Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Gerald Von Ehwegen, summer 2005
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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Summer report of birds found in western Iowa contributed by Gerald Von Ehwegen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.
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Von Ehwegen, Gerald L.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bell's Vireo Trumpeter Swan Wood Thrush Black-billed Cuckoo Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Red-breasted Nuthatch Great Blue Heron Black Tern Green Heron Northern Bobwhite
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Dennis L. Carter letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding a Pine Siskin sighting, August 3, 2004
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Field notes contributed by Dennis L. Carter in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. The letter includes the sighting of a Pine Siskin and is an addition to his summer field report. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2004.
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Field notes contributed by Dennis Thompson, summer 2003
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Birds--Infancy
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List of birds and locations contributed by Dennis Thompson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2003.
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Thompson, Dennis
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Pied-billed Grebe Willow Flycatcher Yellow-headed Blackbird Henslow's Sparrow Eastern Towhee Carolina Wren Ruby-throated Hummingbird Orchard Oriole American Coot Northern Bobwhite
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Johnston Saylorville Lake Chichaqua Wildlife Habitat Park Red Feather Prairie Polk City Wildlife Area Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Cleghorn Wildlife Area
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Gian Dodici email to IA-BIRDS mailing list regarding the sighting of a Red Crossbill, June 12, 2001
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2001-06-12
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Email from Gian Dodici to the IA-BIRDS mailing list regarding his sighting of a male Red Crossbill. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2001.
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Dodici, Gian
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Robert VanErsvelde and Connie VanErsvelde, summer 2001
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Infancy
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List of birds and locations contributed by Robert VanErsvelde and Connie VanErsvelde. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2001.
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Indigo Bunting Grasshopper Sparrow Eastern Towhee Dickcissel Sedge Wren Scarlet Tanager American Redstart Yellow Warbler
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Field notes contributed by Paul Hertzel, summer 2001
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List of birds and locations contributed by Paul Hertzel. Includes a list of common bird nesters and a hand-drawn picture of a Yellow-rumped Warbler. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2001.
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Hertzel, L. Paul
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Swainson's Hawk Pied-billed Grebe Virginia Rail Piping Plover White-rumped Sandpiper Yellow-rumped Warbler American Coot Red Crossbill American Black Duck Great-tailed Grackle
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Cerro Gordo County Polk County Union Hills Wildlife Management Area Ventura McIntosh Woods State Park MidAmerican Energy Ponds Teal Basins Waterfowl Production Area Haugen Wildlife Area
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Carolyn J. Fischer, summer 2001
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Infancy
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2001-06-01
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List of birds and locations contributed by Carolyn J. Fischer with observers Jan L. Walter and Rita Goranson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2001.
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Fischer, Carolyn J.
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Barred Owl Trumpeter Swan Cattle Egret Wood Thrush Sora Lesser Yellowlegs White-rumped Sandpiper Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Red Crossbill
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Cerro Gordo County Clear Lake Lime Creek Nature Center Mason City Ventura Zirbel Slough Rock Falls Teal Basins Waterfowl Production Area
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Iowa RBA, December 27, 1999 - January 1, 2000
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-12-27
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2000-01-01
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Five emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 27, 1999 to January 1, 2000. Highlights of the updates include sightings of of a male Bullock's Oriole, White-winged Crossbill, a Cape May Warbler, and the results of various Christmas bird counts.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Bullock's Oriole White-winged Crossbill Long-tailed Duck Ross' Goose Northern Goshawk Common Snipe Lincoln's Sparrow Cape May Warbler Tundra Swan Northern Shrike
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Atlantic Booneville Cedar Rapids Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Elk Horn Polk County Holst State Forest Raccoon River Lenon Mill Park
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Iowa RBA, December 13-17, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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Six emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 13-17, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Yellow-billed Loon, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Thayer's Gull, Snowy Owl, White-winged Crossbill, Black Scoter, and a Long-tailed Duck.
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Thayer's Gull Yellow-billed Loon Snow Bunting Bullock's Oriole White-winged Crossbill Snowy Owl Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Lesser Black-backed Gull Greater Scaup
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Little Wall Lake Elk Horn Jester Park Saylorville Lake Spirit Lake Fairmont Cemetery Fairfield Island View Park
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Iowa RBA, December 3, 19-24, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-12-03
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1999-12-24
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Six emails of Iowa RBA updates for December 3, 19-24, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Yellow-billed Loon, Long-tailed Duck, Bullock's Oriole, Black Scoter, and a Thayer's Gull.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull Yellow-billed Loon Bullock's Oriole Evening Grosbeak Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Greater White-fronted Goose Northern Shrike
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Little Wall Lake Elk Horn Rathbun Lake Red Rock Dam Saylorville Lake Ada Hayden Heritage Park Wildlife Research Station
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Iowa RBA, November 15-20, 1999
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-11-15
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Four emails of Iowa RBA updates for November 15-20, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of two White-winged Crossbills, Red-throated Loon, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pacific Loon, and a Surf Scoter.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-throated Loon White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pacific Loon Merlin Lesser Black-backed Gull Surf Scoter Northern Parula Tundra Swan Black-headed Gull
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Johnson County Lake Red Rock Lock and Dam Number 18 Spirit Lake Lock and Dam 9 Osceola Pool 9 Lakeview Recreation Area Gull Point Gowrie
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Iowa RBA, November 7-12, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Laridae | Gulls and Terns Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Calcariidae | Longspurs and snow bunting Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-11-07
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1999-11-12
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Four emails of Iowa RBA updates for November 7-12, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Varied Thrush, Pacific Loon, Red-throated Loon, and a Surf Scoter.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-throated Loon Brewer's Blackbird Varied Thrush Brown Thrasher Great Horned Owl Common Redpoll Pacific Loon Lesser Black-backed Gull Surf Scoter Northern Shrike
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Harrier Marsh Lock and Dam Number 18 Rathbun Lake Whitebreast Recreation Area Fairfield West Des Moines Babcock Access Fenton Trickle Slough
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Iowa RBA, November 1-3, 1999
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Gaviiformes | Loons Calcariidae | Longspurs and snow bunting Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-11-01
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1999-11-03
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Three emails of Iowa RBA updates for November 1-3, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Black-headed Gull, a Surf Scoter, Pacific Loon, and a Black Scoter.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Red-throated Loon Varied Thrush Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Mute Swan Common Redpoll Pacific Loon Black Scoter Surf Scoter Golden Eagle Black-headed Gull
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Big Sioux River Wildlife Area Lake Red Rock Little River Recreation Area Spirit Lake Whitebreast Recreation Area Lake Easter Maynard Reese Area Meadow Lake Fenton
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Iowa RBA, October 25-30, 1999
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Calcariidae | Longspurs and snow bunting Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-10-25
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Three emails of Iowa RBA updates for October 25, 27, and 30, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of an American Tree Sparrow, Common Goldeneye, Common Redpoll, and a Black-headed Gull.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Thayer's Gull Smith's Longspur Snow Bunting Goldeneye Common Redpoll Black Scoter Black-bellied Plover American Tree Sparrow Black-headed Gull Northern Shrike
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Du Marsh Area Mason City Spirit Lake Thorpe Park Trumbull Lake Whitebreast Recreation Area Swan Pinchey Bottoms
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Wilma Griffin letter to Thomas Kent regarding a white bird, October 5, 1999
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Bird feeders Bird watching Photography of birds
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1999-10-05
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N/A
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Letter from Wilma Griffin to Thomas Kent dated October 5, 1999. Griffin reports sighting a white bird at her daughter's feeder. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1999.
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Griffin, Wilma
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American Goldfinch
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Ankeny
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Iowa RBA, August 9-12, 1999
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birdsongs Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-08-09
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1999-08-12
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Iowa RBA updates for August 9-12, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of five Little Blue Herons, a Snowy Egret, and a Greater Roadrunner. Included are four Iowa RBA updates and an email from Karl Jungbluth to the IA-BIRD mailing list about the beginning of the passerine migration.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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American Avocet Little Blue Heron Henslow's Sparrow Greater Roadrunner Snowy Egret Cattle Egret White-rumped Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Chestnut-sided Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Nebraska City Mahaska County Montezuma Babcock Access Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Devil's Creek Access New Sharon Swan Lake Township
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Spring field report, 1999, Marietta Petersen
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Weather
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1999-03-01
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Marietta Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1999.
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Petersen, Marietta
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White-crowned Sparrow Hooded Warbler Cape May Warbler Great Blue Heron American Goldfinch
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Cass County Marne
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Field notes contributed by Tom Stone, fall 1998
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Field notes Reports
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1998-08-01
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Tom Stone. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Stone, Tom
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Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Eastern Towhee Carolina Wren Harris' Sparrow Black-billed Cuckoo Northern Parula Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Connecticut Warbler Canada Warbler Mourning Warbler Winter Wren Pine Warbler
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George Wyth Memorial State Park Hartman Reserve Nature Center Waterloo
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Rare bird documentation form for White-winged Crossbill at West Des Moines in 1998
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds
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1998-05-02
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Rare bird documentation form for a White-winged Crossbill at West Des Moines in Polk County, IA on May 2 to 21, 1998.
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Allen, Pam
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White-winged Crossbill
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West Des Moines
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Eastern Towhee 12-21-97 Julie Charlesworth
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Field notes for the Eastern Towhee near Bettendorf in Scott County, IA throughout the late fall and early winter 1997. The account was reported by Julie Charlesworth to Kelly McKay on December 21, 1997.
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McKay, Kelly Charlesworth, Julie
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Eastern Towhee
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Heard on the Birdline, December 15, 1997-March 15, 1998
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Bird feeders Bird watching Laridae | Gulls and Terns Rare birds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1997-12-15
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1998-03-15
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Summary of the Iowa Birdline update for December 15, 1997-March 15, 1998. Highlights of the update include sightings of two Ross's Gulls, an adult Black-legged Kittiwake, and seven different Snowy Owl observations in December. Very unusual reports of a Common Raven and a Sprague's Pipit were reported in February. Other interesting observations were of a mid-winter sighting of a Summer Tanager in January and February as well as a continued winter presence of White-winged Crossbills.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Prairie Falcon Ross's Gull Summer Tanager Sprague's Pipit Varied Thrush White-winged Crossbill Snowy Owl Long-tailed Duck Black-legged Kittiwake Common Raven Hoary Redpoll Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Decorah Dickinson County Dubuque Hamilton County Iowa City Lake Red Rock Lake Manawa Red Rock Dam Scott County Sioux City West Branch Wright County Fort Madison O'Brien County
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Rare bird documentation form for Baltimore Oriole at Bettendorf, 1997
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Baltimore Oriole at Bettendorf in Scott County, IA from December 12, 1997 to December 27, 1997.
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McKay, Kelly Statser, Jack L.
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Baltimore Oriole
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Bettendorf
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1515 29 Street Bettendorf, Scott County, IA.
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suburban yard surrounded by a wooded ravine.
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The documentation form by Kelly McKay and Jack Statser is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Vera Blevins. The documentation form was written by Kelly McKay from a phone conversation with Jack Statser. | Elimination of similar species: Orchard Oriole - smaller; much darker red-orange underparts; all dark tail. American Redstart - very much smaller; all black with orange restricted to spots on sides, wings, and tail. | The original documentation form event lasted from 13:30:00/13:50:00.
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Field notes contributed by Dennis L. Carter, December 1, 1997
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Field notes Reports
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Dennis L. Carter. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1997.
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Carter, Dennis L.
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Killdeer Blue-headed Vireo Carolina Wren Yellow-billed Cuckoo Harris' Sparrow Franklin's Gull Palm Warbler Osprey Semipalmated Plover Stilt Sandpiper Sedge Wren Gray Catbird Orange-crowned Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Lincoln's Sparrow Pine Siskin Red-breasted Nuthatch Tennessee Warbler Winter Wren Cliff Swallow
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Decorah Winneshiek County Lake Meyer Calmar Effigy Mounds National Monument Fort Atkinson Burr Oak East Twin Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Cape May Warbler at Indianola in 1996
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird feeders Birds--Food Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1997-12-01
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Records Committee review for a Cape May Warbler at Indianola in Warren County, IA from November 14 to December 18, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph by Stephen Dinsmore, and the original sighting record found in the publication A Record Late Cape May Warbler in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 67(4):132-33 by Jim Sinclair also seen by Taylor Sinclair.
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Field notes contributed by Marie E. Spears Tiemann and Jean B. Braley, November 29, 1997
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Field notes Reports
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1997-11-29
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Fall report of birds found in and around Shenandoah contributed by Marie E. Spears Tiemann and Jean B. Braley. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1997.
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Braley, Jean B. Tiemann, Marie E. Spears
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Red-tailed Hawk Palm Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch
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