C. A. Stewart letter to multiple recipients regarding a revised check list for the birds of Iowa, February 3, 1950
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Correspondence Forms (documents) Instructional materials
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Bird populations Bird surveys Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology
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1950-02-03
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N/A
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Letter from C.A. Stewart to E.L. Kozicky, Margaret Jones, George E. Crossley, J.F. Moore, and Fred Hall regarding a revised check list for the birds of Iowa, February 3, 1950. Stewart suggests the best way to revise the check list to include the most up-to-date bird ranges is a survey of bird populations completed by members of the IOU. Included with the letter are instructions to be used in making out the frequency report and an example of a 'Report of occurrence frequency and breeding status of birds of Iowa' form completed by Stewart.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Stewart, C.A.
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Side A Sharp-tailed Sandpiper P-0439 Tape Doug Rose
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1994-05-15
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Field recording of Sharp-tailed Sandpiper calls. The recording was made by Doug Rose at the Riverton Wildlife Management Area, May 15, 1995. It was submitted to the IOU by Ross Silcock. This item is related to an IOU Record Committee review: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/815/view.
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Rose, Douglas L.
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Riverton Wildlife Management Area
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Video of a Lesser Black-backed Gull, Bob Cecil, October 20,1986
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1986-10-20
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Video by Bob Cecil of a Lesser Black-backed Gull flying over the Mississippi River below Lock and Dam 19 at Keokuk, Iowa, October 20, 1986. This item is related to an IOU Records Committee review: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/1029/view.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
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Lock Number 19
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Iceland Gull, March 15, 1991, Red Rock Reservoir
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1991-03-15
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Video by Diane Porter of an Iceland Gull at Red Rock Reservoir, March 15, 1991. The video includes an interview with Tim Schantz, who discovered the gull, and narration that gives a detailed description of the gull's identifying features. This item is related to an IOU Record Committee review: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/1007/view.
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Porter, Diane C.
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Herring Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull
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Red Rock Dam
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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1
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Video of Hudsonain Godwit by Ed Thelen, October 19, 1995
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Water birds
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1995-10-19
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Video by Ed Thelen of a Hudsonian Godwit feeding in shallow water with other shorebirds at Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area, October 19, 1995. This item is related to a rare bird documentation form and letter from Ed Thelen: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/6979/view.
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Thelen, Ed
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Lesser Yellowlegs Hudsonian Godwit Pectoral Sandpiper
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Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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A White Winged Dove P-0596
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1997-04-28
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Field recording of White-winged Dove calls. The recording was made by Tom Kent in Le Grand, Iowa, at the corner of Franklin St. and Fremont St. between 6:30 p.m. and 6:50 p.m., April 28, 1997. This item is related to an IOU Record Committee review: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/1142/view.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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White-winged Dove
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Le Grand
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Side A South Polar Skua P-0597
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Laridae | Gulls and Terns
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1997-04-08
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N/A
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Audiovisual material
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Audio cassette recording by Herbert J. Hodges regarding a gull-like bird in Scott County, Iowa. Hodges notes that the bird's speed, form, and plumage set it apart from gulls common in Iowa, but does not attempt to identify its species. He discusses photographing the bird and consulting with Pete Petersen. This item is related to an IOU Record Committee review, which includes a transcript of the tape: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/864/view.
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Hodges, Herbert James
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South Polar Skua
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Scott County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field checklist of Iowa birds, revised 1999
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Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1999-01-01
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1999-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A blank standardized Iowa Ornithologists' Union checklist of Iowa birds form for recording bird species sightings. The list was revised in 1999 and contains birds that are either regular or casual species in Iowa, with additional space to record accidental species.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field checklist of Iowa birds, revised 2010
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Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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2011-01-01
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2011-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A blank standardized Iowa Ornithologists' Union checklist of Iowa birds form for recording bird species sightings. The list was revised in 2010 and contains 424 total species of birds that are either regular or casual species in Iowa, with additional space to record accidental species.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Lake Red Rock a feather magnet: a check list of birds at Lake Red Rock
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Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology
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1994-01-01
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1994-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A checklist of 314 species of birds that have been observed at Lake Red Rock since 1969. The bird species are arranged taxonomically and information about their habitat, residency statistics, and an abbreviated calendar of presence and abundances is included.
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United States. Army. Corp of Engineers
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Lake Red Rock
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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3
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The Birds of Red Rock Reservoir
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Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology
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1994-10-01
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1994-10-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A blank standardized checklist of bird species found at Lake Red Rock. The checklist includes information on each of the four seasons and indicates the frequency of sightings for that time period, including common, uncommon, occasional, or rare. Also includes a list of accidental bird sightings found at Lake Red Rock.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Lake Red Rock
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Hank Zaletel letter regarding Red-necked Grebes at Little Wall Lake
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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1984-04-12
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1984-04-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Hank Zaletel regarding Red-necked Grebes at Little Wall Lake. The letter details the observation and identification of a Red-necked Grebe in comparison to a nearby Horned Grebe. A post script from Calvin A. Knight and Bernie Knight adds additional information on the sighting of two Red-necked Grebes at the same location.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe
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Little Wall Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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3
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Fall, early spring, and late spring migration dates for Iowa
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Parulidae | Warblers
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A handwritten list of fall, early spring, and late spring migration dates for numerous bird species in Iowa. The list includes the date of the sighting, the number of birds seen, as well as a key code indicating the location of the sighting. Also included is the type-written geographic location key used to decipher in which one of the 12 different observation spots the sighting was made.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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American Avocet Upland Sandpiper Horned Grebe Brewer's Blackbird Lapland Longspur Bewick's Wren Common Moorhen Western Kingbird Least Tern Baltimore Oriole Philadelphia Vireo Greater White-fronted Goose Bonaparte's Gull Dark-eyed Junco American Black Duck
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Ames Credit Island Forneys Lake Ledges State Park Pilot Knob State Park Sidney DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Anderson Goose Lake Iowa State University Nobles Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Pam Allen and Reid I. Allen, summer 2000
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification
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2000-06-01
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2000-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Summer report of birds and locations contributed by Pam Allen and Reid I. Allen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2000.
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Allen, Pam Allen, Reid I.
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Mississippi Kite Yellow-breasted Chat Henslow's Sparrow Least Tern Piping Plover Olive-sided Flycatcher Veery Chestnut-sided Warbler Northern Pintail Sandhill Crane Black Tern
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Dallas County Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Ledges State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Lake MacBride MidAmerican Energy Ponds Urbandale Littlefield County Park Rock Creek State Park Red Feather Prairie Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Donnellson Unit
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Martin L. Grant letter to Woodward H. Brown regarding comments concerning the field checking list of Iowa birds, December 16, 1962
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nomenclature Ornithology--Methodology
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1962-12-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Martin L. Grant to Woodward H. Brown regarding comments concerning the field checking list of Iowa birds, December 16, 1962. The letter details a response from Grant after receiving feedback about the check list from Brown, Frederick W. Kent, and Peter C. Petersen, including Grant's willingness to omit old common bird names and simplifying the family names by reducing to one word wherever possible.
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Grant, Martin L.
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Davenport Des Moines Iowa City Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Philip A. DuMont letter to Martin L. Grant regarding suggestions to the "Check-list of Iowa Birds", December 7, 1962
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nomenclature Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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1962-12-07
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip A. DuMont to Martin L. Grant regarding suggestions to the "Check-list of Iowa Birds", December 7, 1962. The letter details several suggestions DuMont has for Grant's proposed check list of birds, including the use of the full name for each species, omitting the former names of species, eliminating names and initials after the scientific name, and adding a habitat symbol to the status of the bird.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Cedar Falls
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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3
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Checklist of Iowa birds
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Administrative reports Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nomenclature Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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1962-01-01
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1962-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A checklist of Iowa bird species that were reliably reported for the past fifty years as well as earlier ones for which specimens were available complied by Martin L. Grant and Pauline Sauer. The 361 bird species are numbered and listed by their official common name under the appropriate order and family name. The list also includes the scientific name as well as the abundance, resident status, and usual geographical location within the state of Iowa for each bird species.
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Grant, Martin L. Sauer, Pauline
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Cedar Falls Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Check-list of Iowa birds annotated by A. Lang Bailey
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers
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1954-04-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A checklist of 275 bird species commonly found in Iowa as well as an appended list of 65 additional rare or accidental species annotated by A. Lang Bailey.
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Baily, A. Lang
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Long-tailed Duck Yellow Rail Black Rail
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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3
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Iowa Distributional Check-list
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Administrative reports Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Identification Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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1954-01-01
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1954-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A report compiled by the members of the Committee of Bird Distribution in response to growing opinions that the current state bird list for Iowa may be misleading due to the fact that gives the status of each species on a state-wide basis. The committee has divided the state into 9 sections for a more accurate representation of when and where certain species of birds are observed. Then, based on information collected from IOU members from the past 15 years, the species were classified by when they were reported in the state, including summer resident or visitor, winter resident or visitor, spring or fall migrant, permanent resident, casual, or accidental. Also attached is the resulting checklist of each bird found in Iowa listed by species, state location, and classification as well as a list of several species that have been seen with enough frequency to warrant inclusion to the Iowa check-list.
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Musgrove, Jack W. Iowa Ornithologists' Union Brown, Woodward H. Ennis, J. Harold Feeney, Thomas J. Morrissey, Thomas Youngworth, William
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Iowa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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3
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Tri-city Bird Club daily field card compiled by Peter C. Petersen and Dale Birkenholz, May 29, 1956
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Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies
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1956-05-29
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Daily field card of birds observed in Hamilton County compiled by Peter C. Petersen and Dale Birkenholz, May 29, 1956.
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Birkenholz, Dale Petersen, Peter C.
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Yellow-headed Blackbird Warbling Vireo Song Sparrow Chimney Swift Yellow-throated Warbler Dickcissel Western Meadowlark American Robin Mourning Dove Horned Lark Black Tern
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Little Wall Lake Anderson Goose Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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3
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Paul G. Bystrak email to the IA-BIRD mailing list regarding an Olive-sided Flycatcher sighting, June 8, 2000
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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2000-06-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email from Paul G. Bystrak to the IA-BIRD mailing list regarding an Olive-sided Flycatcher sighting, June 8, 2000. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2000.
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Bystrak, Paul G.
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Olive-sided Flycatcher
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Huxley
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Neil Bernstein email to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, June 15, 2000
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests
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2000-06-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email from Neil Bernstein to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, June 15, 2000. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2000.
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Bernstein, Neil
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American Bittern Ring-billed Gull Yellow-headed Blackbird Bobolink Dickcissel Forster's Tern Great-tailed Grackle
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Grovers Lake Spring Run Wetland Complex, Krummen Tract
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Paul Bartelt email to James J. Dinsmore regarding a Swainson's Hawk sighting, July 1, 2000
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching
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2000-07-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email from Paul Bartelt to James J. Dinsmore regarding a Swainson's Hawk sighting, July 1, 2000. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2000.
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Bartelt, Paul
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Swainson's Hawk
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Forest City
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6
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Paul Bartelt email to James J. Dinsmore regarding a White-winged Dove sighting, June 30, 2000
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification
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2000-06-30
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Email from Paul Bartelt to James J. Dinsmore regarding a White-winged Dove sighting, June 30, 2000. Bartelt describes the sighting of a Wing-winged Dove that was seen by his brother, Ron Bartlet, at his farm near Grimes. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2000.
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Bartelt, Paul
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White-winged Dove
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Grimes
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Eugene Armstrong and Eloise Armstrong, summer 2000
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Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests
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2000-06-01
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2000-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Summer report of birds and locations contributed by Eugene Armstrong and Eloise Armstrong. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2000.
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Armstrong, Eloise Armstrong, Eugene
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Mississippi Kite White-faced Ibis Least Bittern Upland Sandpiper Eared Grebe Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren Common Moorhen Western Grebe Long-billed Dowitcher Eastern Phoebe Yellow-Crowned Night Heron White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pileated Woodpecker Veery Northern Mockingbird
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Des Moines Dunbar Slough Harrier Marsh Ledges State Park Madison County Saylorville Lake Stephens State Forest - Lucas Unit Green Island Wildlife Management Area Toolesboro Urbandale Van Meter
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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