Joe Schaufenbuel letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding a Cooper's Hawk sighting, February 12, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification
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1977-02-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Cooper's Hawk sighting contributed by Joe Schaufenbuel in a letter to Nicholas S. Halmi. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1976-1977.
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Schaufenbuel, Joseph P.
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Cooper's Hawk
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Saint Lucas
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Bird sighting of Ospreys at Lake Red Rock contributed by Jon Stravers, winter, 1976-1977
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Binoculars
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1976-12-01
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1977-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird sighting of Ospreys was contributed by Jon Stravers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1976-1977.
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Stravers, Jon
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Bald Eagle Osprey Mallard
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Lake Red Rock
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Fern L. Tanner letter to Nicholas S. Halmi reporting the sighting of a Gray Jay, winter 1976-1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior
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1976-12-01
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1977-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A detailed sighting of a gray jay described by Fern L. Tanner in an incomplete letter to Nicholas S. Halmi. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of Winter 1976-1977.
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Tanner, Fern L.
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Blue Jay Gray Jay
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Mason City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Gladys Black letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, December 14, 1976
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior
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1976-12-14
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A story about watching a snowy owl, along with other bird sightings, contributed by Gladys Black in a letter to Nicholas S. Halmi. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter 1976-1977.
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Black, Gladys
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Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Rathbun Lake Warren County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Gladys Black letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, January 8, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Research Wit and humor Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1977-01-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Bird sightings contributed by Gladys Black in a letter to Nicholas S. Halmi. Black recounts a story of an injured mockingbird who enjoys eating mince pie. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1976-1977.
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Black, Gladys
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Snowy Owl Northern Mockingbird Mallard
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Newton Red Rock Dam Knoxville
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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19
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Myrle M. Burk letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding a sighting of a flock of Canada Geese in Waterloo, Iowa, January 2, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Behavior
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1977-01-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Report of a flock of Canada Geese in Waterloo, Iowa contributed by Myrle M. Burk in a letter to Nicholas S. Halmi. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1976-1977.
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Burk, Myrle M.
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Canada Goose
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Waterloo
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Prairie Warbler at Des Moines in 1893
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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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1893-01-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Prairie Warbler at Des Moines in Polk County, IA during 1893. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry. A clipping of Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley 1884-5 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Division of Economic Opportunity Bulletin Number 2 by W.W. Cooke is also included.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Prairie Warbler
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Des Moines
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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22
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ringed Turtle-Dove at Cedar Rapids in 1980
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Administrative records Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1980-12-11
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a flock of Ringed Turtle-Dove at Cedar Rapids in Linn County, IA on December 11, 1980. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in notes from the Cedar Rapids Christmas Bird Count: Rare or unusual special details seen by Fred Thompson. Document is related to Cedar Rapids Bird Count https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3039/view.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ringed Turtle-Dove
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Cedar Rapids
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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12
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8
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon in Western Iowa in 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Animal migration--Climatic factors Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1978-06-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Gyrfalcons in Western Iowa before and around 1978. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Two visitors in Iowa Bird Life 48:80 by Steve Duecker.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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4
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Kossuth County around 1880
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1883-06-01
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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 Kossuth County, IA around 1880. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Some Prairie Birds in the Ornithologist and Oologist 18:81-82 by J.W. Preston and is referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Long-billed Curlew
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Kossuth County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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24
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Floyd County around the 1860's and 1870's
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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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1916-12-01
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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 Floyd County, IA around the 1860's and the 1870's. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A preliminary list of the birds of Floyd County Iowa in Wilson Bulletin 28:130-138 by C.L. Fenton seen by Clement Webster and John R. Waller, 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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Floyd County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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24
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew in western Iowa in 1867
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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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1868-01-01
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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 in western Iowa in 1867. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on birds observed in western Iowa in the months of July, August and September in Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1:488-502 by J.A. Allen, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Long-billed Curlew
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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24
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eskimo Curlew at Northwestern Iowa in 1866
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Extinct birds Rare birds Hunting
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1901-06-01
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1996-04-25
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Eskimo Curlews in Northwestern Iowa in the spring of 1866. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The dough bird again in Forest and Stream 56:146 by E. Hough seen by John Smith.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Eskimo 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 Whooping Crane at Adel in 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1973-03-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for several Whooping Cranes at Adel in Dallas County, IA on September 21, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Whooping Crane observed near Adel in Iowa Bird Life 43:28 by Agnes M. Harvey.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Whooping Crane
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Adel
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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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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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds
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1964-09-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for 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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Purple Gallinule
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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14
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Woodpeckers
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Lecture notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies
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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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Lecture notes presented Friday, January 26. These notes describe Woodpeckers in Iowa and mentions their numbers from recent Christmas counts.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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19
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Warblers, and how to identify them
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Lecture notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birdsongs Parulidae | Warblers
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1933-04-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Lecture notes delivered April 24, 1933. Notes on the identification of Warblers used for a meeting of the Des Moines Audubon Society.The keys for identification include: migration, habitats, behavior, size, color, and songs.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Des Moines Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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15
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Broken Kettle Creek in 1959
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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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1962-12-01
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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 Black Rail at Broken Kettle Creek in Plymouth County, IA during the summer of 1959. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Black Rail in western Plymouth County in Iowa Bird Life 32:87 by E.J. Bryant.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black Rail
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Broken Kettle Creek
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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 Black Rail at Fisher's Lake in 1952
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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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1952-09-01
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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 Black Rail at Fisher's Lake in Polk County, IA on May 17, 1952. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A record of the Black Rail near Des Moines in Iowa Bird Life 22:42-43 by Olivia McCabe.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black Rail
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Fisher Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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12
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Sigourney in 1925
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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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1927-03-01
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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 Black Rail at Sigourney in Keokuk County, IA on October 1, 1925. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the rails in the Wilson Bulletin 39:217-219 by E.D. Nauman, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black Rail
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Sigourney
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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12
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Sigourney in 1914
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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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1927-03-01
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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 Black Rail at Sigourney in Keokuk County, IA on May 5, 1914. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the rails in Wilson Bulletin 39:217-219 by E.D. Nauman, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black Rail
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Sigourney
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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12
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Rail at Keokuk before 1907
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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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1906-12-31
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Black Rails at Keokuk in Lee County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by William E. Praeger and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Black Rail
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Keokuk
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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12
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gyrfalcon at Iowa Lake Wildlife Management Area in 1992
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Photography of birds Rare birds
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1992-03-27
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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 Gyrfalcon at Iowa Lake Wildlife Management Area Kossuth Counties, IA on March 27, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, eight photographs of the bird, letters between Brad Bolduan, Peder H. Svingen, and Thomas Kent, and the published and approved sighting record found in the publication Gyrfalcon in Kossuth County in Iowa Bird Life 64:1 by Brad Bolduan.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gyrfalcon
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Iowa Lake Marsh State Game Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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4
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ferruginous Hawk at Iowa City in 1939
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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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1939-03-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for three Ferruginous Hawks at Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on January 2, 1939. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A record of the Ferruginous Rough-leg in Iowa Bird Life 9:8 by J.W. Johnson, and referenced by another publication.
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Wilson, Barbara L. Johnson, Inez B.
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Iowa City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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1
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Wood Stork at Mondamin in 1931
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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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1932-01-01
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for over two hundred Wood Storks at Mondamin in Harrison County, IA on September 9, 1931. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A large flock of Wood Ibeses in Harrison County Iowa. Wilson Bull 44:43 by W.B. Grange, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Wood Stork
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Mondamin
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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1
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