Field notes contributed by Susan Spieker, summer 1991
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1991-06-01
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1991-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Susan Spieker. The field notes consist of detailed observations of the Western Kingbird and the American Pipit. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.
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Spieker, Susan J.
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Western Kingbird American Pipit Horned Lark
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Polk County Warren County
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Jan L. Walter, summer 1991
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Food Birdsongs Weather Birds--Infancy
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1991-06-01
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1991-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Jan L. Walter. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.
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Walter, Janice L.
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Swainson's Hawk Willow Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Orchard Oriole Greater Yellowlegs Wood Thrush Redhead Gray Catbird Black Tern
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Claybanks Forest Zirbel Slough McIntosh Woods State Park Welch Lake Wildlife Management Area Wilkinson Pioneer Park White Wildlife Area
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Rare bird sighting for American White Pelican at Glenwood Lake in 1991
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watchers Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1991-06-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird sighting by Douglas Rose for two hundred or more American White Pelicans at Glenwood Lake in Mills County, IA on June 1, 1991. Document includes additional species sighting information.
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Rose, Douglas L.
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American White Pelican Cattle Egret Common Nighthawk Tree Swallow Chipping Sparrow Northern Shoveler
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Fremont County Glenwood Glenwood Lake Park Mineola
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Randall Pinkston letter to James Dinsmore regarding bird sightings for the official field report, June 2, 1991
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Checklists Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Weather
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1991-06-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter containing field reports with hand annotations accompanied by an introduction and a supplement and checklists for rare bird sightings submitted by Randall Pinkston to the IOU editor (Jim Dinsmore) on June 2, 1991. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1991.
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Pinkston, Randall, 1956-
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Bald Eagle White-eyed Vireo Purple Martin Common Moorhen Ross' Goose Greater Scaup Acadian Flycatcher Blue-winged Warbler
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Amana Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hickory Hill Park Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Williams Prairie State Preserve Oakland Cemetery
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Iowa Birdline update, June 3, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-03
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for June 3, 1991. Highlights include the conclusion of the spring migration except for many shorebirds, White-rumped Sandpipers in particular. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Little Blue Heron Virginia Rail Black-bellied Plover Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone White-rumped Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher Hooded Warbler Blue Grosbeak
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Coralville Lake Perry Sweet Marsh Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Moeckley Prairie
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Laughing Gull at Lake Rathbun, 1991
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1991-06-04
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1993-07-17
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Laughing Gull at Lake Rathbun in Appanoose County, IA on June 4, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Cummins, Raymond L.
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Laughing Gull
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Rathbun Lake
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Lake Rathbun Appanoose Co.
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Lake and shore.
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The documentation form by Raymond Cummins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Of the medium sized Gulls only Ring-billed, Franklin's, and Mew Gulls have similar juvenile plumages. The direct size comparison, seen gull being smaller, bill shape and dark color, and lack of white in head eliminates Ring-billed Gull. Mew Gull is eliminated by long dark bill, Ring-billed like jist of bird in flight, and uniform overall color. The long down turned bill and the total improbability of a juvenile Franklin's being in southern Iowa on this date. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:19:00/10:30:30 on June 4, 1991 and 09:30:00/09:35:00 on June 5, 1991.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iowa Birdline update, June 10, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-10
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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 10, 1991. Highlights include a singing Bewick's Wren and Carolina Wren. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Least Bittern American Bittern Summer Tanager Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-crowned Night Heron Black-billed Cuckoo Cerulean Warbler
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Burlington Des Moines Sweet Marsh Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit
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Field notes contributed by Laura Spess Jackson, June 10, 1991
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Field notes
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Bird watching
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1991-06-10
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes consist of a sighting of a Common Loon at Pleasant Creek State Park. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.
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Jackson, Laura Spess
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Common Loon
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Pleasant Creek State Park
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Iowa Birdline update, June 17, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for June 17, 1991. Highlights include information from a prairie exploration trip around Iowa and the observation that many breeding birds are currently on nest. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Bobolink White-eyed Vireo Bell's Vireo Henslow's Sparrow Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren Ring-necked Duck Black-crowned Night Heron
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Osceola County Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Swan Lake
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Field notes contributed by Dan Varland, June 17, 1991
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Field notes
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Bird watching
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1991-06-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes consist of a sighting of a Carolina Wren in Ames. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.
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Varland, Daniel E.
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Carolina Wren
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Ames
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mississippi Kite at suburban Des Moines, 1991
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1991-06-22
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1993-07-17
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of two Mississippi Kites at suburban Des Moines in Polk County, IA on July 22, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes, photocopy of an Iowa Bird Life magazine cover page photograph, and five documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Mississippi Kite
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Des Moines
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Suburban Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
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Wooded residential
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The documentation form by Robert Cecil is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Jim and Jane Fuller, Mark Proescholdt, Ann Johnson, and Barbara L. Wilson were submitted later. Other observers include Tim Schantz, Dennis Thompson, Cecile Thompson, Ross Silcock, Tanya Bray, Beth Proescholdt, Ann Crane, Fred Crane, Jim Dinsmore, Sue Spieker, Eloise Armstrong, Eugene Armstrong, Beth Brown, John Cecil, and many unidentified other observers. | Elimination of similar species: White-tailed kite has white tail, black shoulder patches. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:50:00/16:10:00 on June 22, 1991.
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Jim Pease letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, June 22, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching
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1991-06-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Jim Pease in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. The field notes consist of a Red Crossbill sighting near Luther. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.
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Pease, James L.
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Red Crossbill
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Luther
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Iowa Birdline update, June 24, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-06-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for June 24, 1991. Highlights include a pair of Mississippi Kites, and all the targeted specialities being seen during an Iowa Ornithologists' Union field trip. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mississippi Kite Summer Tanager Bewick's Wren Ring-necked Duck Common Moorhen Western Grebe Black-billed Cuckoo Prothonotary Warbler Hooded Warbler
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Clive Dubuque Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit
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Iowa Birdline update, July 1, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Nest building Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-07-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for July 1,1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of three young and two adult Barn Owls, Mississippi Kites and Western Grebes. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of 21 Least Terns with 11 nests and nine Piping Plovers with three nests.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mississippi Kite Marbled Godwit Barn Owl Western Grebe Western Kingbird Greater Yellowlegs Least Tern Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Piping Plover Great Egret
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Clive Guthrie County Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge MidAmerican Energy Ponds Bedford Humboldt West Bend Taylor County Sullivan Slough
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Iowa Birdline update, July 8, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-07-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for July 8, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of Mississippi Kites, Eared Grebes and Swainson's Hawks. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of twelve shorebird species including Dowitchers, a Stilt Sandpiper and a Western Sandpiper.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Mississippi Kite Eared Grebe Henslow's Sparrow Yellow-throated Warbler Western Sandpiper Osprey Stilt Sandpiper Blue Grosbeak Great-tailed Grackle
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Clive Iowa City Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Rush Lake O'Brien County Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Badger Creek State Recreation Area Babcock Access
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Iowa Birdline update, July 15, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-07-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for July 15, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of Least Terns, Piping Plovers, Mississippi Kites, and five Barn Owls. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of a Laughing Gull and several Black Terns.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Cooper's Hawk Mississippi Kite Upland Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant Barn Owl Chuck-will's-widow Least Tern Osprey Piping Plover Laughing Gull Black Tern American Golden Plover
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Clive Lake Red Rock Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Waubonsie State Park Loess Hills Wildlife Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds Bedford Macbride Nature Recreation Area Bancroft
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Laughing Gull at Sandpiper Beach at Saylorville Reservoir, 1991
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1991-07-15
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1993-07-17
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Laughing Gull at Sandpiper Beach at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on July 15, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Laughing Gull
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Sandpiper Recreation Area
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Saylorville
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General: Saylorville lake Specific: parking lot (closed) at Sandpiper Beach
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The documentation form by Bery Engebretsen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: large bill, no suggestion of a hood, scaled back & complete, broad dark tail band suggest Laughing, rather than Franklin's. | The original documentation form event lasted from 19:50:00/20:05:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Laughing Gull at Red Rock Reservoir, 1991
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1991-07-17
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1995-07-08
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Laughing Gull at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County, IA on July 17, 1991. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, a photocopy of a photograph, and six documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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Laughing Gull
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Lake Red Rock
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Red Rock Reservoir - (Marion Co.)
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Mudflats near retreating water
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The documentation form by Mark Proescholdt forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Ann Johnson, Jim Fuller, Tanya E. Bray, Barbara L. Wilson, and Randall Pinkston were submitted. Other observers include Ross Silcock, Tim Schantz, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, and many unidentified other observers. | Elimination of similar species: A Franklin's Gull juvenile or first-winter bird has a clear-cut blackish half-hood, a smaller bill, smaller size, and a white forehead. A juvenile Mew gull is much darker, has a thin bill, and light grayish legs. Juvenile Herring and California Gulls are much larger - larger than Ring-Billed Gulls - and lack the bright white at the base of the tail. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 09:00:00/09:15:00 and 11:00:00/12:10:00.
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Iowa Birdline update, July 24, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-07-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for July 24, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of a juvenile Laughing Gull, several American White Pelicans and two adult Mississippi Kites. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of nine Shorebird species and an early Buff-breasted Sandpiper.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mississippi Kite Double-crested Cormorant Turkey Vulture Barn Owl American White Pelican Stilt Sandpiper Caspian Tern Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper Laughing Gull
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Burlington Clive Lake Red Rock Bedford Swan Lake
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Field notes and postcard from Hank Zaletel to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, July 29, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies
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1991-07-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Hank Zaletel. The field notes include a postcard from Hank Zaletel to James J. Dinsmore regarding a Snow Goose sighting at Hendrickson Marsh Lake. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Killdeer Mississippi Kite Ring-billed Gull Pied-billed Grebe Yellow-headed Blackbird Cedar Waxwing Wilson's Phalarope Forster's Tern Snow Goose American Coot American Golden Plover
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Clive Hendrickson Marsh Lake Iowa State University Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Birdline update, July 29, 1991
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Laridae | Gulls and Terns Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1991-07-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of Iowa Birdline updates for July 29, 1991. The highlights for the update include sightings of nine shorebird species, an early Ruddy Turnstone and a Summer Tanager. Also included are handwritten notes with sightings of two Yellow-headed Blackbirds and a Carolina Wren.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Mississippi Kite Least Bittern Double-crested Cormorant Yellow-headed Blackbird Summer Tanager Carolina Wren Black-crowned Night Heron Ruddy Turnstone Caspian Tern Green-winged Teal
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Clive Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Lake Red Rock Madison County Scott County Waubonsie State Park Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Fairfield Green Island Wildlife Management Area Swan Lake
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Field notes contributed by Thomas H. Kent, July 30, 1991
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Birds--Infancy
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1991-07-30
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N/A
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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 bird sightings reported by David J. Conrads. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Killdeer Cooper's Hawk Ring-billed Gull Pied-billed Grebe Yellow-headed Blackbird Bell's Vireo Carolina Wren Osprey Ovenbird Kentucky Warbler Great Blue Heron
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Coralville Lake Iowa City Lake Macbride State Park Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Williams Prairie State Preserve Cou Falls
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Field notes contributed by Dennis L. Carter, July 31, 1991
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Nest building Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Weather Birds--Infancy
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1991-07-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Dennis L. Carter. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.
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Carter, Dennis L.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Pied-billed Grebe Willow Flycatcher Cedar Waxwing Blue-winged Teal Ruby-throated Hummingbird Wood Thrush Black-crowned Night Heron Redhead Osprey Louisiana Waterthrush American Coot
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Decorah Yellow River State Forest Effigy Mounds National Monument Mitchell County Lake Cornelia State Game Management Area
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Carol Ann Alexander, fall 1991
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birdsongs Weather Birds--Infancy
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1991-08-01
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1991-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Carol Ann Alexander with observer Richard Alexander. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1991.
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Alexander, Carol Ann
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Northern Flicker Yellow-headed Blackbird Northern Cardinal Carolina Wren Ruby-throated Hummingbird Brown Thrasher Eastern Wood-Pewee Olive-sided Flycatcher Gray Catbird Tufted Titmouse American Robin Dark-eyed Junco Green Heron
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Fairfield Whitham Woods Maharishi International University Chautauqua Park
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Field notes contributed by Diane C. Porter, August 1, 1991
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birdsongs Weather Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds
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1991-08-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Diane C. Porter. The field notes include detailed descriptions of the Western Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1991.
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Porter, Diane C.
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Killdeer Green-backed Heron Carolina Wren Yellow-billed Cuckoo Greater Yellowlegs Western Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Fairfield Walton Lake
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