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

Malcolm McDonald letter to Philip DuMont regarding Starling sightings, May 15, 1935	Correspondence	Bird watching Birdsongs Introduced birds Aggressive behavior in animals	1935-05-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Malcolm McDonald to Philip DuMont dated May 15, 1935. McDonald recounts his first sighting of Starlings in Jefferson County on December 23, 1930. He continues on to describe subsequent sightings of Starlings. This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3575/view	McDonald, Malcolm Edwin, 1915-	Red-headed Woodpecker Common Starling	Jefferson County	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	5	24
Helen King letter to Philip DuMont regarding Starlings in Grundy County, December 11, 1933	Correspondence	Bird watching Birds--Nests Introduced birds Aggressive behavior in animals	1933-12-11	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Helen King to Philip DuMont dated December 11, 1933. King describes seeing Starlings fighting with other birds on her farm in Grundy County in order to secure nesting areas.	King, Helen Gould	Northern Flicker House Sparrow Common Starling	Grundy Center	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	5	24