Birds and their foods
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Reports
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Food Columbiformes | Doves and Pigeons Birds--Infancy
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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 paper describing the variety of food consumed by birds, including seeds, fruits, insects, rodents, and fish, and how the food habits of birds are beneficial to humans in keeping pest populations under control. Also includes details on the feeding of young by adult birds as well as information on how birds detect and gather the food necessary for growth and maintenance of the high body temperature that birds require to function.
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Barn Owl American Tree Sparrow
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Iowa
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Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records | MS 386
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Iowa RBA, July 25-29, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-07-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Three emails of Iowa RBA updates for July 25, 27, 29, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of a Little Blue Heron, Least Terns and a Buff-breasted Sandpiper.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Broad-winged Hawk Little Blue Heron Common Moorhen Western Grebe Western Kingbird Least Tern Peregrine Falcon Piping Plover Stilt Sandpiper Blue Grosbeak Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Des Moines Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Horseshoe Bend County Recreation Area Ledges State Park Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Big Timber Division Spirit Lake Boone County MidAmerican Energy Ponds Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa RBA, July 19, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-07-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Two emails of Iowa RBA updates for July 19, 1999. Highlights of the updates include sightings of Mississippi Kites and a juvenile Ruff.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mississippi Kite White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Warbler Western Kingbird Stilt Sandpiper Acadian Flycatcher Blue Grosbeak Red-breasted Nuthatch Short-billed Dowitcher Ruff
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Des Moines Harrier Marsh Greenwood Park Boone County Babcock Access Cairo Woods Wildlife Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa RBA, July 12, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-07-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for July 12, 1999. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Mississippi Kite and a Black-headed Gull. Includes are six emails regarding various bird sightings.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Broad-winged Hawk Mississippi Kite Henslow's Sparrow Common Moorhen Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Prothonotary Warbler Short-billed Dowitcher Black-headed Gull Black Tern
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Dickinson County Forneys Lake Ledges State Park Maynard Reese Area Heron Bend Conservation Area Fen Valley Area Cairo Woods Wildlife Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa Birdline updates, July 5, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1999-07-05
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Birdline update for July 5, 1999. Highlights of the update include sightings of Yellow-breasted Chats, Orchard Oriole, Bell's Vireo, Northern Mockingbird, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, and two adult and two young Sandhill Cranes. Included is an email from Jim Fuller to Tom Kent thanking Kent for taking over the Iowa Birdline updates for the next two weeks and seven emails regarding various bird sightings.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934- Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Swainson's Hawk Red-throated Loon Bell's Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Orchard Oriole Common Loon Solitary Sandpiper Willet Northern Mockingbird Sandhill Crane
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Allamakee County Mason City Rathbun Lake Wiese Slough State Game Management Area Crandalls Beach Hancock County Cedar Bluffs Recreation Area Marble Beach State Recreation Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa RBA, July 17, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1995-07-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for July 17, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of Prairie Warblers, Piping Plover, Marbled Godwit and Sandhill Cranes.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Marbled Godwit Willow Flycatcher Trumpeter Swan Virginia Rail Black-crowned Night Heron Ruddy Duck Piping Plover Prairie Warbler Sandhill Crane Black Tern
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Lake Macbride State Park Rathbun Lake Myre Slough State Game Management Area Casey Barrow Landing Meredith Marsh Wildlife Management Area Cosgrove
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa RBA, June 12, 1995
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1995-06-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa RBA update for June 12, 1995. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Bewick's Wren that fledged seven young and a Prairie Warbler. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Hen Harrier and fifteen very late Semipalmated Sandpipers.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Semipalmated Sandpiper Bewick's Wren Yellow-throated Warbler Chuck-will's-widow Blue-winged Warbler Kentucky Warbler Prairie Warbler Northern Harrier
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Lake Macbride State Park Stephens State Forest - Lucas Unit Kalona
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa Birdline update, April 26, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy Emberizidae | Sparrows Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-04-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for April 26, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of a Rock Wren, eight White-faced Ibis, a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and an immature Little Blue Heron. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a pair of Short-eared Owls and eleven sparrow species.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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American Avocet White-faced Ibis Little Blue Heron Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Short-eared Owl Virginia Rail Rock Wren Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Sandhill Crane
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Spirit Lake Warren County Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Larson Marsh Titonka
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa Birdline update, June 21, 1993
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1993-06-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 21, 1993. Highlights of the update include sightings of Upland Sandpipers and Swainson's Hawks. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of Northern Mockingbirds nesting in Madison County and two Peregrine Falcons tending to three young.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Little Blue Heron Upland Sandpiper Forster's Tern Peregrine Falcon Piping Plover Pileated Woodpecker Northern Mockingbird Prairie Warbler Great-tailed Grackle
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Des Moines Homestead Madison County Mason City Riverton Wildlife Management Area Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Narrative and photographs of a Western Meadowlark tragedy
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Photographs Narratives (literary works)
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Food Birds--Infancy Predation (Biology) Birds--Mortality Birds--Anecdotes
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1927-05-19
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1929-06-15
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Details and photographs of three different Western Meadowlark nests in various locations. The first photograph shows a Western Meadowlark nest with four eggs, May 19, 1927. The second photograph shows a Western Meadowlark approaching a nest with food, June 25, 1929. The third photograph shows a garter snake devouring a young Western Meadowlark, August 3, 1927.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Western Meadowlark
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Ogden Atkinson
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Lantern slide and photograph of a Purple Martin about to feed her young
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Infancy
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1931-01-01
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1931-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A female Purple Martin perching on the ledge of a birdhouse, about to feed her young a large butterfly, 1931. Slide originally titled "Purple Martin." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Purple Martin
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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The "Cliff Eagles" of Atchafalaya Bluff
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Essays
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Birds--Nests Photography of birds Birds--Infancy
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1938-05-04
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1938-05-05
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An essay written by Walter Rosene detailing a trip to Allamakee County to view and photograph a pair of Duck Hawks (Peregrine Falcons) that were nesting in a cavity on the face of a rocky cliff towering Mississippi River. Rosene conveys the process of locating the nest, as well as the equipment and measures necessary to photograph four young Duck Hawks found in the nest cavity.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Peregrine Falcon
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Interstate Power Fishing Access Area
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Great Horned Owl nesting study and research notes
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Reports Research notes Essays
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Bird banding Birds--Eggs Birds--Food Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birds--Infancy Eggs--Incubation
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1933-02-26
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1939-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An essay written by Walter Rosene reporting the findings from a study of nesting Great Horned Owls that he and Bob Walker completed over the course of seven years from 1934-1939. Included in the report are the outcomes from the eggs that were laid and brooded each year, the record of the food found in the nest, and the behavior of the owls. In the seven year study of this particular nesting site, six young birds grew to maturity and left the nest, and all of them were banded.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Great Horned Owl
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Beaver Creek Ogden
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, fall 1977
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Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Research Weather Birds--Infancy
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1977-08-01
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1977-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Quarterly field report for the fall of 1977 titled "Field reports fall 1977."
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Halmi, Nicholas S.
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Ruffed Grouse Red-shouldered Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe White-eyed Vireo Pine Grosbeak American White Pelican Evening Grosbeak Common Redpoll Ross' Goose Cattle Egret Forster's Tern Common Loon Golden Eagle Peregrine Falcon Long-eared Owl Pileated Woodpecker Magnolia Warbler Tundra Swan Horned Lark Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Allamakee County Cherokee County Coralville Lake Hickory Hill Park Iowa Lake Red Rock Mills County Saylorville Lake Trumbull Lake DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Sweet Marsh Lock and Dam 9
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Jon Stravers, fall 1977
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Infancy
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1977-08-01
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1977-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Jon Stravers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1977.
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Stravers, Jon
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Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Least Bittern American Kestrel Double-crested Cormorant Eastern Bluebird Yellow-billed Cuckoo Blue-winged Teal American White Pelican Cattle Egret Marsh Wren Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey Northern Harrier Great Egret
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Harrison County Keokuk County Lake Red Rock Marion County Hardin County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Tom Stone, fall 1977
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1977-08-01
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1977-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Tom Stone. The field notes include a detailed description of two nesting Swainson's Hawks and a late observation of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1977.
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Stone, Tom
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Ruffed Grouse Bald Eagle Swainson's Hawk Least Bittern Snow Bunting Loggerhead Shrike Bewick's Wren Goldeneye Ruby-throated Hummingbird White-winged Crossbill Evening Grosbeak Common Loon Osprey Caspian Tern Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Northern Shrike Eastern Screech-Owl
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George Wyth Memorial State Park Hartman Reserve Nature Center La Porte City Waterloo Yellow River State Forest Sweet Marsh White Pine Hollow State Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Thomas H. Kent with verifying documentation, fall 1977
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1977-08-01
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1977-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Thomas H. Kent. The field notes include a verifying documentation of an extraordinary sight record of a Grasshopper Sparrow. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1977.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Bald Eagle Rose-breasted Grosbeak Grasshopper Sparrow Ruby-throated Hummingbird Western Grebe Marsh Wren Yellow-bellied Flycatcher White-winged Scoter Red-necked Phalarope Olive-sided Flycatcher Tree Swallow Gray Catbird Bonaparte's Gull Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hickory Hill Park Iowa City North Liberty Jolly Rogers Campground
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by James J. Dinsmore, fall 1977
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1977-08-01
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1977-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by James J. Dinsmore with observers Richard Sojda, Gene Burns, Gladys Black and others . This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1977.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Broad-winged Hawk Cooper's Hawk Double-crested Cormorant American White Pelican Cattle Egret Canada Goose
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Ames Ledges State Park Mason City Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Palo Alto County Saylorville Lake Trumbull Lake Boone County Mud Lake North Liberty Centerville Lucas Lewis
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Gene Burns, fall 1977
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Habitat Birds--Nests Weather Birds--Infancy
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1977-08-01
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1977-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Gene Burns. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1977.
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Burns, R. E. (Rollin Eugene)
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Cooper's Hawk Eared Grebe Loggerhead Shrike Franklin's Gull Cattle Egret Herring Gull Purple Finch Common Loon Wood Duck Connecticut Warbler Black-capped Chickadee Great Blue Heron Green Heron
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Jamaica Jefferson Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Swan Lake State Park McCord Pond State Wildlife Management Area Riverside Park Lake Panorama
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Summer report, June 1 - July 30
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Field notes
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Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report titled "Summer report, June 1-July 30," submitted by Dick Bierman. Underlined notes mention the sightings of 47 young geese at Rush Lake in Osecola County and a pair of Swainson's Hawks nesting in Osecola County. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Bierman, Dick
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Killdeer Red-tailed Hawk Swainson's Hawk Least Bittern American Kestrel Eastern Bluebird Loggerhead Shrike Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Common Yellowthroat Lesser Yellowlegs Common Nighthawk Tree Swallow Gray Catbird Canada Goose Green-winged Teal Yellow Warbler
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Cherokee County Osceola County Rush Lake O'Brien County Ranney Knob County Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field report, summer 1978
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report for summer 1978, submitted by Joseph P. Schaufenbuel. A annotation is made for a note discussing the sighting of Chestnut-sided Warblers feeding their young at Volga Lake. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Schaufenbuel, Joseph P.
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Swainson's Hawk Upland Sandpiper Pied-billed Grebe Alder Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Virginia Rail Veery Blue-winged Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Lesser Scaup Green-winged Teal
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Chickasaw County Volga Lake Sweet Marsh Saint Lucas Winneshiek County New Hampton Fayette County Howard County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Fall report, 1978
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Precipitation (Meteorology) Weather Winds Birds--Infancy
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1978-08-01
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1978-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report for the fall of 1978, submitted by Dick Bierman. A note mentions the sighting of Swainson Hawk young, that were apparently killed in strong winds and hail. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1978.
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Bierman, Dick
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Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Loggerhead Shrike American White Pelican
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Cherokee County Rush Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Northern Cardinal, 1964-1979
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research Birds--Infancy
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1964-09-18
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1979-09-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Northern Cardinal submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1964-1979. The document also includes the name of the observer, date and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Northern Cardinal
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Fremont County Iowa City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Ames Audubon Society Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 1, September 1979
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Newsletters
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Birds--Nests Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings Birds--Infancy
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1979-09-01
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1979-09-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, Volume 12, Number 1, September 1979. Highlights of the newsletter include a note from Ames Audubon president Richard Trump regarding an American Goldfinch nest, an article on a nesting Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, and a listing of society programs and field trips for 1979-1980. Also included is an Ames Audubon Society membership list, September 1, 1979.
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Ames Audubon Society Ladd, Marlys Hempstead, Jean C.
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher American Goldfinch
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Field notes contributed by Tom Stone, Jr., summer 1980
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1980-06-01
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1980-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Tom Stone, Jr. with observers Russell Hays, Eldon J. Bryant, Robert K. Myers and Francis L. Moore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1980.
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Stone, Tom, Jr.
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Broad-winged Hawk Little Blue Heron Say's Phoebe Yellow-breasted Chat Common Moorhen Yellow-throated Warbler Virginia Rail Lark Bunting Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Acadian Flycatcher Louisiana Waterthrush Blue Grosbeak
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Big Marsh Wildlife Area Forneys Lake Riverton Wildlife Management Area Thurman Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Sweet Marsh White Pine Hollow State Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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