Wood Duck nesting records, volume three, 1967-1978
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Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Printed ephemera Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses Eggs--Incubation Ducks--Counting Ducklings Wood duck--Behavior
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1967-01-01
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1978-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Wood Duck nesting records covering the years 1967-1978 compiled by Frederic Leopold. The mostly handwritten volume contains Leopold's detailed notes on the nesting habits of Wood Ducks, including the following: nest site selection, egg laying, incubation, hatching, and departure from the nest. Also included in this volume are newspaper clippings, a few hand-drawn illustrations, correspondence, and the program for the 50th Annual Convention of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union where Leopold gave a presentation titled "Nesting Habits of the Wood Duck".
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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10
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1
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William Norris email to Jim Dinsmore regarding summer bird reports, July 5, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Infancy
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1998-07-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from William Norris to Jim Dinsmore dated July 5, 1998. Norris reports on bird sightings in North-East Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Norris, William R.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Eastern Towhee Veery Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Hooded Warbler Mourning Warbler Sandhill Crane
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Fish Farms Mounds Wildlife Management Area Backbone State Park Bluffton Fir Stand State Preserve
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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28
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1
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Walter Rosene journal of a bird watching trip to Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota
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Diaries Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Pelecaniformes | Pelicans, Cormorants, Darters, and Frigate-birds Laridae | Gulls and Terns Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Automobile travel
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1924-06-14
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1924-06-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A handwritten journal compiled by Walter Rosene that details a bird watching trip to various locations in Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The journal covers a time span of roughly two weeks from June 14 to June 30, 1924, and gives detailed information about the trip, including: the numerous towns and lakes visited, the many species of bird seen, and specifics on the variety of nests and eggs located.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Iowa North Dakota Minnesota Stump Lake Chase Lake
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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1
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Spring report 86, Dean Mosman
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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1986-03-01
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1986-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Dean Mosman. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1986.
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Mosman, Dean
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Purple Martin Eastern Bluebird Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Pine Siskin
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Polk County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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3
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Spring field reports, 1998, Jim Dinsmore
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1998-03-01
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1998-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Jim Dinsmore and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1998.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Red-tailed Hawk Marbled Godwit Turkey Vulture Short-eared Owl Glossy Ibis Yellow Rail Chuck-will's-widow Long-billed Dowitcher Pileated Woodpecker
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Ames Dunbar Slough Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Saylorville Lake Winnebago County Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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27
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7
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Spring 1999, Diane Porter, June 8, 1999
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1999-06-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Diane Porter dated June 8, 1999. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1999.
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Porter, Diane C.
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Bewick's Wren Yellow-throated Warbler Eastern Phoebe Spotted Sandpiper Northern Parula
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Fairfield
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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28
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3
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Spring 1998 Iowa field report, Chris Edwards
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Parulidae | Warblers Weather
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1998-03-01
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1998-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Chris Edwards. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1998.
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Edwards, Chris
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Bobolink Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Wood Thrush Palm Warbler Greater Scaup
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Hickory Hill Park Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Wildcat Den State Park Lake MacBride MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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27
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7
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Spring '86 field reports, Erik Munson
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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1986-03-01
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1986-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Erik Munson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Spring 1986.
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Munson, Erik
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Purple Martin Townsend's Solitaire Loggerhead Shrike Yellow Rail Boreal Owl Common Yellowthroat Blue-winged Warbler Northern Waterthrush
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Ames Big Wall Lake Wildlife Management Area Saylorville Lake Morse Lake Boone County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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3
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule in Iowa before 1879
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Purple Gallinules in Iowa before 1879. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by J. Krider, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Purple Gallinule
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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14
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mountain Bluebird at Charles City in 1914
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1923-09-01
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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 Mountain Bluebirds at Charles City in Floyd County, IA during April 1914. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Floyd County, Iowa (Part III. Continued) in the American Midland Naturalist 8(10/11):230-256 by Caroll Lane Fenton.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Mountain Bluebird
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Charles City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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13
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5
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Iowa before 1879
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Iowa before 1879. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by John Krider.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Long-billed Curlew
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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24
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Poorwill at Pottawattamie County in 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Common Poorwill eggs and a Common Poorwill at Pottawattamie County, IA on May 5, 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Isadore S. Trostler, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Poorwill
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Pottawattamie County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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12
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20
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Linn County in 1899
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Black Rail eggs at Linn County, IA during 1899. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black Rail
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Linn County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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12
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Bachman's Sparrow east of Des Moines in 1884
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation
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1889-02-01
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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 Bachman's Sparrow and nest east of Des Moines in Polk County, IA on June 2, 1884. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Preliminary Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy Natural Sciences 5:113-161 by Charles R. Keyes and H.S. Williams seen by J.B. Green and J.A. Allen, and referenced by four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Bachman's Sparrow
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Des Moines
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Coon Lake before 1879
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Coon Lake, IA before 1879. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by J. Krider, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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8
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24
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Benton and Blackhawk Counties in 1877
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for American Swallow-tailed Kites at Benton and Blackhawk Counties, IA around 1877. 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 George and Morton Peck.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Benton County Black Hawk County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Peter E. Lowther letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, June 21, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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1988-06-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Peter E. Lowther in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. The field notes gives a brief bird census comparison between 1982-1985 to summer 1988. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Lowther, Peter E.
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Bobolink Grasshopper Sparrow Common Yellowthroat Dickcissel Yellow Warbler Northern Harrier
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Cayler Prairie State Preserve Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Observations and data on various birds, part 1 of 3, Woodward Hart Brown
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Correspondence Field notes Photographic prints Research notes Articles
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Gaviiformes | Loons Charadriidae | Plovers Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse
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N/A
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N/A
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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, correspondence, articles, and photographs. This document is part one of three and begins with the tabbed section labeled Loons/Grebes and ends with the tabbed section labeled Rails/Plovers. This document is continued by: 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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7
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Neil Bernstein letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding additional summer bird sightings, summer 1997
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Eggs
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1997-06-01
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1997-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Neil Bernstein to James J. Dinsmore regarding additional summer bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1997.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Franklin's Gull Dickcissel Forster's Tern
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Anderson Prairie State Preserve Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Grovers Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Neil Bernstein email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Mockingbird sighting, June 25, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Food Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1998-06-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Neil Bernstein to Jim Dinsmore dated June 25, 1998. Bernstein reports that Sandy Rhodes sighted a pair of Mockingbirds in Iowa County. Included with this email is a second printout of an email from Peter Lowther to Jim Dinsmore dated July 2, 1998. Lowther reports a Eurasian Tree Sparrow nest and eggs north of Burlington. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Lowther, Peter E. Bernstein, Neil
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow Northern Mockingbird
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Iowa County Burlington
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Neil Bernstein email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Lakeside birds, June 20, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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1999-06-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Neil Bernstein to Jim Dinsmore dated June 20, 1999. Bernstein reports on birds sighted around Lakeside Laboratory and other nearby areas. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1999.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Upland Sandpiper Bobolink Grasshopper Sparrow Ring-necked Duck Dickcissel Forster's Tern Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Gadwall Black Tern
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Marble Lake Grovers Lake Cayler Prairie State Preserve Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Neil Bernstein email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Common Snipe nest, July 17, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1994-07-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Neil Bernstein to Jim Dinsmore dated July 17, 1994. Bernstein reports on a Common Snipe nest with eggs, and also a Hooded Merganser hatching. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1994.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Hooded Merganser Common Snipe
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Dickinson County Solon
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Les Murray email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Harrier nests, June 29, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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1999-06-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Les Murray to Jim Dinsmore dated June 29, 1999. Murray reports sighting Harrier nests and Henslow's Sparrows. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1999.
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Murray, Les D.
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Henslow's Sparrow Northern Harrier
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Appanoose County Lucas County Monroe County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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28
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Laura Spess Jackson letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, June 5, 1992
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1992-06-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Laura Spess Jackson in a letter to Thomas H. Kent including reports from other observers. This item was submitted past the deadline for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly Report of spring 1992.
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Jackson, Laura Spess
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Barn Owl Peregrine Falcon Sandhill Crane
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Des Moines Jasper County Centennial Bridge Hancock County Taylor County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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1
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Jim Dinsmore email to Thomas Kent regarding Harrier nest, June 3, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1999-06-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of email from Jim Dinsmore to Thomas Kent dated June 3, 1999. Dinsmore forwards a Harrier nest sighting. Included with this email is a second email dated June 7, 1999 forwarding a Burrowing Owl sighting. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1999.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Burrowing Owl Northern Harrier
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Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Buena Vista County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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