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

Erik Munson letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, spring 1988	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes contributed by Erik Munson in a letter to Robert K. Myers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Munson, Erik	Broad-winged Hawk Cooper's Hawk Carolina Wren Acadian Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler Tennessee Warbler	Camp Mitigwa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Painted Bunting at Fort Defiance State Park in 1956	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1956-09-01	1994-01-28	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Painted Bunting at Fort Defiance State Park in Emmet County, IA on May 30, 1956. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration of the record, and the original sighting record found in the publication Storm-driven Birds at Fort Defiance State Park in Iowa Bird Life 26(3):69-70 by Myrle L. Jones also seen by B.O. Wolden, Ida Wolden, Eunice Christensen, Everett Christensen, and Margaret Metcalf Jones.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Painted Bunting	Fort Defiance State Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	14	5
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mountain Bluebird near Lake Park in 1945	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation	1948-12-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Mountain Bluebird near Lake Park in Osceola County, IA around 1945. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Groove-billed Ani and Mountain Bluebird, Specimens in Iowa Collection in Iowa Bird Life 18(4):70 by Jack W. Musgrove seen by Floyd Arens.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Mountain Bluebird	Lake Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	13	5
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mountain Bluebird at Charles City in 1914	Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes	Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds	1923-09-01	1994-02-04	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for two Mountain Bluebirds at Charles City in Floyd County, IA during April 1914. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Floyd County, Iowa (Part III. Continued) in the American Midland Naturalist 8(10/11):230-256 by Caroll Lane Fenton.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Mountain Bluebird	Charles City	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	13	5
Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Mountain Bluebird northeast of Mason City in 1980	Administrative records Correspondence Field notes Photographs	Birds--Identification Rare birds	1980-03-16	1993-08-16	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Records Committee review for a Mountain Bluebird northeast of Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, IA on March 16, 1980. Includes a record review document with votes, a photocopy of a photograph, and the original sighting record in a letter from Curt Nelson to Thomas Kent.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	Mountain Bluebird	Mason City	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	13	5
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Mark Proescholdt, summer 1993	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Birds--Infancy	1993-06-01	1993-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Summer report of birds and locations contributed by Mark Proescholdt. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1993.	Proescholdt, Mark	Little Blue Heron Alder Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Yellow-billed Cuckoo Western Kingbird Snowy Egret Chuck-will's-widow Cattle Egret Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Solitary Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Mourning Warbler Great Blue Heron Common Tern	Fremont County Liscomb Marshalltown Rathbun Lake Rice Lake Waubonsie State Park Albion Union Pine Lake State Park Bartlett Ackley Rice Lake Hawthorn Wildlife Management Area Mitchellville Wolf Creek Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	25	5
Field notes contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford, summer 1993	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Birds--Infancy	1993-06-01	1993-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Summer report of birds found in western Iowa contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1993.	Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren	American Avocet Killdeer Little Blue Heron Eared Grebe Purple Martin Black-and-white Warbler Ring-necked Duck Snowy Egret Chuck-will's-widow Cattle Egret Least Tern American Wigeon Piping Plover Willet Ruddy Turnstone Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Prothonotary Warbler American Coot Northern Pintail Common Merganser Great Egret	Forneys Lake Fremont County Mills County Percival Waubonsie State Park Riverton MidAmerican Energy Ponds McPaul	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	25	5
Field reports, Iowa Ornithologists' Union, spring 1991	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification	1991-03-01	1991-06-12	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field reports data for compilation into the official Quarterly field report for the spring 1991. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1991.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union	Worm-eating Warbler	Iowa Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Farmington Unit	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	5
Myron Swenk letter to Philip DuMont regarding specimens, January 16, 1935	Correspondence	Birds--Identification Paridae \| Titmice Birds--Classification Zoological specimens	1935-01-16	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Myron Swenk to Philip DuMont dated January 16, 1935. In this letter Swenk tells DuMont that he is returning the Horned Lark specimens but plans to continue studying the Chickadee and Sparrow specimens. Included with this letter is a list of the subspecies that Swenk associated with each Horned Lark specimen.	Swenk, Myron H.	Vesper Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Horned Lark	Iowa	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	5
Field notes contributed by Hank Zaletel, spring 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Feeding and feeds	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Hank Zaletel. The field notes include a detailed description of the Peregrine Falcon. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Zaletel, Hank	Double-crested Cormorant Short-eared Owl Black-crowned Night Heron Peregrine Falcon Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Willet Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Lesser Scaup Bonaparte's Gull Northern Shrike Black Tern Least Sandpiper	Hendrickson Marsh Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Beth Proescholdt, spring 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Beth Proescholdt with observer Ramona R. Sommerlot. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Proescholdt, Beth	Swainson's Hawk Little Blue Heron Carolina Wren Golden-winged Warbler Palm Warbler Willet Caspian Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Olive-sided Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Bay-breasted Warbler Connecticut Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Mourning Warbler Pine Warbler	Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Hendrickson Marsh Lake Union Grove State Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, spring 1988	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birdsongs	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen with observers Brian Blevins, Lewis Blevins, Ann M. Barker and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Petersen, Peter C.	Prairie Falcon Marbled Godwit Upland Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant Summer Tanager Henslow's Sparrow Canvasback Ring-necked Duck American White Pelican Ross' Goose Greater Scaup Surf Scoter Tree Swallow Prothonotary Warbler Greater White-fronted Goose Cape May Warbler Great Blue Heron Red Crossbill American Golden Plover Brown Creeper	Dunbar Slough Goose Lake Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Huron Island Lime Creek Nature Center Lock and Dam 13 Oakville Princeton State Wildlife Management Area Sabula Wildcat Den State Park Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area Lindsay Park Ringgold State Wildlife Area Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Iowa spring bird report contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford, spring 1988	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers Birds--Infancy	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Babs Padelford and Loren Padelford with observers Barbara L. Wilson and Tanya Bray. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Padelford, Babs Padelford, Loren	American Avocet Bald Eagle Little Blue Heron Double-crested Cormorant Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Purple Martin American White Pelican Eastern Kingbird Red-breasted Merganser Wilson's Phalarope Least Tern Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey Piping Plover Willet Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Northern Rough-winged Swallow Swamp Sparrow Blackburnian Warbler Water Pipit American Redstart Bank Swallow Bonaparte's Gull	Forneys Lake Lake Manawa State Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Riverton MidAmerican Energy Ponds	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Marion M. Brewer, spring 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Marion M. Brewer. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Brewer, Marion M.	American Bittern Western Grebe Western Kingbird American Woodcock House Finch American Wigeon Semipalmated Plover Hudsonian Godwit Water Pipit Short-billed Dowitcher Gadwall Northern Waterthrush Red Crossbill Tundra Swan Great Egret	Elk Lake Larrabee Rush Lake Spencer Cherokee Little Clear Lake Park Virgin Lake Webb Pickerel Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Francis L. Moore, spring 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Research Parulidae \| Warblers	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Francis L. Moore with observers Carl J. Bendorf, Thomas H. Kent, Dick Tetrault and W. Ross Silcock. The field notes include details on five species of birds sighted. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Moore, Francis L.	Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk American Bittern Curlew Sandpiper Eared Grebe Henslow's Sparrow Cattle Egret Northern Goshawk Snowy Plover House Finch Surf Scoter Black-bellied Plover Sanderling Northern Saw-whet Owl Acadian Flycatcher Orange-crowned Warbler Mourning Warbler King Rail Northern Harrier	Cedar Lake Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area George Wyth Memorial State Park Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Homestead Iowa City Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Pilot Knob State Park Yellow River State Forest Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Muskrat Slough State Game Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Paul Martsching letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, spring 1988	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Research	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching in a letter to Robert K. Myers. The field notes include detailed descriptions of several birds. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Martsching, Paul	Chimney Swift Long-tailed Duck Merlin Dickcissel Peregrine Falcon Hermit Thrush Hooded Warbler	Des Moines Hendrickson Marsh Lake Brookside Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Nicholas A. Kubik, spring 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Nicholas A. Kubik. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Kubik, Nicholas A.	American Bittern Yellow-headed Blackbird Bobolink Indigo Bunting Lark Sparrow Hooded Merganser Solitary Sandpiper Greater White-fronted Goose Northern Waterthrush Cape May Warbler Wild Turkey Great Egret	Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Tama	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field reports of Iowa birds contributed by Thomas H. Kent, May 21, 1988	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers	1988-05-21	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Thomas H. Kent with observers Carl J. Bendorf, Francis L. Moore and W. Ross Silcock. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-	Curlew Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant Brewer's Blackbird Rose-breasted Grosbeak Smith's Longspur White-winged Crossbill Cattle Egret Snowy Plover Long-billed Dowitcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Common Loon Black-crowned Night Heron Hooded Merganser Golden Eagle Baird's Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Tree Swallow Hermit Thrush Northern Shoveler American Black Duck	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Hickory Hill Park Iowa City Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Muskrat Slough State Game Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Bill F. Huser, spring 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Bill F. Huser with observer Jerry Probst. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Huser, Bill F.	Killdeer Bald Eagle Horned Grebe Song Sparrow Blue-winged Teal Red-breasted Merganser American Woodcock Le Conte's Sparrow Forster's Tern Wood Duck Greater Scaup Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Northern Saw-whet Owl Chestnut-sided Warbler Fox Sparrow American Coot Great Blue Heron Burrowing Owl Sharp-shinned Hawk	Browns Lake Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Plymouth County Snyder Bend Park Stone State Park Cayler Prairie State Preserve Bacon Creek Park New Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field notes contributed by Richard Jule Hollis, spring 1988	Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Richard Jule Hollis. The field notes include details of several birds sighted. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Hollis, Richard Jule	Henslow's Sparrow Chimney Swift Lark Sparrow House Finch Black-crowned Night Heron Surf Scoter Gray Partridge Common Nighthawk Chipping Sparrow Cliff Swallow	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Iowa City Johnson County Lime Creek Nature Center Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Ronald Harms letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, April 26, 1988	Correspondence Field notes	Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Identification	1988-04-26	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes contributed by Ronald Harms in a letter to Robert K. Myers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Harms, Ronald	Swainson's Hawk American Kestrel Short-eared Owl American Woodcock Long-eared Owl Hermit Thrush Brown Creeper	Laurens	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field notes contributed by Ronald Harms, May 17, 1988	Field notes	Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Identification	1988-05-17	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Ronald Harms with observers Judith Carlson and Ronald Reese. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Harms, Ronald	Gray-cheeked Thrush Clay-colored Sparrow Ovenbird Audubon's Warbler American Black Duck	Laurens Rush Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, James L. Fuller, spring 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by James L. Fuller. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Fuller, James L	American Bittern Marbled Godwit Curlew Sandpiper Blue-headed Vireo Summer Tanager Yellow-breasted Chat Smith's Longspur Clay-colored Sparrow American White Pelican Virginia Rail Greater Scaup Osprey Piping Plover Willet Sanderling Black-billed Cuckoo Olive-sided Flycatcher Northern Mockingbird Worm-eating Warbler Pine Siskin Red Crossbill	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Dudgeon Lake State Wildlife Mgt Area Hendrickson Marsh Lake Hickory Hill Park Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Lake Red Rock Montrose Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Saylorville Lake Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Aspen Grove Cemetery	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
Report form for selected species in spring, contributed by Raymond L. Cummins, spring 1988	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Raymond L. Cummins. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Cummins, Raymond L.	Double-crested Cormorant Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Rusty Blackbird Eastern Bluebird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Orchard Oriole Franklin's Gull Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Phoebe White-crowned Sparrow Surf Scoter Hooded Merganser Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Black-billed Cuckoo Swainson's Thrush Mourning Warbler Bonaparte's Gull	Appanoose County Cerro Gordo County Lake Red Rock Rathbun Lake Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5
James J. Dinsmore letter to Robert K. Myers regarding bird sightings, spring 1988	Correspondence Field notes	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification	1988-03-01	1988-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes contributed by James J. Dinsmore in a letter to Robert K. Myers. The field notes include an attachment with additional birds observed by Erwin E. Klaas, Darryl Kroeker and Clayton Swanson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1988.	Dinsmore, James J.	Ruffed Grouse Yellow-headed Blackbird House Finch Surf Scoter Piping Plover Ruddy Turnstone Black-billed Cuckoo Cape May Warbler	Ames Anderson Prairie State Preserve Hendrickson Marsh Lake Sioux City Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area Saylorville Stratford	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	5