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

Iowa Birdline update, June 26, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-06-26	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for June 26, 1989. Highlights include a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, a Marbled Godwit with Willets, and Worm-eating Warblers feeding their young.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Marbled Godwit Western Kingbird Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Willet Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Veery Worm-eating Warbler Great-tailed Grackle	Burlington Des Moines Oakville Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Crawfordsville	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, June 4, 1990	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Nests Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Parulidae \| Warblers Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1990-06-04	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for June 4, 1990. Highlights of the update include sightings of two Least Terns, a Sandhill Crane, a Eurasian Tree Sparrow, and a probable first Kossuth County sighting of a Prothonotary Warbler. Also of note were reports of several nesting birds, including Acadian Flycatchers and Carolina Wrens.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Carolina Wren Common Moorhen Least Tern Wood Thrush Eurasian Tree Sparrow Pileated Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Hooded Warbler Northern Waterthrush Sandhill Crane	Algona Burlington Snake Creek State Game Management Area Effigy Mounds National Monument Lost Creek Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Badger Creek State Recreation Area Starr's Cave Nature Center	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	3
Iowa Birdline update, June 5, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-06-05	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for June 5, 1989. Highlights include the sighting of a Mississippi Kite and Prairie, Hooded and Worm-eating Warblers being sighted in different parts of the state.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Mississippi Kite Upland Sandpiper Clay-colored Sparrow Ruddy Turnstone White-rumped Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler Prairie Warbler	Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area Des Moines Dudgeon Lake State Wildlife Mgt Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit MidAmerican Energy Ponds	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, March 11, 1991 notes	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-03-11	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 11, 1991. Highlights include a Cinnamon Teal and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Waterfowl migration is peaking for diving ducks and geese.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Ring-billed Gull Turkey Vulture Brewer's Blackbird Cinnamon Teal Red-breasted Merganser Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Greater Scaup Great Blue Heron	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Riverton Wildlife Management Area Sabula Union Grove State Park Lake MacBride	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline Update, March 12, 1990	Field notes	Bird watching Icteridae \| Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1990-03-12	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 12, 1990. Highlights of the update include sightings of waterfowl, Blackbirds, Bluebirds, Robins, Meadowlarks, and Killdeer being reported from all across the state. Also of note were observations of an Iceland Gull and a Red-necked Grebe.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Killdeer Bald Eagle Red-necked Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Rusty Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Harris' Sparrow Brown Thrasher Common Redpoll American Woodcock Iceland Gull Tree Swallow Snow Goose American Robin	Burlington Coralville Lake Dale Maffitt Reservoir Hendrickson Marsh Lake Iowa City Jester Park Union Grove Lake Whitebreast Recreation Area Rock Island Arsenal	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	3
Iowa Birdline update, March 13, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-03-13	1989-03-14	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 13, 1989. Highlights include the start of migration and the appearance of a second Salty-backed Gull.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Prairie Falcon Slaty-backed Gull Turkey Vulture Mountain Bluebird Canvasback Red-breasted Merganser American Woodcock Greater Scaup Northern Shrike	Lake Red Rock Lock and Dam 14 Ottumwa Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Reinbeck	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, March 19, 1990	Field notes	Bird watching Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls	1990-03-19	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 19, 1990. Highlights of the update include sightings of an Evening Grosbeak, 20 Purple Finches, 60 Fox Sparrows, and a flock of 100 Smith's Longspurs. Also of note were reports of many species of Ducks, including a Black Duck as well as sightings of an estimated 10,000 Ring-billed Gulls and 10,000 Snow Geese.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Ring-billed Gull Brewer's Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Smith's Longspur American White Pelican Brown Thrasher Evening Grosbeak American Woodcock Purple Finch Golden Eagle Tree Swallow Fox Sparrow Snow Goose American Black Duck	Burlington Clay County Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area Lake Red Rock Lone Tree Palo Alto County Rathbun Lake Woodland Mounds State Preserve Osceola	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	3
Iowa Birdline update, March 24, 1991	Field notes	Bird watching Weather Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-03-24	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 24, 1991. Highlights include large numbers of waterfowl throughout the state although stormy weather has reduced viewing for much of the week.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Scheib, James	Horned Grebe Rusty Blackbird Blue-winged Teal Red-breasted Merganser Trumpeter Swan Greater Scaup Bufflehead Gadwall Common Merganser	Benton County Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Lake Red Rock Pleasant Creek State Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, March 25, 1994	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1994-03-25	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 25, 1994. Highlights include Mountain Bluebird, Iceland Gull and Varied Thrush.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Brewer's Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Varied Thrush Mountain Bluebird Ross' Goose Iceland Gull Northern Mockingbird Yellow-rumped Warbler Fox Sparrow Snow Goose Great-tailed Grackle	Blue Lake Greene County Iowa City Lost Island Lake Madison County Roberts Creek Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	5
Iowa Birdline update, March 26, 1990	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1990-03-26	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 26, 1990. Highlights of the update include many reports from the height of waterfowl migration, one sighting in particular was comprised of 8000 waterfowl, including 4000 Ducks, 2000 Canada Geese, 1000 Snow Geese, and 1000 White-fronted Geese. Also of note were sightings of flocks of Smith's Longspurs, an early Common Loon, and an early Rough-winged Swallow.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Turkey Vulture Rusty Blackbird Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Snow Bunting Franklin's Gull Common Loon Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Golden-crowned Kinglet Bonaparte's Gull American Golden Plover Brown Creeper	Burlington Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Jester Park Lake Red Rock Lone Tree Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area Delaware County Lake Smith	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	3
Iowa Birdline update, March 27, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Passeriformes \| Perching-birds and songbirds Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-03-27	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 27, 1989. Highlights include migration reaching full swing for waterfowl and early passerines and the sighting of a mostly white American Robin.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Purple Martin Smith's Longspur Loggerhead Shrike Black Scoter Greater Scaup American Robin Great Egret	Burlington Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Glenwood Lake Red Rock	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, March 4, 1991 notes	Field notes	Bird banding Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1991-03-04	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 4, 1991. Highlights include Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackle, Killdeer and the year's first Turkey Vulture.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Killdeer Turkey Vulture Common Grackle Ring-necked Duck Purple Finch Hooded Merganser Golden Eagle Lesser Yellowlegs Red-winged Blackbird	Burlington Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lee County Riverton Wildlife Management Area Geode State Park Osceola	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	5
Iowa Birdline update, March 5, 1990	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Icteridae \| Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1990-03-05	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for March 5, 1990. Highlights of the update include numerous sightings of waterfowl, including Common Mergansers, Goldeneyes, Bufflehead, and Hooded Mergansers. In addition to the waterfowl sightings, Blackbirds, Robins, and Killdeer all began appearing in greater numbers. Also of note were observations of an Iceland Gull, a Northern Saw-whet Owl, and an adult Golden Eagle.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Killdeer Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Goldeneye Common Redpoll Snowy Owl Iceland Gull Hooded Merganser Golden Eagle Long-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Bufflehead American Robin Common Merganser	Allamakee County Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Des Moines Jester Park Lake Red Rock Elkader Lake MacBride Rock Island Arsenal	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	3
Iowa Birdline update, May 1, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-05-01	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for May 1, 1989. Highlights include the sighting of a Tricolored Heron, and sightings of Sora and Virginia and King Rails.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Clay-colored Sparrow Golden-winged Warbler Tricolored Heron Virginia Rail Sora Willet Hudsonian Godwit Cape May Warbler King Rail	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hickory Hill Park Pleasant Creek State Park Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, May 13-18, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-05-13	1989-05-18	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for May 13-18, 1989. Highlights include the peak of Warbler migration with several species being sighted around Iowa.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Upland Sandpiper Common Moorhen Chuck-will's-widow Least Tern Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Piping Plover Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Blue Grosbeak	Big Wall Lake Wildlife Management Area Homestead Saylorville Lake MidAmerican Energy Ponds Hancock County	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, May 22, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-05-22	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for May 22, 1989. Highlights include another Cinnamon Teal sighting and reports from the Iowa Ornithologists' Union spring meeting field trip.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Cinnamon Teal Common Moorhen Red-breasted Merganser Western Kingbird Dunlin Wilson's Phalarope Common Loon Hooded Merganser King Rail	Des Moines Hickory Hill Park Princeton State Wildlife Management Area Shimek State Forest Fairfield	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, May 28, 1990	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Passeriformes \| Perching-birds and songbirds Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1990-05-28	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for May 28, 1990. Highlights of the update include sightings of a nesting Cooper's Hawk, an immature Broad-winged Hawk, a Eurasian Tree Sparrow, and a Common Loon. Also of note was the near completion of passerine migration, with the exceptions of a few late Warblers and Flycatchers.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Broad-winged Hawk Cooper's Hawk Eared Grebe Willow Flycatcher White-eyed Vireo Summer Tanager Eurasian Tree Sparrow Common Loon Peregrine Falcon Northern Mockingbird Hooded Warbler	Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Dale Maffitt Reservoir Spencer Geode State Park Moulton Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Woodland Mounds State Preserve Matsell Bridge Public Access Babcock Access	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	3
Iowa Birdline update, May 30, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-05-30	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for May 30, 1989. Highlights include Western Kingbirds, Least Terns and a Piping Plover.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Western Kingbird Dunlin Wilson's Phalarope Least Tern Piping Plover Stilt Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Olive-sided Flycatcher Worm-eating Warbler	Burlington Fairfield Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit MidAmerican Energy Ponds Swan Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, May 8, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-05-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for May 8, 1989. Highlights include the sighting of all five Rail species in one area within a week.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Yellow Rail Black Rail Virginia Rail Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Sora Piping Plover Caspian Tern Prothonotary Warbler King Rail	Burlington Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Saylorville Lake Dolliver Memorial State Park Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, May 8, 1990	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Nests Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1990-05-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for May 8, 1990. Highlights of the update include sightings of two White-faced Ibis, a lingering Common Loon, a late Rough-legged Hawk, and nesting Cooper's Hawks. Also of note was the recovery of an injured Barn Owl and the presence of several species of shorebirds.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Rough-legged Hawk Cooper's Hawk White-faced Ibis Clay-colored Sparrow Barn Owl Orchard Oriole Harris' Sparrow Dunlin Wilson's Phalarope Long-billed Dowitcher Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Willet Hudsonian Godwit Red-breasted Nuthatch Short-billed Dowitcher Great-tailed Grackle	Iowa City Saylorville Lake Boone County Williams Prairie State Preserve Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Woodland Mounds State Preserve Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Swan Babcock Access	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	3
Iowa Birdline update, November 13, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-11-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for November 13, 1989. Highlights include White-wing Crossbills at Spencer and a Lesser Black-backed Gull and thousands of Ring-billed Gulls at Lake Red Rock.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Ring-billed Gull Horned Grebe Carolina Wren American White Pelican White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Long-tailed Duck Western Grebe Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lake Red Rock Pleasant Creek State Park Rippey Saylorville Lake Spencer	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, November 14, 1988	Field notes	Bird watching Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls	1988-11-14	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for November 14, 1988. Highlights of the update include several excellent sightings from around the state, including a Pine Grosbeak, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, Greater Scaup, two Golden Eagles, and as many as 1000 Tundra Swans. Also of note was the continued presence of a Rock Wren as well as the first Snowy Owl sighting of the season.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Ring-billed Gull Yellow-billed Loon Snow Bunting Pine Grosbeak Snowy Owl Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Rock Wren Greater Scaup White-winged Scoter Golden Eagle Bufflehead Lesser Scaup Tundra Swan Northern Shrike	Clear Lake Lake Manawa State Park Laurens Saylorville Lake Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area Pickerel Lake Carlisle Glendale Cemetery Pool 19 Pool 9 Cherry Glen Recreation Area Clarion	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	1
Iowa Birdline update, November 20, 1989, part two	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-11-20	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for November 20, 1989. Highlights include a White-winged Crossbill invasion with several reports coming in of sightings across the state.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk White-winged Crossbill Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Northern Goshawk California Gull Golden Eagle Tundra Swan	Big Creek Lake Credit Island Dallas County Saylorville Lake Wayne County Pool 9	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, November 20, 1989	Field notes	Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls	1989-11-20	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for November 20, 1989. Highlights include sightings of a California Gull and Trumpeter and Tundra Swans.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	White-winged Crossbill Trumpeter Swan California Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Snow Goose Tundra Swan Sandhill Crane Northern Shrike Mallard	Credit Island Hickory Hill Park Ruthven Spirit Lake Wayne County DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	2
Iowa Birdline update, November 21-28, 1988	Field notes	Bird watching Water birds Dial-a-message telephone calls	1988-11-21	1988-11-28	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for November 21-28, 1988. Highlights of the update include a variety of water bird sightings due to the fact the lakes and ponds remain unfrozen. Other interesting observations include a Rock Wren, a Black-legged Kittiwake, a Trumpeter Swan, a Tundra Swan, and several species of Owls.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Short-eared Owl Franklin's Gull Long-tailed Duck Trumpeter Swan Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Rock Wren White-winged Scoter Hooded Merganser Lesser Yellowlegs Long-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Canada Goose Great Blue Heron Tundra Swan Sandhill Crane	Lake Ahquabi Big Creek State Park Cedar Rapids Hickory Hill Park Lake Red Rock Red Rock Dam Saylorville Lake Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge West Okoboji Lake Ingham Lake Lake MacBride Cedar Hills Sand Prairie Cherry Glen Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	1