Rare bird documentation form for Black Duck at Willow Slough, 1980
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1980-04-07
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1980-05-26
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Black Duck at Willow Slough in Mills County, IA on April 7, 1980.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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American Black Duck
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Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Willow Slough, Mills County, Iowa
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The documentation form by Barbara Wilson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Darker than most dabbling duck females. Similar to Mallard. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:55:00/15:15:00.
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Iowa Birdline update, October 8, 1990
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Field notes
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Bird watching Laridae | Gulls and Terns Rare birds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Emberizidae | Sparrows Waterfowl Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1990-10-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Iowa Birdline update for October 8, 1990. Highlights of the update include the continued presence of a California Gull, a Yellow Rail, and a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Also of note were sightings of a very late Black Tern, a female Black-throated Blue Warbler, and numerous shorebirds and waterfowl. Also included is an update on the sighting of two rare birds, a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and a Mew Gull.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow American White Pelican Yellow Rail Virginia Rail Mew Gull California Gull Le Conte's Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Sora Sanderling Baird's Sandpiper Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Black-throated Blue Warbler Greater White-fronted Goose Black Tern
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Lake Red Rock Snake Creek State Game Management Area Whitebreast Recreation Area Red Rock Wildlife Area Lovilia Jolly Rogers Campground Sandpiper Recreation Area Babcock Access
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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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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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Spring 1995, documented records
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Field notes
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Bird watching Rare birds
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1995-06-07
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N/A
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List of documented bird sightings dated June 7, 1995. This list contains the species that were documented in Iowa for spring 1995. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1995.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Western Bluebird at western Iowa before 1889
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1889-02-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Western Bluebirds at western Iowa before 1889. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Preliminary Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 5:113-161 by Charles R. Keyes and H.S. Williams also seen by Mr. Atkinson, and referenced by another publication.
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Western Bluebird
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Iowa
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Rare bird documentation form for Black Duck at Forneys Lake, 1975
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Field notes
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1975-11-16
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1975-12-05
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Black Duck at Forneys Lake in Fremont County, IA on November 16, 1975.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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American Black Duck
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Forneys Lake
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Forney Lake, Fremont Co., Iowa
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Forney Lake is a wetland area and small lake of about 5 acres which attracts numerous waterfowl in spring and fall.
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The documentation form by W. Ross Silcock is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: The only similarly - appearing species remotely possible here would be the Mottled Duck, which I have seen in Louisiana. The Mottled Duck has a much cleaner) cut appearance than the Black Duck and if at all to be expected, would be more likely in the spring. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:15:00/10:45:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting near Sioux Center in 1975
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1975-09-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting near Sioux Center in Sioux County, IA on June 14, 1975. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 45(3):92-95 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Ron Muilenberg.
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Lazuli Bunting
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Sioux Center
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting at Sioux CIty in 1973
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1973-09-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA on May 24, 1973. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 43(3):74-77 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Evelyn Hanna.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Lazuli Bunting
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Sioux City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting at Shenandoah in 1959
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1959-12-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a pair of Lazuli Buntings at Shenandoah in Page County, IA on May 15, 1959. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Bird Records at Shenandoah in Iowa Bird Life 29(4):102 by Frances Bordner, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Lazuli Bunting
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Shenandoah
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting at Sioux City in 1929
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA on May 20, 1929. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Lazuli Bunting in Iowa in Wilson Bulletin 41(3):190 by William Youngworth, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Lazuli Bunting
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Sioux City
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting at Center Chapel in Warren County in 1935
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1936-03-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting at Center Chapel in Warren County, IA on July 25 and 27, 1935. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Lazuli Bunting in Warren County in Iowa Bird Life 6(1):11 by Helen R. Peasley also seen by Mrs. John E. Stewart, Janetta DuMont, and Olivia McCabe, and referenced by another publication.
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Lazuli Bunting
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Center Chapel
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting at Des Moines in 1940
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1971-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for Lazuli Buntings at Des Moines in Polk County, IA in late May 1940. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication An Annotated List of the Birds of Iowa by Woodward H. Brown seen by Helen R. Peasley.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Lazuli Bunting
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Des Moines
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting near Newton in 1949
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting near Newton in Jasper County, IA on May 13, 1949. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Lazuli Bunting at Newton in Iowa Bird Life 19(4):73 by John Paul Moore also seen by Bob Little, and referenced by another publication.
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Lazuli Bunting
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Newton
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting at Big Sioux River near Sioux City in 1958
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting at Big Sioux River near Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA on May 14, 1958. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Lazuli Bunting Along the Western Border of Iowa: A Summary in Iowa Bird Life 29(1):3-5 by William Youngworth, and referenced by two other publications.
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Sioux City
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Records Committee review for Lazuli Bunting at Plymouth County, IA in 1958
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting at Plymouth County, IA on June 18, 1958. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Lazuli Bunting Along the Western Border of Iowa: A Summary in Iowa Bird Life 29(1):3-5 by William Youngworth.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Lazuli Bunting
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting near Lamoni in 1964
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1993-08-26
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting near Lamoni in Decatur County, IA on May 29, 1964. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 34(3):64-67 by Woodward H. Brown seen by Genevieve Edna DeLong and Rita Reynard, and referenced by another publication.
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Lazuli Bunting
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Lamoni
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Sweet Marsh, 1978
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on April 29, 1978.
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Schaufenbuel, Joseph P.
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Yellow Rail
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Sweet Marsh
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Sweet Marsh, which is located one mile East of Tripoli, Bremer County, IA.
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The area of Sweet Marsh where the bird was flushed had a water depth of about two feet. Many large and small clumps of grass covered mounds of earth, there was a shallow marshy spot that was heavily vegitated. Otherwise the area surrounding sighting was similar. This type of habitat covered several acres. The grasses were mostly remanent [sic] of last years growth, with new sprouts over a foot in height. The water was slightly stagnant, and water level was slightly higher than normal because of recent rains.
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The documentation form by Joe Schaufenbuel is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: I can think of no species of bird of similar size with a white patch on hind wing. Other rails would be uniform dark and larger. Perching birds such as a Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza gerogiana) have long tails. Extreme comparisons could be made with Common Snipe (Capella gallinago) which is long billed, has pointed wings, and has a rapid zig-zag flying style. | The original documentation form event occurred around 18:30:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Conesville Marsh, 1978
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Field notes
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1978-04-30
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for two or three Yellow Rails at Conesville Marsh in Louisa County, IA on April 30, 1978.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Yellow Rail
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Conesville Marsh Louisa County IA
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hay field with scattered marshy areas in it
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Mike Newlon, Rich DeCoster and Tom Staudt. | Elimination of similar species: Sora. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:00:00/10:45:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Cone Marsh, 1978
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1978-04-30
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Cone Marsh in Louisa County, IA on April 30, 1978.
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Newlon, Michael C.
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Yellow Rail
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Cone Marsh, Louisa Co., Iowa
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alfalfa field bordered to w. and s. by ledges + more fields; to n, second-growth woods; to e., extensive area of woods and marsh.
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The documentation form by Michael C. Newlon is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Thomas Kent, Thomas Staudt, Rich DeCoster, Nicholas Halmi, Carol Newlon, and Thomas Shires. | Elimination of similar species: Sora-like build, yellow-ochre underparts, white patch on wings, eliminate all other rails. Imm. sora would lack yellow beneath + white wing patch. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:00:00/12:20:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Cedar Hills Sand Prairie, 1979
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Field notes
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1979-04-29
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1979-06-05
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Cedar Hills Sand Prairie in Black Hawk County, IA on April 29, 1979.
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Stone, Tom, Jr. Stone, Tom
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Yellow Rail
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Cedar Hills Sand Prairie
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Mark sandprairie near Cedar Falls
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20 by 50 ft. marsh with alot of marshy grasses and broken down old cattails.
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The documentation form by Tom Stone, Jr. and Tom Stone is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: no other rail has a white bar along the edge of the wing. | The original documentation form event occurred around 13:00:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Sweet Marsh, 1979
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Field notes
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1979-05-05
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on May 5, 1979.
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Schaufenbuel, Joseph P.
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Yellow Rail
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Sweet Marsh
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Sweet Marsh, Tripoli, Iowa
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A grassey [sic] marsh area along edge of a pond. This area had an average water depth of four inches. The size of the grassey [sic] marsh is about half an acre and is located in and area of extensive cattail marsh and wet meadows.
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Sweet Marsh, 1979
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1979-05-26
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1979-05-28
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on May 26, 1979.
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Myers, Robert K.
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Yellow Rail
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Sweet Marsh
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Sweet Marsh
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The documentation form by Robert K. Myers is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Francis Moore. | Elimination of similar species: We have similarly flushed many soras this spring and at first glance the very buffy (yellowish) undersides made me think of a immature sora. However, this rail was smaller than a sora and had a very dark (almost black) back. Along the trailing edge of each wing out from the body about 2" and about 1/2" wide (maybe wider) was a white bar. | The original documentation form event occurred around 10:00:00.
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Swan Lake in 1980
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Field notes
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1980-04-28
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1980-05-05
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Swan Lake in Johnson County, IA on April 28, 1980.
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Staudt, Thomas J.
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Yellow Rail
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Swan Lake
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Swan Lake, 1980
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1980-04-28
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1980-05-18
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Swan Lake in Johnson County, IA on April 28, 1980.
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Glasson, Marilyn Smith
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Yellow Rail
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Swan Lake
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Marshy area about 1/2 mi. NE Swan Lake. N of Swan Lake Road S of Pine Stand
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marsh; noted no plant species First flushed from drier grassy area (I didn't see) 2nd time flushed from water edge to dry grass area
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The documentation form by Marilyn Smith Glasson is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Tom Staudt. | Elimination of similar species: The Sora is the only other bird that is similar. It has no white on its wings. I've never noticed back striping to be so evident. | The original documentation form event lasted from 06:30:00/08:00:00 approximately.
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Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Sweet Marsh, 1980
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Field notes
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1980-05-11
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1980-05-18
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Yellow Rail at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on May 11, 1980.
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Myers, Robert K.
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Yellow Rail
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Sweet Marsh
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East side of Sweet Marsh - Bremer Co. Iowa
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This bird flushed in exactly the same place as one did May 26, 1979 for Francis Moore and me. The area has short grass (less than a foot high) and the water under the grass is about 4" or 5" deep. Francis flushed the bird again May 18, 1980.
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The documentation form by Robert K. Myers is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Francis Moore. | The original documentation form event occurred around 09:00:00.
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