Bluestem Flyer, Volume 19, Number 4, December 1984
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 19, Number 4, December 1984. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events including the Christmas Bird Count, reports of the last society meeting as well as other meetings and activities, and notes on observations of arriving winter birds along with a sighting of an immature Black-legged Kittiwake.
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 19, Number 5, January 1985. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, a report on the outcome of the society's Christmas Bird Count in which 45 species of birds were observed, and updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues including a proposed Ames Reservoir.
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 19, Number 7, March 1985
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 19, Number 7, March 1985. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, information about a field trip to Nebraska to view migrating Sandhill Cranes, notes on observations of late winter birds and early spring arrivals, and updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues.
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 19, Number 10, June 1985
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 19, Number 10, June 1985. Highlights of the newsletter include details from the last society meeting with election of officers, a report from the spring meeting of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, and notes on bird observations at Ledges State Park including many migrating Warblers.
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 20, Number 1, September 1985
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 20, Number 1, September 1985. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, an announcement of the resignation of Edward Brigham as the vice president of the National Audubon Society's north midwest region, notes on the beginning of the fall Warbler migration, and updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues.
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 20, Number 3, November 1985
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 20, Number 3, November 1985. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, an announcement of the completion of a brochure interpreting the features of the Audubon Trail at Brookside Park, and notes on the observation of the first jaeger in the state since 1966.
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 20, Number 6, February 1986
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 20, Number 6, Febraury 1986. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events and an article with tips on the best places to hear and see Owls. Also included is a list of the society's programs with the topics and speakers for February through June 1986.
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 20, Number 9, May 1986
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 20, Number 9, May 1986. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, birder's notes with observations of migrating spring Warblers, updates on conservation efforts and environmental issues including information on the Garrison Diversion Project, and a profile on Audubon member Burt Shephard.
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 21, Number 1, September 1986
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 21, Number 1, September 1986. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, including an Aldo Leopold centennial celebration, the 1986 society program schedule, and a list of September field trips. Also of interest are birder's notes on the fall migration of shorebirds and Warblers and a summer report of unusual sightings of a Mountain Plover and a Western Sandpiper.
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Bluestem Flyer, Volume 21, Number 7, March 1987
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 21, Number 7, March 1987. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming meetings and events, a report on a field trip to Big Creek and Ledge State Park where several species of Owls were observed, and birder's notes on the limited amount of bird activity due to warm and dry weather in February.
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 21, Number 9, June 1987. Highlights of the newsletter include the results from spring Warbler hikes, a list of the 1987-1988 Big Bluestem Audubon Society board members, the budget of the society for the fiscal year May 1, 1987 to April 30, 1988, and a list of society meetings and field trips for 1987 and 1988.
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The Secretary's Report of the Fairfield Bird Club of Fairfield, Iowa, 1933-1943
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Handwritten minutes for the Fairfield Bird Club from its founding at the Fairfield Public Library on March 2, 1933, through March 1943. The minutes were recorded by the person who held the office of secretary for the club for that year and provide an overview of what happened when the club met, including the locations of the meetings, guests who attended the meetings and subjects of the programs presented. Also includes programs as well as signatures and addresses of attendees of the annual Iowa Ornithologists' Union meetings that were held in Fairfield in 1933 and 1936. Also of note are several newspaper clippings highlighting the activities of the club.
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 27, Number 8, April 1992
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 27, Number 8, April 1992. Highlights of the newsletter include details on upcoming shorebird, waterfowl, and warbler field trips, reports on March fields trips to Lake Red Rock and Little Wall Lake, details of the future American Ornithologists' Union meeting in Ames on June 24-27, 1992, and information on a meeting of the central Iowa Prairie Network.
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 27, Number 1, September 1991
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 27, Number 1, September 1991. Highlights of the newsletter include an introduction to and brief history of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society, a request of society members to write letters in support of a proposed Waterman Creek Prairie project, an introduction to a new Audubon program called the Armchair Activist, and the 1991-1992 society event schedule with program topics and speakers as well as field trips.
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 25, Number 1, September 1990
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 25, Number 1, September 1990. Highlights of the newsletter include a call for sponsors to held fund Audubon Adventures which is the youth education program of the National Audubon Society and the 1990-1991 society event schedule with program topics and speakers as well as field trips.
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 24, Number 1, September 1989
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 24, Number 1, September 1989. Highlights of the newsletter include the 1989-1990 society event schedule with program topics and speakers as well as field trips, an introduction and brief history of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society, and the 1989-1990 budget of the society.
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Big Bluestem Flyer, Volume 22, Number 5, January 1988
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 22, Number 5, January 1988. Highlights of the newsletter include details on the National Audubon Society Boards of Directors election from NAS president Peter A.A. Berle and a list of spring 1988 events with information on topics and speakers.
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 29, Number 9, May 1994. Highlights of the newsletter include details on the upcoming meeting featuring a presentation by Elizabeth Stanley, a report from the nominating committee with the slate of 1994-1995 society officer candidates to be voted on at the official annual meeting in May, information on the Iowa Ornithologists' Spring Meeting taking place in Ames on May 20-22, and the society's 1993-1994 finances and budget for 1994-1995.
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The newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, Iowa), Volume 30, Number 1, October 1994. Highlights of the newsletter include details on future events of the society for November 1994 through May 1995, a report of a field trip to the Chichaqua Wildlife Area where 40 species of birds were observed, and an announcement of Peter Berle resigning as president of the National Audubon Society. Also included is a Big Bluestem Audubon Society Membership Survey, Fall 1994.
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Letter from Peter P. Laude to Frederic Leopold regarding an invitation to speak at the Iowa Ornithologists' Union convention, January 10, 1952. The letter details the interest in having Leopold appear on the program for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union convention after members of the Cedar Rapids Bird Club read an article by Ries Tuttle describing Leopold's Wood Duck experiences. This document is related to a response from Frederic Leopold: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3077/view
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An announcement of an important business meeting of the Ames Audubon Society. The purpose of the special meeting was to discuss several items, including progress on affiliation with the National Audubon Society, the constitution and by-laws, a proposed resolution on DDT, and an update on the construction of bird feeding stations. Also included is a sample proposed resolution urging the city of Ames to eliminate the use of DDT and other persistent pesticides in its public spraying programs.
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The spring 2001 calendar of events for the Big Bluestem Audubon Society. The calendar provides details on several general meetings, speakers, and field trips of the society for mid-January though early June 2000, including outings to Ledges State Park, Lake Red Rock, and Cone Marsh Wildlife Management area as well as waterfowl and shorebird trips. Includes a map of the general meeting location and a map of the field trip meeting location.
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