Rare bird documentation form for Barn Owl near Fort Atkinson in 1981
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1981-12-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Barn Owl near Fort Atkinson in Winneshiek County, IA on November 28, 1981.
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Jenison, Art
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Barn Owl
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Fort Atkinson
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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48
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Carolina Chickadee in Keokuk in 1888
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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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 Carolina Chickadee in Keokuk in Lee County, IA on May 4, 1888. Includes a record review document with votes, a letter about the specimens, notes and details about the specimens, photographs of the specimens, the original sighting record found in the publication the Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George H. Berry, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Carolina Chickadee
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Keokuk
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12
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48
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Superior Township in Dickinson County in 1956
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1957-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Common Ravens at Superior Township in Dickinson County, IA on October 7, 1956. Includes a record review document with votes, three photographs, and the original sighting record found in the publication First Authentic Record of Raven in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 27(1):21-22 by James G. Sieh.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Superior Township
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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47
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven near Spirit Lake before 1952
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1957-03-01
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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 Common Raven near Spirit Lake in Dickinson County, IA before 1952. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication First Authentic Record of Raven in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 27:21-22 by James Sieh and also seen by Frank Marnette.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Spirit Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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47
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Silver Lake in 1959
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1960-03-01
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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 Common Raven at Silver Lake in Dickinson County, IA on October 20, 1959. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Raven Taken in Dickinson County in Iowa Bird Life 30:16 by James G. Sieh and identified by Jack Musgrove.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Silver Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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12
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47
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Clark's Nutcracker at Sac County before 1919
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1919-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Clark's Nutcracker at Sac County, IA before 1919. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Land Birds of Sac County Iowa in the Wilson Bulletin 31(4):117-126 by J.A. Spurrell seen by H.B. Smith, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Clark's Nutcracker
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Sac County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Clark's Nutcracker near Tiffin in 1919
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1921-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Clark's Nutcracker near Tiffin in Johnson County, IA on November 27, 1919. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, the original sighting record found in the publication Bird Records for the Season 1919-1920 in the Vicinity of Iowa City in the Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 27:379-384 by Dayton Stoner seen by A.W. Hemphill, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Clark's Nutcracker
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Tiffin
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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44
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Clark's Nutcracker south of Boone in 1894
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1895-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Clark's Nutcracker south of Boone in Boone County, IA on September 23, 1894. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Report of the Committee on State Fauna in the Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by C.C. Nutting seen by Cal Brown and identified by Carl Fritz Henning and C.C. Nutting, and referenced by five other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Clark's Nutcracker
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Boone
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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44
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Chestnut-collared Longspur north of Smithland in 1986
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1986-09-01
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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 Chestnut-collared Longspur north of Smithland in Woodbury County, IA on April 15 and 16, 1986. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Chestnut-collared Longspur in Woodbury County in Iowa Bird Life 56(3):95 by Dick Bierman, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Chestnut-collared Longspur
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Smithland
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Chestnut-collared Longspur at Charles City before 1923
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1923-09-01
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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 Chestnut-collared Longspur at Charles City in Floyd County, IA before 1923. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Floyd County, Iowa (Part III. Continued) in the American Midland Naturalist 8(10/11): 230-256 by Caroll Lane Fenton seen by B.H. Bailey, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Chestnut-collared Longspur
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Charles City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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43
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Gray Jay at Linn County in 1918
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1977-06-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Gray Jay at Linn County, IA on December 2, 1918. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication More Gray Jays in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 47:65 by Nicholas Halmi and seen by George Berry.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Gray Jay
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Linn County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for McCown's Longspur at Pottawattamie County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for McCown's Longspurs at Pottawattamie 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 Isadore S. Trostler, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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McCown's Longspur
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Pottawattamie County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Golden-crowned Sparrow at Forest City before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-03-01
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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 Golden-crowned Sparrow at Forest City in Winnebago County, IA before 1907. 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 M.E. Halvorsen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Forest City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Thick-billed Murre at Johnson County in 1897
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1897-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Thick-billed Murre at Johnson County, IA in January 1897. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes and News in Iowa Ornithologist 3:24 by G.C. Hoover, and referenced by two other publications. A clipping of Life Histories of North American Diving Birds by A.C. Bent is also included.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Thick-billed Murre
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Johnson County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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12
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4
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Thick-billed Murre at Atlantic, 1896
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1897-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Thick-billed Murre at Atlantic in Cass County, IA on December 16, 1896. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication An Accidental Visitor in Iowa Ornithologist 3:11 by J.H. Brown seen by Franck C. Pellet, and referenced by three other publications. A clipping of Life Histories of North American Diving Birds by A.C. Bent is also included.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Thick-billed Murre
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Atlantic
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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4
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Cherokee Fair Grounds in 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1987-10-20
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1994-08-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Cherokee Fair Grounds in Cherokee County, IA on October 20, 1987. It is accompanied by a letter from Dick Beirman to Tom Kent about the sighting and bird specimen, August 31, 1994.
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Bierman, Dick
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Yellow Rail
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Cherokee County Fairground
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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39
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A Proposed revision of the "Revised list of the Birds of Iowa"
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Study and teaching Zoological specimens
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1934-02-01
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1934-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Open letter dated February 1934. As Philip DuMont prepares for a revision to the "Revised list of the Birds of Iowa" he notes that 35 of the species listed had not been verified with specimens collected in Iowa. He is still looking for Iowa specimens for 25 of the species listed.
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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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37
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Louis Bishop letter to Philip DuMont regarding Walter Savage collection, October 15, 1935
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Correspondence
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Birds--Eggs Zoological specimens
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1935-10-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Louis Bishop to Philip DuMont dated October 15, 1935. In this letter Bishop responds to DuMont's request for information about the Walter Savage egg collection. Included with this letter is an inventory of the specimens that Bishop purchased from Savage.
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Bishop, Louis B.
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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Hillsboro Glasgow Stockport
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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1
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31
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William Praeger letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird specimens, April 6, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1934-04-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from William Praeger to Philip DuMont dated April 6, 1934. In this letter Praeger responds to DuMont's request for information for the "Revised List of the Birds of Iowa" by describing some specimens.
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Praeger, William Emilius
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Bald Eagle Red-throated Loon Black Scoter Common Loon Hooded Merganser Canada Goose
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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1
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30
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Philip DuMont letter to Wade Guenther regarding the Giddings collection, April 22, 1933
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Zoological specimens
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1933-04-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to Wade Guenther dated April 22, 1933 and published in the Sabula Gazette on May 11, 1933. In this letter DuMont says that the bird specimens collected by H.J. Giddings should be labelled with the date and place they were collected, and includes a list of the species that DuMont compiled when he studied the collection. This document is in response to a letter from Wade Guenther: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4218/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Pacific Loon Kentucky Warbler Cape May Warbler Red Crossbill Pine Warbler
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Jackson County Sabula
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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1
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30
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Wade Guenther letter to Philip DuMont regarding the Giddings collection, April 20, 1933
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Correspondence
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Zoological specimens
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1933-04-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Wade Guenther to Philip DuMont dated April 20, 1933. In this letter Guenther states that he is preparing an article about the Giddings collection for publication in the Sabula Gazette and would like a comment from DuMont since he has recently studied the collection. This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4217/view
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Guenther, Wade
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Sabula
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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1
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30
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Dipper at Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area in Fremont County in 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1957-09-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an American Dipper at Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area in Fremont County, IA in the spring of 1895 or 1896. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A Dipper Specimen at Macedonia, Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 27(3):72 by George O. Hendrickson seen by Guido Louis Stempel and Mason Laut.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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American Dipper
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Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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13
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3
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Philip DuMont letter to Thomas Stephens regarding questionable birds in the Revised List of Iowa Birds, January 30, 1934
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Correspondence
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Birds--Geographical distribution Ornithology--Bibliography Ornithological literature Zoological specimens
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1934-01-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to Thomas Stephens dated January 30, 1934. In this letter DuMont suggests printing an Iowa ornithology bibliography for members of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, discusses why some birds were included or excluded from his book "Revised List of the Birds of Iowa," and says he will be looking for more samples and sight records in preparation for issuing a new edition of the book. This document is in response to a letter from Thomas Stephens: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4206/view
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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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1
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27
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Thomas Stephens letter to Philip DuMont regarding specimens, September 12, 1932
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Correspondence
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Zoological specimens
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1932-09-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Thomas Stephens to Philip DuMont dated September 12, 1932. In this letter Stephens attempts to match descriptions of bird specimens with dates and locations from his notes.
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Stephens, Thomas Calderwood, 1876-1948
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Broad-winged Hawk Least Tern Surf Scoter Black-bellied Plover Cerulean Warbler Kentucky Warbler Common Tern
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Browns Lake Des Moines Sioux City Le Mars
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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1
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27
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mississippi Kite at Burlington in 1887
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1918-01-01
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Mississippi Kites at Burlington in Des Moines County, IA during the Fall 1887. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Raptorial Birds of Iowa in Iowa Geological Survey Bulletin by B.H. Bailey seen by Charles Buettner, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Mississippi Kite
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Burlington
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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8
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26
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