Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas C. Harr, summer 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Habitat Birds--Nests Birdsongs Weather Birds--Infancy
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Douglas C. Harr with observers James L. Matthews, Gary Wee and Dolly Zangger. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Harr, Douglas C.
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Upland Sandpiper Clay-colored Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Black-crowned Night Heron Hooded Merganser Common Snipe Great Blue Heron Northern Bobwhite
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Big Sioux River Wildlife Area Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Rush Lake Spirit Lake Garlock Slough Wildlife Management Area Inwood Silver Lake
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Ronald Harms letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, June 26, 1986
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Infancy
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1986-06-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Ronald Harms in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Harms, Ronald
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Upland Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant Common Loon Canada Goose
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Pocahontas County Little Clear Lake Park Sunken Grove State Game Management Area
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Field notes contributed by Bart M. Ballard, summer 1986
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Weather
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Bart M. Ballard with observer Bruce Ehresman. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Ballard, Bart M
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Yellow-headed Blackbird Western Kingbird Long-eared Owl
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Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, James L. Fuller, summer 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by James L. Fuller with observers Jane Fuller and Charles Fuller. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Fuller, James L
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Mountain Plover Little Blue Heron Clay-colored Sparrow Carolina Wren Western Kingbird House Finch Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Prairie Warbler
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Burlington Iowa City Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve Effigy Mounds National Monument Gitchie Manitou State Preserve Blood Run / Rock Island National Landmark
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Field notes and Bery Engebretsen letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, August 3, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Infancy
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1985-08-03
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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 Bery Engebretsen. Included with the field report is a note from Bery Engebretsen to James J. Dinsmore regarding Cooper's Hawks. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1985.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Cooper's Hawk Willow Flycatcher Yellow-headed Blackbird Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Wood Thrush Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Cerulean Warbler Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Scarlet Tanager Great Blue Heron Cliff Swallow Northern Bobwhite
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Big Creek State Park Lake View Saylorville Lake
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Summer 1986
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report for the summer of 1986 submitted by Stephen J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Iowa
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Letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Falconidae | Falcons
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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White-faced Ibis Loggerhead Shrike Wood Thrush Golden Eagle Winter Wren
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Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve Lakeville Township
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Summer bird report for northwest Iowa, 1986
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Precipitation (Meteorology)
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report titled "Summer bird report for northwest Iowa, 1986," submitted by Gordon Brand. A note discussing the weather conditions states that it was a drier than average year for northwest Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Brand, Gordon James
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American Kestrel Semipalmated Sandpiper Ruby-throated Hummingbird Wood Duck Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sedge Wren Ovenbird Blue Grosbeak Black Tern
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Sioux Center Orange City
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Checklists and field notes
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Checklists and field notes for the summer of 1986. The field notes discuss the sighting of a Burrowing Owl. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Bray, Tanya
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Burrowing Owl
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Iowa
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Robert I. Cecil letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings July 31, 1986
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Checklists Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birdsongs
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1986-07-31
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Robert I. Cecil to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings July 31, 1986. Includes checklist of sightings made by Cecil. A Blue Grosbeak family is noted in the letter. Several instances of birds singing are mentioned in the checklist. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Blue Grosbeak
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Iowa Keokuk Lee County Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit
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Special sighting reports
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Habitat
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Special sighting reports submitted by Mark A. Dietzenbach. Includes notes related to the birds' habitats, breeding behavior, and other pertinent information. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Dietzenbach, Mark A.
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Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Upland Sandpiper Bell's Vireo Lark Sparrow Hooded Merganser Veery Northern Mockingbird Louisiana Waterthrush Swamp Sparrow Canada Goose
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Allamakee County Washington Township Winneshiek County Fayette County Auburn Township Clermont Township
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Field reports summer 1986
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field reports for the summer of 1986, submitted by James J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Mountain Plover White-faced Ibis Ring-billed Gull Double-crested Cormorant Least Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Clay-colored Sparrow American White Pelican Franklin's Gull Forster's Tern Black-crowned Night Heron Caspian Tern Hooded Warbler Black Tern
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Ames Colo Hidden Bridge Wildlife Area Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Arnolds Park
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Peter C. Peterson letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sighitings, February 13, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1977-02-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Peter C. Petersen to Nicholas S. Halmi, dated February 13, 1977, that details various bird sightings, including a Black-legged Kittiwake at the Duane Arnold Energy Center by Bryan Gielins on January 22 and 23, 1977.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Lapland Longspur Merlin Black-legged Kittiwake Lark Sparrow Golden Eagle Greater White-fronted Goose Ring-necked Dove
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Clinton Credit Island Davenport Des Moines Lock and Dam 14 Scott County Duane Arnold Energy Center
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Evening Grosbeak, 1947-1982
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1947-08-25
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1982-05-02
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Evening Grosbeak submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1947-1982. The document also includes the name of the observer, date, and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Evening Grosbeak
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow east of Little Wall Lake, 1995
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1995-05-04
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2000-11-20
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for at least three Golden-crowned Sparrows east of Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County, IA on May 4, 1995. Includes a record review document with votes, two photographs, an article in Iowa Bird Life, correspondence about the sighting and documentation, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Wilcox, Dorothy
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Little Wall Lake
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At platform feeder and on the ground
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Lg. oak trees, shrubs (Rural)
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The documentation form by Dorothy Wilcox is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include family and friends. | Elimination of similar species: white crowned and white throat, definite difference in eye line and crown. | The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 11:00:00/17:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow at Jamaica, 1977
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1977-05-03
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1993-08-26
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Golden-crowned Sparrow at Jamaica in Guthrie County, IA on May 3, 1977. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Burns, R. E. (Rollin Eugene)
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Jamaica
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Jamaica, Iowa (Guthrie County), in my back yard.
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Our back yard, which is kept closely mowed, surrounded by many different kinds of trees and bushes. I keep 4 ground waterers filled at all times and had my garden hose dripping into one of them. He was feeding close to our ground feeders, but not actually in them.
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The documentation form by Gene Burns is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marilyn Burns, Woodward H. Brown, Dick Mooney, Margaret Brooke, Ruth Buckles, Eugene Armstrong, Barney Cook, Dean Mosman, and Diane Mosman. | Elimination of similar species: My first sight told me it was something different than a White-throated, White-crowned or Harris Sparrow. I immediately called for my wife to come quickly and observe him with me. We sit by the hour at our large window where I have my desk and bird books and binoculars, scope, recorders and camera. We had an excellent view of him at close range in good light. | The original documentation form event lasted from 17:15:00/17:20:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1938-1982
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1938-10-09
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1982-10-10
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Rose-breasted Grosbeak submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1938-1982. The document also includes the name of the observer, date, and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Blue Grosbeak, 1965-1982
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1965-10-04
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1982-09-11
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Blue Grosbeak submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1965-1982. The document also includes the name of the observer, date, and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Blue Grosbeak
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Solitary Vireo northwest of Lost Nation, 1984
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1984-12-20
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1993-09-01
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Solitary Vireo northwest of Lost Nation in Clinton County, IA on December 20, 1984. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Blevins, Brian L.
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Blue-headed Vireo
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Lost Nation
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3 1/4 miles Northwest of Lost Nation
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General: Small gulley with oaks, osage-orange, shage-bark Hickory, walnut, and a lot of multiflora Rose. Small dried creek. Specific: Leafs were off of the trees except the Bur oaks. Multiflora rose was quite concentrated Very light snow cover, with moderate Breeze.
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The documentation form by Brian Blevins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Bob Bryant and Julie Hasenmiller. | Elimination of similar species: Warbling and Red-eyed vireo was eliminated by distinct eye-ring and call. Yellow-throated vireo was eliminated by dark blue-gray head and distinct call. All warblers were eliminated by heavy bill. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:38:00/11:41:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Ruffed Grouse, 1981-1983
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1981-03-22
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1983-06-05
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Compilation of sightings data for the Ruffed Grouse submitted to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union by members between the years 1981-1983. The document also includes the name of the observer, date, and location.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Ruffed Grouse
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Iowa
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Lantern slide and photograph of young and old Pelicans standing by a lake
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Bird watching
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1924-06-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A flock of young and old Pelicans standing close to the shore of a lake, June 24, 1924. Slide originally titled "Pelicans on Lake." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on photograph. These items related to Rosene's journal: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/9319/view
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American White Pelican
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North Dakota
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for McCown's Longspur near De Soto National Wildlife Reserve, 1989
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1989-12-16
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1993-08-06
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a McCown's Longspur near De Soto National Wildlife Reserve in Harrison County, IA on December 16, 1989. Includes a record review document with votes and two documentation forms submitted to the committee for review.
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Starr, David
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McCown's Longspur
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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
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North of railroad tracks on L-16, north of hwy. 30 (by DeSoto Refuge)
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Tilled cornfield
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The documentation form for Extraordinary Bird Sighting in Iowa by David Starr forms the basis of this record. The documentation form Supporting Details: Uncommon or Rare Species/High Numbers was also submitted by David Starr. | The original documentation form event occurred around 15:40:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Cedar Falls, 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1976-11-01
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1994-02-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for one to two Gray Jays at Cedar Falls in Black Hawk County, IA in November 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Lilja, Marilyn H.
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Gray Jay
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Cedar Falls
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acreage, Cedar Falls, Ia
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The documentation form by Marilyn A. Lilja is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Blue jay size, [...] | The original documentation form event lasted from 08:00:00/08:30:00 for one day.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Mason City, 1976
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1976-11-01
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1994-02-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Gray Jay at Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, IA in early November 1976. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life as well as a letter and documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Tanner, Fern L.
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Gray Jay
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Mason City
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415 N. Jeff Mason City Iowa
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spotted in Spruce tree several times - also once on small bush.
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The documentation form by Fern L. Tanner is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Marvin Tanner, Luella Olsen, and Albert Ewers. | Elimination of similar species: [...] Looked larger than Blue Jay that was 18 in. away at time. Little shorter beak than Blue Jay. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:00:00/15:15:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Steller's Jay at Lake MacBride, 1987
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1987-06-30
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1993-09-07
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Steller's Jay at Lake MacBride in Johnson County, IA on June 30, 1987. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Hollis, Doris A.
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Stellar's Jay
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Lake MacBride
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Lake MacBride, Johnson Co
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Brush - 'Island' on dam
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The documentation form by Doris A. Hollis is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Not the right color blue + no white on it. | The original documentation form event lasted from 18:30:00/18:35:00.
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