. He also includes a list of birds formerly observed but not seen in 1925 as well as a list of 16 varieties of birds observed for the first time during the year.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Carolina Wren Western Kingbird American Woodcock
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Ogden Boone County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Walter Rosene bird calendar, Boone County, 1928-1937
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Field notes
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Bird watching Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1928-01-01
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1937-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A ten year calendar of three hundred and eighty-one wild birds of Iowa annotated by Walter Rosene with sighting dates of species located in Boone County for the years 1928 through 1937. Also includes a record of three birds of North America not included in the Iowa list that were observed by Rosene.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Dunlin Gray Partridge Common Pheasant
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Boone County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Bird List on Field Trip at Ledges State Park of Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Field notes
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Bird watching Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1928-05-12
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A list of 94 bird species observed on an Iowa Ornithologists Union field trip to Ledges State Park on May 12, 1928.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Ledges State Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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List of bird sighted in Boone County on May 14, 1933
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Field notes Research notes
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Parulidae | Warblers Weather Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1933-05-14
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated research notes. This is a list of birds sighted in Boone County on May 14, 1933 between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. by Walter Rosene, Sr., Robert Walker, and Walter Rosene, Jr. The sighting of 124 species of birds in single day by a single observer or party of observers is believed to be a record for Iowa. Included within this list are ten species of Duck, twelve species of Sparrow, and fifteen species of Warbler.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941 Walker, Bob Rosene, Walter, 1912-
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Boone County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, 1936
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Strigiformes | Owls Ardeidae | Herons Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1936-01-01
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1936-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Daily field checking list includes birds observed by Walter Rosene in 1936.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Iowa
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 9, 1936
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Laridae | Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1936-05-09
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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 Fairfield by Walter Rosene and others, May 9, 1936. Also notes this is a combined list of 136 species taken by seven different groups at the Iowa Ornithologists' Union meeting in Fairfield.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Gray-cheeked Thrush Yellow-billed Cuckoo Orchard Oriole Great Horned Owl Marsh Wren Common Nighthawk Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Northern Waterthrush Northern Bobwhite
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Fairfield
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 11, 1936
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies
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1936-05-11
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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 11, 1936. Also notes he was at Ledges State Park later in the day.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak Loggerhead Shrike Blue-winged Teal Lesser Yellowlegs Cerulean Warbler Tufted Titmouse House Wren Blackpoll Warbler Barn Swallow Common Starling
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Ledges State Park Boone County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Daily field checking list, Walter Rosene, August 23, 1936
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Parulidae | Warblers
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1936-08-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird checklist dated August 23, 1936. This checklist was used by Walter Rosene to record birds sighted around North Bridge with Bob Walker between 7:00 and 9:30.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Kestrel Warbling Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Black-and-white Warbler Loggerhead Shrike Wilson's Warbler
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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 by Walter Rosene, 1937
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Charadriidae | Plovers Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1937-01-01
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1937-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Daily field checking list includes birds observed by Walter Rosene in 1937.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Iowa
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 9, 1937
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Parulidae | Warblers Weather Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1937-05-09
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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 and Bob Walker, May 9, 1937. Also notes a Common Pheasant nest with twelve eggs and an Eastern Phoebe nest with one Eastern Phoebe egg and one Brown-headed Cowbird egg.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Wilson's Phalarope Eastern Phoebe Sora Semipalmated Plover Solitary Sandpiper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Tufted Titmouse American Goldfinch Common Pheasant Least Sandpiper
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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 by Walter Rosene, May 16, 1937
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Turdidae | Thrushes Parulidae | Warblers Weather Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1937-05-16
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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 and Little Wall Lake by Walter Rosene, Paul Leaverton and Bob Walker, May 16, 1937. Also notes a Blue-winged Teal nest with two eggs and a Yellow Warbler nest with one Brown-headed Cowbird egg.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Red-shouldered Hawk Brown-headed Cowbird Bobolink Warbling Vireo Indigo Bunting Blue-winged Teal Barred Owl Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Whip-poor-will Yellow Warbler
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Little Wall Lake Boone County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, 1938
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1938-01-01
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1938-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Daily field checking list includes birds observed by Walter Rosene in 1938.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Iowa
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 15, 1938
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Parulidae | Warblers
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1938-05-15
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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 at Lizard Lake by Walter Rosene, Samuel J. Hyde and Paul Leaverton, May 15, 1938. Also notes many Ruddy Ducks on Lizard Lake were mating.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Least Flycatcher Yellow-headed Blackbird White-crowned Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Ruddy Duck Sora Stilt Sandpiper Gray Catbird Northern Waterthrush Black Tern
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Lizard Lake
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, 1939
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1939-01-01
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1939-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Daily field checking list includes birds observed by Walter Rosene in 1939.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Iowa
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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