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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10
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The Screech Owl
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Reports Essays
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Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Owls--Behavior
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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 several features of Screech Owls, including appearance, habitats, and food preferences.
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Eastern Screech-Owl
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Iowa
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Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records | MS 386
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10
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The Ames Prarie: Endangered Heritage brochure
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Brochures
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Wildlife conservation Prairie restoration
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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 brochure prepared by the Ames Conservation Council that describes what comprises a prairie and lists the reasons the Ames High Schoool Prairie should be preserved for future generations of Ames students and citizens of all ages. Includes a seasonal list of plants as well as hypothetical lists of birds and mammals that may be found at the Ames High School Prairie.
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Ames Audubon Society Ames Conservation Council
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Ames High Prairie/Richard W. Pohl Memorial Preserve
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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14
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Bird species identification survey in Ames and adjacent areas flyer
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Fliers (printed matter)
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Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Research
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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 flyer with information pertaining to the first annual Ames Audubon Society spring bird species identification survey with the purpose of identifying as many different species of birds as possible.
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Ames Audubon Society Bereskin, Ben
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Ames
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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12
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Fall, early spring, and late spring migration dates for Iowa
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Parulidae | Warblers
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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 handwritten list of fall, early spring, and late spring migration dates for numerous bird species in Iowa. The list includes the date of the sighting, the number of birds seen, as well as a key code indicating the location of the sighting. Also included is the type-written geographic location key used to decipher in which one of the 12 different observation spots the sighting was made.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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American Avocet Upland Sandpiper Horned Grebe Brewer's Blackbird Lapland Longspur Bewick's Wren Common Moorhen Western Kingbird Least Tern Baltimore Oriole Philadelphia Vireo Greater White-fronted Goose Bonaparte's Gull Dark-eyed Junco American Black Duck
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Ames Credit Island Forneys Lake Ledges State Park Pilot Knob State Park Sidney DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Anderson Goose Lake Iowa State University Nobles Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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3
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Form for reporting Iowa Christmas bird counts to Iowa Bird Life, Dean Mosman, December 23, 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Weather
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0186-12-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Christmas bird counts of regular and uncommon species found in Alleman contributed by Dean Mosman, December 23, 1986. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1986-1987.
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Mosman, Dean
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Northern Flicker Rough-legged Hawk Common Grackle Rusty Blackbird House Sparrow Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Pine Siskin Tufted Titmouse Northern Harrier Mallard Common Starling
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Alleman
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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6
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1978 fall report
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Field notes
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Parulidae | Warblers
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0198-08-01
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1978-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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1978 fall report submitted by Janet G. Greer. Document discusses the sightings as well as other information such as population and migrations, of various species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Field Report of fall 1978.
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Greer, Janet
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Cooper's Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Say's Phoebe Purple Martin Ruby-throated Hummingbird American White Pelican Brown Thrasher Franklin's Gull Western Grebe Merlin Least Tern Golden Eagle Northern Saw-whet Owl Snow Goose Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Harrison County Lake Anita State Park Lake Manawa Mills County Pottawattamie County Viking Lake Nebraska
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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7
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Bruce Ehresman email to Daryl Howell and James J. Dinsmore regarding Barn Owl nests, August 4, 2000
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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0200-08-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email from Bruce Ehresman to Daryl Howell and James J. Dinsmore regarding Barn Owl nests, August 4, 2000. Includes information on three different locations of Barn Owl nests and eggs and the outcome of those nests. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2000.
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Ehresman, Bruce
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Barn Owl
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Audubon County Washington Taylor County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, September 11, 1938
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching
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0938-09-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene, September 11, 1938.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Red-headed Woodpecker Least Flycatcher Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Baltimore Oriole Gray Catbird Wilson's Warbler Hairy Woodpecker American Robin Mourning Dove
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Boone County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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1
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, May 14, 1940
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Weather
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0940-05-14
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene and Robert Walker, May 14, 1940.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Crow Blue-headed Vireo Black-and-white Warbler Yellow-billed Cuckoo Brown Thrasher Spotted Sandpiper Belted Kingfisher American Redstart Blackpoll Warbler American Goldfinch
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Boone County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Letter from Peter Petersen to Nicholas Halmi regarding bird sightings, August 23, 1976
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Parulidae | Warblers
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0976-08-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird sighting list and locations contributed by Peter Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1976.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Hank Zaletel, summer 1985
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Research
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1685-06-01
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1985-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Hank Zaletel. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1985.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Ring-billed Gull Marbled Godwit Semipalmated Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant American White Pelican Virginia Rail Wilson's Phalarope Forster's Tern Lesser Yellowlegs White-rumped Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Green-winged Teal Black Tern Least Sandpiper Great Egret
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Colo Dickinson County Hendrickson Marsh Lake High Lake Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Twelve Mile Lake Eagle Lake Arnolds Park Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brown Pelican at Council Bluffs in 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Trapping
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1819-01-01
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1993-09-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Brown Pelican at Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, IA in 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Iowa in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences 11:125-417 by Rudolph Martin Anderson, and referenced in two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Brown Pelican
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Council Bluffs
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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11
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gull-billed Tern at Engineer's Cantonment, circa 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Gull-billed Terns at Engineer's Cantonment in Iowa circa 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 by Edwin James seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gull-billed Tern
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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11
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13
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Parakeet at Engineer's Cantonment in 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Extinct birds Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Carolina Parakeets at Engineer's Cantonment, IA around 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 by Edwin James as seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Carolina Parakeet
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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13
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Northern Hawk Owl at Engineer's Cantonment in 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Northern Hawk Owls at Engineer's Cantonment, IA around 1819. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 by Edwin James seen by Thomas Say.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Northern Hawk Owl
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven near Engineer's Contanment in 1820
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Common Ravens near Engineer's Contanment, IA on May 12, 1820. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 by Edwin James seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Tanager at Engineer's Cantonment circa 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Western Tanagers at Engineer's Cantonment, IA circa 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 by Edwin James seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Western Tanager
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gull-billed Tern in Iowa before 1870
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Gull-billed Terns in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen in White's Geological Survey in 1870, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gull-billed Tern
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Laughing Gull at Engineer's Contanment around 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Laughing Gulls at Engineer's Contanment, IA around 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 by Edwin James and seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Laughing Gull
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Engineer's Cantonment in 1820
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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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 Engineer's Cantonment, IA on April 1, 1820. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819, 1820 by Edwin James seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.
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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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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at the Missouri River in 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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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 the Missouri River in Pottawattamie County, IA between 1819 to 1820. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains in the Years 1819-1820 by E. James seen by Thomas Say, 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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Pottawattamie County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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24
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan in Iowa in 1820
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Trumpeter Swan in Iowa in 1820. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains in the Years 1819, 1820 by E. James.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Trumpeter Swan
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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12
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant at Nebraska, IA in 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Brant at Nebrasksa in Page County, IA around 1819. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819, 1820 .. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown by E. James seen by Thomas Say.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Brant
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Nebraska
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mississippi Kite at Engineer's Contanment in 1819
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1823-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Mississippi Kites at Engineer's Contanment, IA around 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains in the Years 1819-20 by E. James, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Mississippi Kite
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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