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Title	Genres	Topics	Date (Start)	Date (End)	Type	Description	Creator/Author	Birds	Locations	Locality	Habitat	Remarks

Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Phalarope at Hawarden before 1907	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds	1907-03-01	1993-08-16	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Red Phalaropes at Hawarden in Sioux 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 G.H. Berry, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Red Phalarope	Hawarden				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	10	12
Rare bird documentation form for Gray Catbird at Ames, 1996	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1996-12-21	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Gray Catbird at Ames in Story County, IA on December 21, 1996.	Oesterreich, Wolfgang	Gray Catbird	Ames	Ames, Iowa	deciduous woodland - near confluence of Onion & Squaw Creeks	The documentation form by Wolfgang Oesterreich is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: nothing in this area. (Mockingbird doesn't have black cap, mostly undertail coverts; plus it has white wing patches.) \| The original documentation form event lasted from approximately 11:00:00/11:20:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	12
Rare bird documentation form for Gray Catbird west of Hiawatha, 1990	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1990-12-15	1990-12-24	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Gray Catbird west of Hiawatha in Linn County, IA on December 15, 1990.	Bradley, Rob	Gray Catbird	Hiawatha	420-0914 - 1 1/2 miles west of Hiawatha off Blairs Ferry Rd Linn Co.	Sumac - Blackberry - Multiflora Rose overgrown pasture w. small clumps of Hawthorn trees	The documentation form by Robert Bradley is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Steve Demermuth. \| Elimination of similar species: Can't think of anything in this area that resembles a Gray Catbird maybe Junco but way to [sic] small. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 14:30:00/14:30:02.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	12
Rare bird documentation form for Gray Catbird at Iowa City, 1989	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1989-04-02	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Gray Catbird at Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on April 2, 1989.	Hollis, Janet	Gray Catbird	Iowa City	Iowa City	backyard, suburban, around feeders	The documentation form by Janet Hollis is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. The form was transcribed from an oral account by Richard Hollis. \| Elimination of similar species: I discussed some plain birds - Female Cowbirds, some female or young grackles, showed her pictures + could not shake her opinion \| The original documentation form event occurred around 10:00:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	35	12
Rare bird documentation form for White-winged Scoter at Sabula, 1998	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1998-12-26	1999-01-02	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a White-winged Scoter at Sabula in Jackson County, IA on December 26, 1998.	Blevins, Brian L.	White-winged Scoter	Sabula	Mississippi River at Sabula, Iowa. Jackson County	small open section of water with ice surrounding	The documentation form by Brian Blevins is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Corey Blevins. \| Elimination of similar species: white cheek patch and white secondaries eliminate other scoters. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 14:48:00/15:20:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	33	12
Rare bird documentation form for White-winged Scoter at Big Wall Lake, 1998	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1998-09-05	1998-09-06	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a White-winged Scoter at Big Wall Lake in Wright County, IA on September 5, 1998.	Dinsmore, James J.	White-winged Scoter	Big Wall Lake	Big Wall Lake, Wright County	open water of large freshwater marsh	The documentation form by Jim Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: Size and color immediately pointed toward a scoter. Eye patch immediately identified it as White-winged, further cooroborated [sic] when white wing patch seen. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 08:15:00/08:20:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	33	12
Request for more information regarding a Horned Grebe sighting at Terra Lake	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1995-08-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Request for more information form regarding a sighting of a Horned Grebe at Terra Lake, August 13, 1995 by Bery Engebretsen.	Engebretsen, Bery	Horned Grebe	Terra Lake				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	12
Rare bird documentation form for Horned Grebe at Oakland, 1987	Field notes	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1987-08-16	N/A	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Horned Grebe at Oakland in Pottawattamie County, IA on August 16, 1987.	Dinsmore, Stephen J.	Horned Grebe	Oakland	lagoons at Oakland, Pottawattamie Co.	swimming and feeding on small lagoon	The documentation form by Steve Dinsmore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Andy Fix. \| Elimination of similar species: Eared Grebe eliminated by the thicker bill, flatter crown, and entirely white throat and breast. \| The original documentation form event occurred in the late afternoon.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	12
Rare bird documentation form for Horned Grebe at Tama, 1986	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1986-03-19	1986-03-28	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Horned Grebe at Tama in Tama County, IA on March 19, 1986.	Kubik, Nicholas A.	Horned Grebe	Tama	TAMA, IOWA. The surfaced road as it turns west from the airport.	flooded roadside ditch	The documentation form by Nick A. Kubik is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. \| Elimination of similar species: The Eared Grebe should have a gray neck in winter or a black neck in summer, but not white. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 15:30:00/15:50:00 (est.).	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	12
Rare bird documentation form for Horned Grebe at New Lake, 1987	Field notes Forms (documents)	Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds	1987-03-27	1987-08-29	Rare birds documentation form	Rare bird documentation form for a Horned Grebe at New Lake in Woodbury County, IA on March 27, 1987.	Livermore, Bob	Horned Grebe	New Lake	New Lake, Woodbury County, Iowa	small Mo. River oxbow with marshy borders	The documentation form by Bob Livermore is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Bill Huser and Jerry Probst. \| Elimination of similar species: Eared Grebe: The tuft was starting on a line from the eye and above. Also since the bird was mostly in winter plummage [sic] it still had a very light neck down to water line. \| The original documentation form event lasted from 08:00:00/08:30:00.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	32	12
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Rosy Finch at Sioux City in 1883	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Captive wild birds Rare birds	1883-10-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Rosy Finches at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA in February 1883. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Gray-crowned Finch in Confinement in the Bulletin of the Nuttal Ornithological Club 8(4):240-242 by D.H. Talbot, and referenced by three other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	Sioux City				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	14	12
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Phalarope at Amana Lake in 1940	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes	Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds	1940-06-01	1993-08-19	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for three Red Phalaropes at Amana Lake in Iowa County, IA on May 17, 1940. Includes a record review document with votes, letters between Thomas Kent and Lillian Serbousek about the sighting, and the original sighting record found in the publication Shore Birds at Amana Lake in Iowa Bird Life 10:27 by Lillian Serbousek.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Red Phalarope	Lily Pond				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	10	12
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red Phalarope in Iowa before 1870	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1870-01-01	1993-08-16	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Red Phalaropes in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen in White's Geological Survey in 1870, and referenced by two other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Red Phalarope	Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	10	12
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Parakeet at Spirit Lake before 1895	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Extinct birds Rare birds Zoological specimens	1895-10-01	1993-08-27	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Carolina Parakeets at Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, IA before 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds Extinct in Iowa and Those Becoming So in Iowa Ornithologist 2(1):1-3 by Paul Bartsch mounted by Robert Ridgway, and referenced by four other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Carolina Parakeet	Spirit Lake				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sprague's Pipit near Lake Manawa in 1895	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1907-03-01	1993-08-19	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Sprague's Pipit near Lake Manawa in Pottawattamie County, IA on September 14, 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Isadore S. Trostler, and referenced by two other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Sprague's Pipit	Lake Manawa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	13	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sprague's Pipit in Northwest Iowa in 1949	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1949-06-01	1994-01-28	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for two Sprague's Pipits in Northwest Iowa on April 23, 1949. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration of the record, the original sighting record found in the publication Sprague's Pipit in Northwest Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 19(2):34 by F.L.R. Roberts, and referenced by two other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Sprague's Pipit	Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	13	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sprague's Pipit at Ogden in 1949	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1962-03-01	1993-08-19	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Sprague's Pipits at Ogden in Boone County, IA on October 11, 1949. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Sprague's Pipit in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 32(1):20 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Jim Keenan, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Sprague's Pipit	Ogden				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	13	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Parakeet in southern Decatur County in 1873	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Extinct birds Rare birds	1873-01-01	1993-08-27	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Carolina Parakeets in southern Decatur County, IA before 1873. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the birds of southern Iowa in the Proceedings of the Boston Natural History Society 15:229-242 by T .Martin Trippe, and referenced by seven other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Carolina Parakeet	Decatur County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Parakeet at Webster County in 1850	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Identification Extinct birds Rare birds	1965-04-01	1993-08-27	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Carolina Parakeets at Webster County, IA during the late 1850s or early 1860s. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Carolina Parakeet in the Northwest in Auk 82:221-222 by Daniel McKinley as reported by Ira N. Gabrielson from his grandfather John Gabrielson.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Carolina Parakeet	Webster County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Parakeet on the Missouri River from Harrison to Fremont County in 1843	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1907-03-01	1993-08-27	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Carolina Parakeets on the Missouri River from Harrison to Fremont County, IA on May 8, 1843. Includes a record review document with votes, notes on the journals of John J. Audubon, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by John J. Audubon, and referenced by two other publications.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Carolina Parakeet	Fremont County Harrison County Pottawattamie County				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Parakeet below Weeping Water Creek, NE in 1834	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1907-03-01	1993-08-27	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Carolina Parakeets below Weeping Water Creek, NE on May 14, 1834. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Prince Maximillian.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Carolina Parakeet	Weeping Water Creek				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Parakeet at Engineer's Cantonment in 1819	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Extinct birds Rare birds	1823-01-01	1993-08-27	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Carolina Parakeets at Engineer's Cantonment, IA around 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 by Edwin James as seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Carolina Parakeet	Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	12	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gull-billed Tern at Engineer's Cantonment, circa 1819	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1823-01-01	1993-08-26	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Gull-billed Terns at Engineer's Cantonment in Iowa circa 1819. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 by Edwin James seen by Thomas Say, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Gull-billed Tern	Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	11	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gull-billed Tern in Iowa before 1870	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1823-01-01	1993-08-26	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for Gull-billed Terns in Iowa before 1870. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa by J.A. Allen in White's Geological Survey in 1870, and referenced by another publication.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Gull-billed Tern	Iowa				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	11	13
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Jaeger species at Lock and Dam 14 in 1963	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1964-03-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Jaeger species at Lock and Dam 14 in Scott County, IA on December 6, 1963. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Parasitic Jaeger in eastern Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 34:26 by Peter Petersen, Jr. and also seen by Elton Fawks, Mr. and Mrs. Don Price, Bob Trial, and Ted Greer.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Jaegers	Lock and Dam 14				Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	10	13