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

Field notes contributed by Bery Engebretsen, spring 1996	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Turdidae \| Thrushes Parulidae \| Warblers Songbirds Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1996-03-01	1996-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Spring report of birds and locations contributed by Bery Engebretsen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1996.	Engebretsen, Bery	White-faced Ibis American Bittern Red-necked Grebe Alder Flycatcher Brewer's Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Western Grebe Black Scoter Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Glaucous Gull Yellow-rumped Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Ruff	Big Creek Lake Dunbar Slough Riverton Wildlife Management Area Saylorville Lake Snake Creek State Game Management Area Paul Errington Wildlife Management Area Polk City Wildlife Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	27	1
Field notes contributed by John Van Dyk, spring 1996	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Falconiformes \| Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Turdidae \| Thrushes Vireonidae \| Vireos Parulidae \| Warblers Weather Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1996-03-01	1996-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Spring report of birds found in northwest Iowa contributed by John Van Dyk. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1996.	Van Dyk, John, 1936-	Northern Flicker Bald Eagle Red-throated Loon Yellow-breasted Chat Cinnamon Teal Ruby-throated Hummingbird Common Redpoll Ross' Goose Hoary Redpoll Hooded Merganser Baird's Sandpiper Common Snipe Sedge Wren Hermit Thrush American Tree Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Canada Goose Northern Shoveler Least Sandpiper	Hawarden Sioux Center Sioux County Oak Grove State Park Rock River George Doon Winterfeld Boat and Fish Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	27	1
Field reports Iowa, fall 1996, December 10, 1996	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birdsongs Birds--Research Icteridae \| Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Sylviidae \| Kinglets and Gnatcatchers Ornithology--Societies, etc Hirundinidae \| Swallows Turdidae \| Thrushes Vireonidae \| Vireos Parulidae \| Warblers Troglodytidae \| Wrens Birds--Infancy Emberizidae \| Sparrows Calcariidae \| Longspurs and snow bunting	1996-12-10	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	A list of bird sightings organized by species, December 10, 1996. The list also contains the number of birds seen, date of sighting, location, and observer of each species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1996.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union	Bobolink Yellow-breasted Chat Indigo Bunting Rose-breasted Grosbeak Eastern Towhee Dickcissel Scarlet Tanager Spotted Towhee Blue Grosbeak Dark-eyed Junco American Goldfinch	Iowa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	27	3
Field reports, fall 1998, Burrowing Owl through Rusty Blackbird, December 11, 1998	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Sylviidae \| Kinglets and Gnatcatchers Ornithology--Methodology Hirundinidae \| Swallows Turdidae \| Thrushes Vireonidae \| Vireos Parulidae \| Warblers Troglodytidae \| Wrens Piciformes \| Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes \| Owls Apodiformes \| Swifts and Hummingbirds Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1998-12-11	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	A list of bird sightings organized by species, December 11, 1998. The list includes sightings of Owls, Hummingbirds, Woodpeckers, Flycatchers, Vireos, Swallows, Wrens, Thrushes, Warblers, and Sparrows. The list also contains the number of birds seen, date of sighting, location, and observer of each species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union		Iowa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	28	2
Field check lists by Walter Rosene, Jr., May 20-21, 1972	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Icteridae \| Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Fringillidae \| Finches Hirundinidae \| Swallows Turdidae \| Thrushes Parulidae \| Warblers Piciformes \| Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1972-05-20	1972-05-21	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Two field check lists of bird sightings, one of birds observed at Sweet Marsh and the other a composite list from the 50th Iowa Ornithologists' Union meeting in Waterloo, both compiled by Walter Rosene, Jr., May 20-21, 1972.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1912-		Waterloo Sweet Marsh	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	38	7
Walter Rosene 1923 bird sighting records	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Research Icteridae \| Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Falconiformes \| Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Hirundinidae \| Swallows Turdidae \| Thrushes Vireonidae \| Vireos Parulidae \| Warblers Piciformes \| Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes \| Owls Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1923-01-01	1923-12-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	A handwritten list of bird sighting records from 1923 compiled by Walter Rosene, organized by species and annotated with sighting dates. Also includes the number of different varieties of birds observed each month.	Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941		Iowa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	38	3
List 3, Flycatchers-Starling, summer 2002	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Passeriformes \| Perching-birds and songbirds Laniidae \| Shrikes Turdidae \| Thrushes Vireonidae \| Vireos Bombycillidae \| Waxwings Troglodytidae \| Wrens	2002-06-01	2002-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Annotated list of bird sightings organized by species, summer 2002. The list includes sightings of Flycatchers, Shrikes, Vireos, Wrens, Thrushes, and Waxwings. The list also contains the number of birds seen, date of sighting, location, and observer of each species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2002.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union		Iowa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	9
Summer 2005 bird sightings list, August 15, 2005	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Research Icteridae \| Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Falconiformes \| Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes \| Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Thraupidae \| Tanagers Turdidae \| Thrushes Vireonidae \| Vireos Parulidae \| Warblers Troglodytidae \| Wrens Piciformes \| Woodpeckers and allies Emberizidae \| Sparrows	2005-08-15	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	A list of summer bird sightings organized by species, August 15, 2005. The list also contains the location observed, the number of birds seen, date of sighting, and observer of each species. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union	Vermilion Flycatcher Brown Pelican Black-bellied Whistling-Duck King Rail	Iowa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	12