Iowa Birdline update, December 3-6, 1990
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Rare birds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1990-12-03
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1990-12-06
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email of the Iowa Birdline update for December 3-6, 1990. Highlights of the update include sightings of an immature male Yellow Grosbeak, a female Merlin, a Harris' Sparrow, and White-winged Scoters. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Carolina Wren and continued presence of 2 first winter Black-legged Kittiwakes.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Pied-billed Grebe Carolina Wren Short-eared Owl Harris' Sparrow Long-tailed Duck Western Grebe Merlin Black-legged Kittiwake Ringed Turtle-Dove Yellow Grosbeak Dickcissel Common Loon White-winged Scoter American Coot
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Little Wall Lake Booneville Cedar Lake Decatur County Elkhart Iowa City Lake Red Rock Lamoni Laurens Red Rock Dam Saylorville Dam Fonda Lohrville Osceola
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Rare bird documentation form for Dunlin at Oak Grove Beach at Saylorville Reservoir, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-12-02
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for six Dunlins at Oak Grove Beach at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on December 2, 1990.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Dunlin
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Oak Grove Recreation Area
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Saylorville Reservoir, Polk Co.-Oak Grove Beach
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Rare bird documentation form for Least Sandpiper at Oak Grove Beach at Saylorville Reservoir, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-12-02
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Least Sandpiper at Oak Grove Beach at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on December 2, 1990.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Least Sandpiper
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Oak Grove Recreation Area
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Saylorville Reservoir, Polk Co.-Oak Grove Beach
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Field Reports, Eugene and Eloise Armstrong, Winter 1990-91
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird feeders Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1990-12-01
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1991-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field reports for the Winter of 1990-1991 submitted by Eugene and Eloise Armstrong featuring a Dickcissel sighting at Booneville in Dallas County, IA on December 3, 1990.
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Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Eugene
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Thayer's Gull Rusty Blackbird Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Loggerhead Shrike Merlin Dickcissel Eurasian Tree Sparrow White-winged Scoter Glaucous Gull Long-eared Owl Pine Siskin Red-breasted Nuthatch Red Crossbill American Goldfinch
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Dennis Carter letter to Carl Bendorf regarding field reports for inclusion in IOU quarterly field report, November 30, 1990
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1990-11-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field reports submitted by Dennis Carter in a letter to Carl Bendorf on November 30, 1990. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1990.
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Carter, Dennis L.
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Pied-billed Grebe Blue-headed Vireo Carolina Wren Tundra Swan
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Decorah Harpers Ferry Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Rare bird documentation form for Golden Eagle in Decatur County, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-25
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1990-11-29
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Golden Eagle in Decatur County, IA on November 25, 1990.
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Schlarbaum, Pat
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Golden Eagle
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Decatur County
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Decatur County, Iowa ... at my parent's farm ... T69N R24W Sec. 17
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J. Donald Gillaspey letter to Carl J. Bendorf regarding bird sightings in Lamoni, IA, November 23, 1990
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1990-11-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field reports with details about sightings around Lamoni, IA submitted by J. Donald Gillaspey in a letter to Carl Bendorf on November 23, 1990. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1990.
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Gillaspey, J. Donald
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Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Short-eared Owl Gray Partridge
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Decatur County Lamoni
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Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) documentation, November 23, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Documentation supporting the sighting of a Black-legged Kittiwake at South Pit at Big Sioux Recreation Area in Sioux County, IA contributed by John Van Dyke on November 23, 1990.
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Van Dyk, John, 1936-
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Black-legged Kittiwake
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Big Sioux Reacreation Area
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Rare bird documentation form for Prairie Falcon east of Hawarden, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-23
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Prairie Falcon east of Hawarden in western Sioux County, IA on November 23, 1990.
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Van Dyk, John, 1936-
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Prairie Falcon
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Hawarden
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some five miles east of Hawarden in western Sioux County.
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Rare bird documentation form for Blue-winged Teal at Saylorville Reservoir in 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds Wildlife conservation
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1990-11-22
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1990-12-22
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for two Blue-winged Teals at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on November 22, 1990.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Blue-winged Teal
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Saylorville Lake
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Rare bird documentation form for Glaucous Gull at Red Rock Dam, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-21
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Glaucous Gull at Red Rock Dam in Marion County, IA on November 21, 1990.
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Fuller, James L
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Glaucous Gull
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Red Rock Dam
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Below the dam - Red Rock Reservoir - Marion County
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River
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Ann Johnson, Chuck Fuller, and Jane Fuller. | Elimination of similar species: Iceland Gull is smaller; first winter bird has smaller all dark bill. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:34:00/13:15:00 and 14:05:00/14:25:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Scarlet Tanager north of Iowa City, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-11
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Scarlet Tanager north of Iowa City in Johnson County, IA on November 11, 1990.
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Fuller, James L
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Scarlet Tanager
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Iowa City
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My backyard north of Iowa City
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Suburban Yard
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Thomas Kent. | Elimination of similar species: Only Western Tanager has dark wings, but it has wingbars. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:10:00/15:50:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Black-legged Kittiwake at Saylorville Reservoir, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-10
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1990-12-21
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for four Black-legged Kittiwakes at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on November 10, 1990 to December 20, 1990.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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Black-legged Kittiwake
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Saylorville Lake
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Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County
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Rare bird documentation form for Black-legged Kittiwake at Jester Park at Saylorville Reservoir, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-10
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1990-11-11
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Black-legged Kittiwake at Jester Park at Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on November 10, 1990.
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Johnson, Ann
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Black-legged Kittiwake
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Jester Park
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Jester Park, Saylorville Reservoir, Polk Co., IA
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Open water
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The documentation form by Ann Johnson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Bery Engebretsen, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Pam Allen, Reid Allen, and Des Moines Audubon. | Elimination of similar species: Although a number of first year gulls show some type of dark "M", none of the expected, or even unexpected, species have the combination of the wing pattern and neck collar that this bid had. Bonaparte's, Ross', Com. Black-headed, Little and Sabine's gulls could all be eliminated by the presence of the collar. Red-legged Kittiwake, the one gull to share the neck collar, was eliminated by the black carpal bar and black tips to tail feathers. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:10:00/10:30:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Surf Scoter at Jester Park, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Societies, etc Rare birds
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1990-11-10
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Surf Scoter at Jester Park in Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County, IA on November 10, 1990.
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Johnson, Ann
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Surf Scoter
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Jester Park
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Jester Park, Saylorville Reservoir, Polk Co., IA
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Open water
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The documentation form by Ann Johnson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Bery Engrebretsen, Eugene Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Pam Allen, Reid Allen, and others from the Des Moines Audubon. | Elimination of similar species: Most ducks were eliminated by the angle/slope of the head and bill and the size of the bill. Although there was a similarity of head profile to the Common Eider, the facial spots eliminated any eider. Black Scoter would have a more rounded head with a uniform lighter cheek area as opposed to the spots on this bird. White-winged Scoter should have shown more rounded angle form the top of the head to the bill, generally would have less distinct facial spots, and definitely would have had white wing patches when the bird raised its wings. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:50:00/10:05:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Thayer's Gull at Lock and Dam 19, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-06
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1990-11-09
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Thayer's Gull at Lock and Dam 19 in Keokuk in Lee County, IA on November 6, 1990.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Thayer's Gull
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Lock Number 19
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Behind Lock and Dam 19 at Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
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River
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The documentation form by Robert Cecil is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Too small, to [sic] uniform in color for Herring. Slight darkening at wingtips eliminates Iceland. | The original documentation form event lasted from 07:45:00/08:00:00 and 13:30:00/13:40:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Black-legged Kittiwake at Carter Lake, 1990
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-04
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1990-11-06
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Black-legged Kittiwake at Carter Lake in Pottawattamie County, IA on November 4, 1990.
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Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren
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Black-legged Kittiwake
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Carter Lake
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Carter Lake, Iowa and Nebraska
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The documentation form by Babs and Loren Padelford is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Rushton G. Cortelyou, Alice Rushton, Tanya Bray, and B.J. Rose. | Elimination of similar species: The bird was approximately the same size or possibly slightly smaller than Ring-billed Gull. [...] Not as large as the bill of the Ring-billed Gulls. [...] The mantle was a darker gray than the Ring-billed Gulls. It was dark enough to distinguish easily by the darker mantle from the Ring-billed Gulls. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:45:00/11:00:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Black-legged Kittiwake at Carter Lake, 1990
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Black-legged Kittiwake at Carter Lake in Pottawattamie County, IA on November 4, 1990.
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Bray, Tanya
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Black-legged Kittiwake
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Carter Lake
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Carter Lake, Pottawattamie County, Iowa and Douglas County, Nebraska
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The documentation form by Tanya Bray is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include B.J. Rose, Rusty Cortelyou, Alice Rushton, Loren Padelford and Babs Padelford. | Elimination of similar species: Bonapartes Gull eliminated by black nape mark, black outer primaries and larger size. Sabine's Gull (1st winter) eliminated by lack of scaled appearance on back, black nape mark. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:30:00/11:32:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Glenwood, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-04
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1990-11-19
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Glenwood in Mills County, IA on November 4, 1990.
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Rose, Douglas L.
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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Glenwood
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in my backyard, 108 Hillcrest Ave Glenwood, Iowa 51534
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borders open field, a few tall weeds
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The documentation form by Doug Rose is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Black-billed Cuckoo - yellow on lower mandible and reddish primary. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:45:00/12:30:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Varied Thrush at MacBride Nature Recreation Area, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-04
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Varied Thrush at MacBride Nature Recreation Area in Johnson County, IA on November 4, 1990.
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Fuller, James L
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Varied Thrush
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Macbride Nature Recreation Area
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MacBride Field Campus of Univ. of Iowa (Johnson Co.)
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Woods - pine & deciduous
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The documentation form by Jim Fuller is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Chuck Fuller and Thomas Kent. | Elimination of similar species: Robin does not have eye streak, belly band, orange throat, or scalloping. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/10:30:02 and 14:20:00/14:20:30.
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Rare bird documentation form for Black Scoter at Ventura Marsh in 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-11-04
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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 Black Scoter at Ventura Marsh in Cerro Gordo County, IA on November 4, 1990.
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LaGrange, Ted
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Black Scoter
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Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Rare bird documentation form for Red-necked Grebe at Jester Park, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-10-28
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Red-necked Grebe at Jester Park at Saylorville Lake in Polk County, IA on October 28, 1990.
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Johnson, Ann
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Red-necked Grebe
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Jester Park
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Jester Park, Saylorville Lake, Polk Co., Iowa
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Open water
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The documentation form by Ann Johnson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Loons were eliminated on the basis of thin neck and posture. Cormorants were eliminated because of straight posture, lack of throat patch, and basic plumage configurations. The bird was obviously larger than a Pied-billed Grebe which would, in addition to the yellow bill, eliminate all but Western Grebe. Western Grebe would have looked much larger than the various waterfowl nearby and would not have shown any rust color on the neck. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:45:00/13:05:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Prairie Falcon in Cass County east of Walnut, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-10-25
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Prairie Falcon in Cass County east of Walnut, IA on October 25, 1990.
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Petersen, Marietta
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Prairie Falcon
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Walnut
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RR #1, Walnut, Iowa 51577
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The area is Upland Prairie Land-pasture, hayfields, corn a soybean fields- and hilly. Little Timber along creek bottoms. We live on a farm in Northwestern Cass County. The bird was sitting on top of a semi-dead Ash tree in our old orchard.
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The documentation form by Marietta Petersen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: The Red Tailed would not have those kind of face markings. But it was about the size of a Red Tailed. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:00:00/09:10:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Peregrine Falcon in Western Sioux County, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-10-24
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Peregrine Falcon in Western Sioux County, IA on October 24, 1990.
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Van Dyk, John, 1936-
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Peregrine Falcon
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Sioux County
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Western Sioux County (about 11 miles straight west of Sioux Center)
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Rare bird documentation form for Golden Eagle at Grammer Grove Wildlife Area, 1990
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1990-10-18
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Golden Eagle at Grammer Grove Wildlife Area in Marshall County, IA on October 18, 1990.
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Proescholdt, Beth
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Golden Eagle
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Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area
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Grammer Grove WA, n. Marshall County, central Iowa
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fields adjacent to wooded ridge paralleling Iowa River
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The documentation form by Beth Proescholdt is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Rough-legged Hawk - explained above. Seeing white on the tail I thought 'Rough-leg'. But this bird had absolutely flat wings as it approached head-on, not with the Rough-legs' 'up-and-out' wing pattern. Three spots of white on an otherwise dark bird - no splotchiness as on a Bald Eagle, no dihedral as in a Turkey Vulture and I knew I was seeing an immature Golden Eagle. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:10:00/14:12:00.
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