Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mountain Bluebird northeast of Mason City in 1980
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1980-03-16
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Records Committee review for a Mountain Bluebird northeast of Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, IA on March 16, 1980. Includes a record review document with votes, a photocopy of a photograph, and the original sighting record in a letter from Curt Nelson to Thomas Kent.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Burlington circa 1895
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1894-12-31
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1994-11-04
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Records Committee review for a Pacific Loon at Burlington, IA, on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, around 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of the specimen, notes about the specimen, two letters about the sighting from George Schrimper to Ronald E. Goetz, a letter from Ronald Goetz to Tom Kent, the original sighting record found in the publication Report of the committee on state fauna in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences 2:43-51 by C.C. Nutting seen by Paul Bartsch, and referenced in four other publications.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Sabula, 1895
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Records committee review for a Pacific Loon at Sabula in Jackson County, IA on November 15, 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of a specimen, correspondence about the sighting from Ronald Goetz to Tom Kent, comments by the IOU Records Committee on the bird sighting, notes about the specimen, an article in Iowa Bird Life about the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Ornithologist 2:73. by H.J. Giddings seen by W. Eldridge, and referenced by six other publications.
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Pacific Loon
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Parasitic Jaeger near Keokuk in 1896
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1907-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Parasitic Jaeger near Keokuk in Lee County on October 6, 1896. Includes a record review document with votes, three photographs of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson and seen by William E. Praeger and Edmonde S. Currier, and referenced by three other publications.
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Parasitic Jaeger
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Keokuk
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule at Ames in 1978
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Wildlife rescue Zoological specimens
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1979-09-01
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule at Ames in Story County, IA on May 22, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Purple Gallinule in Ames in Iowa Bird Life 49:87-88 by James Dinsmore and D.L. Graham seen by Lorna Volmer, a reference to the sighting in another publication, and two photographs of the specimen.
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Purple Gallinule
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Ames
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule at Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area in 1964
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1964-09-01
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Records Committee review for a Purple Gallinule at Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Louisa County, IA on May 7, 1964. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Purple Gallinule in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 34:50-51 by F.W. Kent, and a photograph of the sighting.
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Purple Gallinule
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Knot at Goose Lake in 1937
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1938-04-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for a Red Knot at Goose Lake in Hamilton County, IA on September 6, 1937. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication American Knot in Iowa in Auk 55:275-276 by T.G. Scott also identified by George O. Hendrickson and collected by R.L. Roudabush, and referenced by another publication.
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Red Knot
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ruff at Cone Marsh in 1940
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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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Ruff
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sabine's Gull near Burlington in 1891
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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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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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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Savannah Sparrow at Marshall County in 1996
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1996-12-29
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2000-11-22
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Records Committee review for a Savannah Sparrow at Marshall County, IA on December 29, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes and a photograph by Reid Allen.
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Savannah Sparrow
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan at Sac County before 1917
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Records Committee review for a Trumpeter Swan at Sac County, IA before 1917. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Annotated list of the water birds, game birds and birds of prey of Sac County Iowa in Wilson Bull 29:141-160 by J.A. Spurrell seen by H.B. Smith, and referenced by another publication.
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Trumpeter Swan
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Whimbrel at Spirit Lake in 1998
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1998-05-20
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Records Committee review for a Whimbrel at Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, IA on May 20, 1998. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in a photograph of the bird sighting taken by Peder Svingen.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for White-faced Ibis at Riverton Area in 1995
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Records Committee review for a White-faced Ibis at the Riverton Wildlife Management Area in Fremont County, IA on May 18, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes and a photograph by Thomas H. Kent.
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White-faced Ibis
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for White-faced Ibis at Rippey in 1891
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Records Committee review for a White-faced Ibis out of a flock of thirteen at Rippey in Greene County, IA on April of 1891. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, the original sighting record found in the publication Report of the committee on state Fauna in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 1(3):39-42 by Charles C. Nutting seen by Benjamin F. Osborn, and referenced by two other publications.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for White-winged Dove at Fort Dodge in 1997
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Records Committee review for a White-winged Dove at Fort Dodge in Webster County, IA on September 21, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, three photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation letter from Diana Hultine to Jim Fuller.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Cedar Rapids in 1903
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Birds--Food Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Cedar Rapids in Linn County, IA on September 20, 1903. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, the original sighting record found in the publication The Raptorial Birds of Iowa in Geological Survey Bull in B.H. Bailey, and referenced by another publication.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Ida County before 1917
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Ida County, IA before 1917. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Annotated list of the water birds, game birds and birds of prey of Sac Count Iowa in Wilson 29:141-160 by J.A. Spurrell, and referenced by another publication.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species at Swan Lake in 1954
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds Zoological specimens
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species at Swan Lake in Johnson County, IA on August 10, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Glossy Ibis at Swan Lake in Iowa Bird life 24:80 written by Alfred W. Meyer with a photograph by Frederick W. Kent, seen by Alfred W. Meyer. Specimen collected by Walter C. Thietje.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Herring Gull at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County in 1989
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Records Committee review for Herring Gulls at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on November 11, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration, a photocopy of two photographs, and two photographs of the gulls by Doug Rose.
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Herring Gull
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Lake Red Rock
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for White-faced Ibis at Snake Creek Marsh in 1996
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1996-05-06
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Records Committee review for twenty White-faced Ibis at Snake Creek Marsh in Greene County, IA on May 5, 1996. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, and the original sighting record found in the field notes of Pam Allen and Reid Allen.
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White-faced Ibis
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Snake Creek State Game Management Area
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Woodbury County in 1883
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Records Committee review for two American Swallow-tailed Kites at Woodbury County, IA on April 8, 1883. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by D.H. Talbot and J.F. Baker.
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Superior Township in Dickinson County in 1956
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Records Committee review for two Common Ravens at Superior Township in Dickinson County, IA on October 7, 1956. Includes a record review document with votes, three photographs, and the original sighting record found in the publication First Authentic Record of Raven in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 27(1):21-22 by James G. Sieh.
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Common Raven
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Superior Township
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Glossy Ibis at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in 1992
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Photography of birds Rare birds Ornithological illustration
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Records Committee review for two Glossy Ibises at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in Kossuth County, IA on May 4, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter from J.V. Remsen to Tom Kent, letters between Tom Kent and Bob Janssen, a letter from Matt Kenne to Tom Kent, a letter from Bruce Fall to Tom Kent, five photographs, a page with two ibis head sketches, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Life 53:68 by Matthew Kenne, and the article Field identification of White-faced and Glossy Ibises by H. Douglas Pratt, published in Birding 8(1):1-5. The Glossy Ibises were seen by Bobbi Webber and photographed by Dave Bunkofske.
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Glossy Ibis
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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of a Trumpeter Swan at Le Claire, 1989
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1993-08-05
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of a Trumpeter Swan at Le Claire in Scott County, IA on January 9, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, three photocopied photographs, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Trumpeter Swan
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Le Claire
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Channel of Miss. River 1 mi. N. Le Claire IA & Pt Byron IL, Scott & Rock Isl Co
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Open pool in main channel of Missippi River
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The documentation form by Peter C. Petersen is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Diane Porter was submitted from February 25, 1989. Other observers include Mary Lou Petersen, Don Moeller, and Ann Barker. | Elimination of similar species: Tundra swan- Bill very dark near base in this bird, would be light in Tundra, slope of top of head to bill tip wrong for Tundra, brownish tinge to plumage wrong for Tundra, also long bill. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:40:00/09:45:00 and 10:00:00/10:03:00.
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