Field notes contributed by Robert K. Myers, fall 1986
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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List of birds and locations contributed by Robert K. Myers with observer Stephen J. Dinsmore. The field notes include several bird descriptions. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1986.
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Myers, Robert K.
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Northern Flicker Thayer's Gull Barn Owl Western Grebe Yellow Rail Pacific Loon Black Scoter Red Knot Rock Wren White-winged Scoter Peregrine Falcon Sora Olive-sided Flycatcher Connecticut Warbler Cape May Warbler Buff-breasted Sandpiper Northern Shrike
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 29, Number 3, November 1993
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Newsletters
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Bird surveys Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Nature photography Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1993-11-01
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1993-11-30
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 29, Number 3, November 1993. Highlights of the newsletter include details on the upcoming meeting featuring a presentation by Hank Zaletel, a report of a Des Moines Register article featuring society member Dick Trump's innovative photography techniques, an update on the research of nesting Red-shouldered Hawks, and information on upcoming Christmas Bird Counts.
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Edwards, David C. Dragula, Sherry Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa)
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Red-shouldered Hawk
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Iowa RBA and update, May 19-22, 1997
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1997-05-19
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1997-05-22
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Iowa RBA update for May 19, 1997. Highlights of the update include nesting Black-billed Magpies and the continued presence of a White-winged Dove. Also of note were sightings of Lazuli Buntings and Anhingas as well as birds seen on field trips held during the IOU Tri-state Meeting in Sioux City. Also included is a brief update from May 22, 1997, with sightings of a Mississippi Kite and a Common Moorhen.
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Swainson's Hawk Least Bittern Marbled Godwit Anhinga Chestnut-collared Longspur White-winged Dove Common Moorhen Black-billed Magpie Lazuli Bunting Le Conte's Sparrow Hudsonian Godwit Red-necked Phalarope Northern Mockingbird Red Crossbill Great-tailed Grackle American Golden Plover
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Iowa RBA, May 12, 1997
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1997-05-12
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Iowa RBA update for May 12, 1997. Highlights of the update include sightings of a Black-throated Gray Warbler and nesting Black-billed Magpies as well as the continued presence of a White-winged Dove. There were numerous other observations, including a Prairie Warbler, a Marbled Godwit, a light-phase Ferruginous Hawk, a Red-throated Loon, and a Pacific Loon. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Western Tanager and a Fish Crow.
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Ferruginous Hawk Marbled Godwit Red-throated Loon Red-necked Grebe Fish Crow Western Tanager White-winged Dove Black-billed Magpie Western Grebe Yellow Rail Pacific Loon Black-throated Gray Warbler Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Red-necked Phalarope Prairie Warbler Red Crossbill
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Ames Cedar Bluff Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Dudgeon Lake State Wildlife Mgt Area Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lake Macbride State Park Le Grand Pleasant Creek State Park West Okoboji Lake Westfield Lily Pond Aspen Grove Cemetery Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Hubbard Sullivan Slough Laurel
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Iowa Birdline update, June 13, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1994-06-13
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 13, 1994. Highlights include Purple Gallinule, Sandhill Crane, Prairie Warbler, Western Grebe and Least Tern. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Yellow-breasted Chat Purple Gallinule Yellow-throated Warbler Western Grebe Least Tern Peregrine Falcon Acadian Flycatcher Prairie Warbler Sandhill Crane
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Cedar Rapids Zirbel Slough Sweet Marsh MidAmerican Energy Ponds Indian Creek Nature Center Macbride Nature Recreation Area
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Iowa Birdline update, June 20, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Dial-a-message telephone calls
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Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 20, 1994. Highlights include Western Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Piping Plover and Least Tern. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Little Blue Heron Red-necked Grebe Western Grebe Western Kingbird Snowy Egret Chuck-will's-widow Least Tern Piping Plover Blue Grosbeak
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Waubonsie State Park MidAmerican Energy Ponds Bartlett Pagel Flaming Prairie Park Rice Lake Cooper Creek Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Birdline update, June 17, 1991
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Dial-a-message telephone calls
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for June 17, 1991. Highlights include information from a prairie exploration trip around Iowa and the observation that many breeding birds are currently on nest. Includes hand written notes in preparation for next week's update.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Swainson's Hawk Bobolink White-eyed Vireo Bell's Vireo Henslow's Sparrow Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren Ring-necked Duck Black-crowned Night Heron
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Osceola County Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Swan Lake
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Iowa summer bird reports, 1995, Babs & Loren Padelford
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Babs and Loren Padelford. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Bell's Vireo Black-and-white Warbler Carolina Wren Red-breasted Merganser Trumpeter Swan Least Tern Piping Plover Lesser Scaup Kentucky Warbler
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Folsom Lake Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Lake Manawa State Park Waubonsie State Park MidAmerican Energy Ponds West Oak Forest
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Matt Kenne
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1995-06-01
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Matt Kenne. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Kenne, Matthew C.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Short-eared Owl Forster's Tern Ruddy Turnstone Great Crested Flycatcher Green-winged Teal Gadwall King Rail Northern Harrier
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Algona Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Copp Prairie Area
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1995, Tom Johnson
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1995-06-01
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Tom Johnson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Johnson, Thomas N.
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American Avocet Bald Eagle Franklin's Gull Red Knot American Coot Short-billed Dowitcher Black Tern
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Rathbun Lake
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IA summer 1995 report, Bill Huser
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Bill Huser. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Huser, Bill F.
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Bell's Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-billed Cuckoo Franklin's Gull Least Tern Piping Plover Willet Black-billed Cuckoo Least Sandpiper
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Stone State Park New Lake Sioux City State Prairie Preserve
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Summer field reports, 1995, Jim Dinsmore
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Weather
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1995-06-01
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1995-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Jim Dinsmore and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1995.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Least Bittern Ring-billed Gull Willow Flycatcher Carolina Wren Greater Prairie-Chicken Least Tern Northern Shoveler Winter Wren Bonaparte's Gull
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Dallas County Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area Harrier Marsh Kossuth County Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Grovers Lake McBreen Marsh Gilmore City MidAmerican Energy Ponds Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area Pikes Peak State Park New Lake Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Giard Dugout Creek Wildlife Management Area
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Conrad F. Schlemmer, fall 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Weather
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1986-08-01
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1986-11-30
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List of birds and locations contributed by Conrad F. Schlemmer. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1986.
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Schlemmer, Conrad F.
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Purple Martin Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Siskin Great Blue Heron Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark
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Council Bluffs Lake Manawa Marne
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Ross W. Silcock letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 3, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks
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1978-06-03
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Letter from Ross W. Silcock to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 3, 1978. The sighting of a pair of Ospreys possibly building a nest in Riverton is mentioned at the beginning of the letter. Many of the birds discussed in the letter are shorebirds. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Yellow-headed Blackbird Loggerhead Shrike Cinnamon Teal Snowy Egret Merlin Wilson's Phalarope Osprey Hudsonian Godwit White-rumped Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Black Tern
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Riverton Randolph
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Hank Krause letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, spring 1986
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1986-03-01
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1986-05-31
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Field notes contributed by Hank Krause in a letter to Thomas H. Kent. This item was submitted past the deadline for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1986.
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Krause, Hank
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Chestnut-collared Longspur Loggerhead Shrike Blue Grosbeak Tundra Swan
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Akron Westfield
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Bird report
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Wit and humor
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1986-11-02
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1986-12-02
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Haldy describes observing a late pair of barn swallows take over an American Robin nest. Haldy eventually found the pair dead in early December. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of fall 1986.
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Haldy, Lanny
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Barn Swallow
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Amana
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Field reports form, contributed by Rita E. Efta, fall 1986
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Nests
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1986-08-01
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1986-11-30
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Efta lists sightings of Bald Eagles, Pine Siskins, and a sizeable population of Eastern Bluebirds, all in the vicinity of Auburn, Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of fall 1986.
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Efta, Rita E.
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Bald Eagle Eastern Bluebird Pine Siskin
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Grant County Park Auburn
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Lee Searles letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings in Greene County, Iowa, August 21, 1984
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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Lee Searles letter to Thomas H. Kent was regarding bird sightings in Greene County, Iowa, August 21, 1984. Forty-five species of birds were seen during June and July 1984, most significantly Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Least Bitterns, and an Orchard Oriole. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1984.
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Searles, Lee
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Least Bittern Yellow-headed Blackbird Orchard Oriole Barred Owl Cliff Swallow
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Greene County Rippey Snake Creek State Game Management Area Squirrel Hollow County Park Washington Township
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Iowa fall report, Babs & Loren Padelford, 1984
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Water birds Birds--Infancy
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1984-08-01
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1984-11-30
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Iowa fall report, Babs & Loren Padelford, 1984, listed 68 species sighted, with some observations by Tanya Bray and Sandy Kovanda. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1984.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Bald Eagle Little Blue Heron Ring-billed Gull Pine Grosbeak Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Cape May Warbler King Rail Great Egret
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Folsom Lake Fremont County Lake Manawa State Park Mills County Cass County
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Field notes contributed by Thomas H. Kent, fall 1984
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Field notes
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Field notes were contributed by Thomas H. Kent, fall 1984. Fifty-nine bird species were sighted with eight other observers, mostly in Johnson County. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1984.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Rufous Hummingbird Double-crested Cormorant Cattle Egret Red Knot Bohemian Waxwing Golden Eagle Connecticut Warbler Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper Northern Shrike
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Chester Coralville Lake Folsom Lake Fremont County Hickory Hill Park Johnson County Nebraska City Winneshiek County
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Jack A. Holloway III letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings in May and August 1984
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Infancy
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1984-05-03
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1984-08-23
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Jack A. Holloway III letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings in May and August 1984. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1984.
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Holloway, Jack A.
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Broad-winged Hawk Bell's Vireo Piping Plover Sedge Wren Northern Mockingbird Ovenbird Blue Grosbeak
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Stone State Park Louisville Bend Wildlife Area Bronson Sergeant Bluff
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Barbara L. Wilson letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding field notes, November 25, 1982
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird declines Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Phasianidae | Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse Weather
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Field notes contributed by Barbara L. Wilson in a letter to Thomas H. Kent. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1982.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Pied-billed Grebe Cinnamon Teal Merlin American Wigeon Common Pheasant
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Forneys Lake Mills County DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Tanya Bray letter and field report to Thomas H. Kent, November 29, 1982
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird declines Bird watching Birds--Habitat Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Ornithology--Methodology Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers
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1982-11-29
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Field report was contributed by Tanya Bray and other observers in a letter to Thomas H. Kent. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1982.
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Bray, Tanya
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Orchard Oriole Savannah Sparrow Red-necked Phalarope Ruff
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Forneys Lake Lake Manawa DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Lewis and Clark State Park
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Peter E. Lowther letter to Lawrence Cantera regarding a report of three breeding bird censuses, July 29, 1982
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Habitat Birds--Nests
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A letter and breeding bird population report of three prairie habitats in Northwestern Iowa were contributed by Peter E. Lowther in a letter to Lawrence Cantera. Census visits were conducted in June. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1982.
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Lowther, Peter E.
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Willow Flycatcher Yellow-headed Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Henslow's Sparrow Blue-winged Teal Dickcissel Sedge Wren
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Cayler Prairie State Preserve Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve
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Spring field report submitted by James C. Bednarz. Noteworthy sightings have been underlined in red . This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Bednarz, James C. (James Cary)
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Red-shouldered Hawk Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Cattle Egret Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Osprey
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Allamakee County Benton County Wexford Creek Dubuque County Mann Wilderness Area
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