Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Clark's Grebe at Diamond Lake, 1997
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1997-12-13
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Clark's Grebe at Diamond Lake in Poweshiek County, IA on December 13, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, photos, an Iowa Bird Life article, and five documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Allen, Pam Allen, Reid I.
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Clark's Grebe
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Diamond Lake
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Poweshiek County, Diamond Lake Park
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The documentation form by Pam and Reid Allen is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Mark Proescholdt, Thomas H. Kent, Phil Walsh, and Michael D. Overton were submitted later. Other observers include Jim Sinclair, Ann Johnson, Eugene Armstrong, Dixie Overton, Cal Knight, Bernie Knight, and Eloise Armstrong. | Elimination of similar species: The Western Grebe (Aechmorphorus occidentalis) has a much duller, greyish-greenish yellow bill and the body and flanks are blacker. Plus, the black cap extends over the eyes and lores, and there is a more solid blackish cast on the bill. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:15:00/14:10:00.
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Photograph of Iowa Ornithologists' Union presidents
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Photographs
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Bird watchers Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1933-05-06
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N/A
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A group photo of the former Iowa Ornithologists' Union presidents who held the position from 1923-1932 and the 1933 president, May 6, 1933. From left to right: Dr. George O. Hendrickson (1933-1934), Dr. F.L.R. Roberts (1931-1932), Walter W. Bennett (1929-1930), Arthur J. Palas (1927-1928) and Walter M. Rosene (1923-1926). The photograph was reproduced in the June, 1933, issue of "Iowa Bird Life." Photograph originally titled "Group photo of IOU presidents." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Pierce, Fred J.
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Fairfield
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Photograph of a White-winged Dove perching on a tree branch
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Photographs
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Bird watching
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2002-07-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A White-winged Dove perching on a tree branch located in the yard of Raymond H. Cooper, Cerro Gordo County, July 2, 2002. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2002.
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Hertzel, L. Paul
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White-winged Dove
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Cerro Gordo County
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Field notes, photograph, and letter to James J. Dinsmore contributed by Ed Thelen, summer 2002
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Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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2002-06-01
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2002-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Summer report of birds found in northwest Iowa contributed by Ed Thelen. Also included is a brief letter to James J. Dinsmore from Thelen regarding the enclosed photograph of Cooper's Hawk fledglings in a nest and Dinsmore's retirement. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2002.
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Thelen, Ed
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Cooper's Hawk Eurasian Collared Dove Common Loon Osprey Pectoral Sandpiper Common Pheasant
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Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Spirit Lake Cayler Prairie State Preserve Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area Clear Lake
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Field notes contributed by Jacob T. Gilliam, summer 2002
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Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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2002-06-01
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2002-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Summer report of birds and locations contributed by Jacob T. Gilliam. Also included are two images of a Fulvous Whistling Duck standing by a Warren County wetland southeast of Cumming taken by Kent Nickell, June 1-10, 2002. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2002.
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Gilliam, Jacob T. Nickell, Kent
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Cooper's Hawk Little Blue Heron Semipalmated Sandpiper Willow Flycatcher Bell's Vireo Grasshopper Sparrow Yellow-billed Cuckoo Fulvous Whistling-Duck American White Pelican Orchard Oriole Lark Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Ruddy Duck Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Snow Goose Short-billed Dowitcher Great Egret Green Heron
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lock and Dam 11 Saylorville Dam Warren County Terra Lake Cumming
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Lantern slide and photograph of a Black-billed Cuckoo nest in a grape vine
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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1927-07-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Black-billed Cuckoo nest built in a grape vine, located in Des Moines, July 13, 1927. The nest contains one egg and one newly hatched chick. Slide originally titled "Black billed Cuckoo." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Black-billed Cuckoo
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Des Moines
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Lantern slide and photograph of eggs in a Red-eyed Vireo nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Parasitic birds
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1930-06-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A suspended Red-eyed Vireo nest containing four Vireo eggs and one Cowbird egg, located at Ledges State Park, June 20, 1930. Slide originally titled "Red-Eyed Vireo Nest." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Brown-headed Cowbird Red-eyed Vireo
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Ledges State Park
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Lantern slide and photograph of a pair of Mallards with ducklings
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Ducklings
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1936-05-27
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A pair of Mallards with eight ducklings by water on the Mansfield farm near Pilot Mound, May 27, 1936. Slide originally titled "Mallard Ducks with Young." Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Mallard
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Pilot Mound
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sabine's Gull near Burlington in 1891
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1899-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Sabine's Gull near Burlington in Des Moines County, IA on October 15, 1891. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Xema sabinii and Chordeiles virginianus sennetti - additions to the Iowa avifauna in Auk 16:86 by Paul Bartsch, and referenced by four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sabine's Gull
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Burlington
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ruff at Cone Marsh in 1940
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1941-04-01
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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 Ruff at Cone Marsh in Louisa County, IA on May 10, 1940.Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Ruff in Iowa in spring in Auk 58:257 by H.R. Dill and seen by W.C. Thietje, and a photograph of the specimen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ruff
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in 1992
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens
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1993-06-01
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1994-10-18
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in Lyon County, IA on December 11, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, a photo of the specimen, a letter from Jim Dinsmore to the Records Committee reporting the sighting and specimen, and the original sighting record found in the publication Greater Prairie-Chicken in Lyon County in Iowa Bird Life 63:55 by Marty Eby.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Larchwood
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Photograph of mother Wood Duck sitting on eggs in a duck house
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Birdhouses Eggs--Incubation Wood duck--Behavior
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A mother Wood Duck sits on top of nesting material inside a Wood Duck house, 1966. Three Wood Duck eggs are visible beneath her.
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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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Photograph of Wood Duck eggs and nesting material in a duck house
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Birdhouses
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The inside bottom of a Wood Duck house covered in nesting material, 1966. Twelve Wood Duck eggs lay in the middle of the nesting material.
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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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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Eurasian Collared-Dove at Willow Creek Park, 1989
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1989-08-20
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for an Eurasian Collared-Dove at Willow Creek Park in Osceola County, IA on August 20, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Eurasian Collared Dove
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Willow Creek Fen - Wetlands Area
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Willow Creek Park, Osceola County
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The documentation form by Babs and Loren Padelford is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Ed Thelen was submitted later. Other observers include Linda Thelen and unidentified Thelen observers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] A dove larger than Mourning Dove. [...] It was a series of "hoo's" - "hoo - hoo - hoo" without any bubbling notes associated with the song of the Ringed Turtle-Dove. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:30:00/12:30:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Collared Dove at Grinnell Country Club, 1997
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1997-08-30
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2000-11-24
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for five Eurasian Collared Doves at Grinnell Country Club in Poweshiek County, IA on August 30, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, three photographs, and five documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Fuller, James L
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Eurasian Collared Dove
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Grinnell Country Club
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Grinnell Country Club Golf Course and adjoining residential area. (Poweshiek County)
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Thomas H. Kent, Chris Edwards, Robert Cecil, and Mark Proescholdt were submitted. Other observers include Fritz Brock, Karole Fuller, Jim Scheib, Beth Proescholdt, Chuck Fuller, Tom Stone, Tim Gedler, Ken Lowder, John Daniel, William Smith, Sue Spieker, Reid Allen, Pam Allen, Chris Caster, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Francis Moore, and many unidentified observers. | Elimination of similar species: Differences from a Mourning Dove are lighter overall color, larger size, blunt tail, black neckline, in flight two-toned undertail and three-toned upperwing, as well as a very different cooing call. Ringed Turtle Dove is generally lighter, lacks the obvious white line above the black neckline, and in flight does not show the two-toned undertail nor three-toned upperwing. Call is a softer rolling coo. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:10:00/11:30:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Sabine's Gull at Orleans Beach at Spirit Lake, 1996
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Administrative records Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1996-10-02
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2000-11-22
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Sabine's Gull at Orleans Beach at Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, IA on October 2, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, a photocopy of a photograph, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Thelen, Ed
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Sabine's Gull
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Orleans Beach
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South Shore of Big Spirit - Orleans Beach - Dickinson County
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Natural Lake - sandy shore
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The documentation form by Ed Thelen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Black-legged Kittiwake has bar behind head and also black diagonal bar on inner part of wing | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:00:00/ sunset.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Sabine's Gull at Black Hawk Lake, 1994
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Administrative records Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1994-09-05
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1996-04-25
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Sabine's Gull at Black Hawk Lake in Sac County, IA on September 5, 1994. Includes a record review document with votes, a photocopy of a photograph, and eight documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Sabine's Gull
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Black Hawk Lake
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Black Hawk Lake and spoil pond east of the lake, Lake View, Sac County
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The documentation form by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Ross Silcock, Peter Ernzen, Thomas H. Kent, James Fuller, Don Poggensee, Mark Proesholdt, and Ed Thelen were submitted. Other observers include Roland Barth, Jim Sinclair, Dick Tetrault, Jane Fuller, Beth Proescholdt, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Doug Rose, Russ Widner, Rob Thelen, and many unidentified other observers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] It was a small, dark gray gull, smaller in size than Ring-billed Gulls that were present for direct comparison. The mantle color was darker than Ring-billed mantles. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:30:00/10:30:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Sabine's Gull at the riverfront of Davenport, 1991
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1991-10-13
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1994-02-27
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for two Sabine's Gull at the riverfront of Davenport in Scott County, IA on October 13, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Meadowlark, excerpts from American Birds, article and front page from Iowa Bird Life, seven photographs, and seven documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Peiser, Richard H.
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Sabine's Gull
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Davenport
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Riverfront, Davenport, IA
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Stone embankment + river
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The documentation form by Richard H. Peiser forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Thomas H. Kent, Reid Allen, Peter C. Petersen, James Fuller, Randall Pinkston, and Ann Johnson were submitted. Other observers include John King, Dick Tetrault, Tim Schantz, Brian Blevins, Ann Barker, Jim Scheib, Mary Lou Peterson, Babs Padelford, Loren Padelford, Pam Allen, and many unidentified other observers. | Elimination of similar species: The upperwing pattern is so striking as to eliminate other gull species, even in the Juvenile Black hood of adult, slight fork of tail + black band on imm. tail band helped. Yellow tip of bill on adult clincher | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:00:00/18:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Ruff at Coralville Reservoir, 1995
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1995-08-21
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2000-11-20
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Ruff at Coralville Reservoir in Johnson County, IA on August 21, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, an Iowa Bird Life article, and three documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Ruff
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Coralville Lake
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Coralville Reservoir, Johnson County, Iowa
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mud flats on old oxbow
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim Fuller and Chris Edwards were submitted later. Other observers include Dick Tetrault, Jane Fuller, Chris Caster, Carl Bendorf, John Rutenbeck, Ken Lowder, Jim Durbin, Joyce Durbin, and Chuck Fuller. | Elimination of similar species: Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Stilt Sandpiper were present for comparison. This bird was quite distinctive in terms of the orange legs, black smudge across the breast, blackness of the upper parts, and white V in the tail. I judged the sex as a female based on size and plumage, and the plumage as alternate based on the distribution of black and the feather wear. More black on the underparts might be expected in fresh spring plumage. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:10:00/09:40:00 and 16:30:00/16:40:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Greater Prairie-Chicken at Cherokee, 1994
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1994-01-06
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1999-10-15
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Greater Prairie-Chicken at Cherokee in Cherokee County, IA on January 6, 1994. Includes a record review document with votes, three photos of the bird, an article in Iowa Bird Life, an article in Field Notes, and six documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Bierman, Dick
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Cherokee Municipal Airport
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Cherokee Airport
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open, grassy, few weed patches
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The documentation form by Dick Bierman is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Marion Brewer, Dennis Henrickson, Don Poggensee, Jim Fuller, and Thomas H. Kent were submitted later. Other observers include Dick Tetrault, Jeff Brown, and Jerry Fifield. | Elimination of similar species: Hen Pheasant, sharptailed grouse. They have longer pointed tails. Gray partridge has a redish [sic] tail and is smaller. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:30:00/14:45:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Clark's Grebe at South Twin Lake, 1994
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1994-11-25
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1996-04-25
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Clark's Grebe at South Twin Lake in Calhoun County, IA on November 25, 1994. Includes a record review document with votes, a photo, an Iowa Bird Life article, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Clark's Grebe
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South Twin Lake
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South Twin L., Calhoun Co., IA
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shallow lake
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The documentation form by Stephen J. Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Susan B. Grove. | Elimination of similar species: The short body, longer neck, and bright orange bill color eliminates all species of loons. The only other similar species is Western Grebe, which has a dulller yellowish bill and dark lores and dark color around the eyes. | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:25:00/08:55:00.
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Gladys Black letter to Michael Newlon regarding bird sightings including a Pine Grosbeak, February 1, 1984
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Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1984-02-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Gladys Black to Michael Newlon, sent on February 1, 1984, about bird sightings that winter. It features a photocopied photograph and description of a Pine Grosbeak sighting at Denver in Bremer County, IA, before February 1, 1984.
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Black, Gladys Wylder, Robert
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Pine Grosbeak Snowy Owl Glaucous Gull Orange-crowned Warbler
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Pleasantville Red Rock Dam Denver
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Photograph of a mother Wood Duck and ducklings inside a duck house
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Photographs
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Birds--Research Birdhouses Ducklings Wood duck--Behavior
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A mother Wood Duck sits on top of nesting material inside a Wood Duck house, surrounded by her ducklings, 1966.
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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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Photograph of a Wood Duck house in tree near the Mississippi River
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Photographs
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Birds--Habitat Birds--Research Birdhouses
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A wooden Wood Duck house attached to a tree located along the Mississippi River, 1966.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington Mississippi River, Iowa
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of Frederic Leopold's house with a Wood Duck house in a tree
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Photographs
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Birds--Research Wildlife conservationists Birdhouses
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The house of Frederic Leopold located in Burlington, Iowa, situated overlooking the bluffs of the Mississippi River, 1966. A wooden Wood Duck house is attached to a tree located nearby the house.
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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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