Field notes contributed by Stephen J. Dinsmore, fall 1996
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Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Laridae | Gulls and Terns Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Weather Birds--Infancy Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1996-08-01
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1996-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Stephen J. Dinsmore with observers Robert I. Cecil, Raymond L. Cummins, James J. Dinsmore, Francis L. Moore and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1996.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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American Avocet Bald Eagle Pomarine Jaeger Red-throated Loon Anhinga Blue-winged Teal Snowy Owl Western Grebe Snowy Egret Trumpeter Swan Mew Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Dickcissel Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Sora Hudsonian Godwit Pine Siskin Laughing Gull
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Harrier Marsh Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area Lake Darling State Park Lake Red Rock Saylorville Lake Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Waubonsie State Park Ada Hayden Heritage Park Runnells Overlook Gordon's Marsh Area Polk City Wildlife Area
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Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, fall 1996
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Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birdsongs
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1996-08-01
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1996-11-30
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List of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen with observers Mary Lou Petersen, Kelly McHay, Lewis Blevins and Corey Blevins. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1996.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Bittern Prairie Falcon Great Black-backed Gull Upland Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant White-eyed Vireo Clay-colored Sparrow Franklin's Gull Snowy Owl Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Baird's Sandpiper Black-throated Blue Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch Water Pipit Winter Wren
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Credit Island Davenport Dixon Lock and Dam 13 Pine Hill Cemetery Pool 13 Duck Creek Park McLamarrah Park Nahant Marsh Pleasant Creek
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Ed Thelen, fall 1997
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy
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1997-08-01
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1997-11-30
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Ed Thelen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1997.
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Thelen, Ed
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Cooper's Hawk White-faced Ibis Eared Grebe Eastern Kingbird White-winged Crossbill Long-tailed Duck Western Grebe Pacific Loon Snowy Egret Trumpeter Swan Bohemian Waxwing Common Loon Osprey Sanderling Olive-sided Flycatcher Red-eyed Vireo American Coot Dark-eyed Junco Great-tailed Grackle Eastern Screech-Owl
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Dunbar Slough Harrier Marsh Lake Park Saylorville Lake Spirit Lake Spirit Lake West Okoboji Lake Black Hawk Lake Trickle Slough Area Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area Marble Beach State Recreation Area Waterman Cemetery Orleans State Fish Hatchery
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Field notes contributed by Marie E. Spears Tiemann and Jean B. Braley, November 29, 1997
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Field notes Reports
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Bird banding Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification
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1997-11-29
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N/A
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Fall report of birds found in and around Shenandoah contributed by Marie E. Spears Tiemann and Jean B. Braley. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1997.
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Braley, Jean B. Tiemann, Marie E. Spears
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Red-tailed Hawk Palm Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Shenandoah
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Robert & Connie VanErsvelde, March, April, May 1998
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird banding Bird watching Birdsongs Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Weather
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1998-03-01
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1998-05-31
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Robert & Connie VanErsvelde. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1998.
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VanErsvelde, Robert VanErsvelde, Connie
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Broad-winged Hawk Yellow-headed Blackbird Harris' Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Black-throated Green Warbler Scarlet Tanager Lincoln's Sparrow Sandhill Crane
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Grinnell Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge
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Notes from Bruce Ehresman, 22 July
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1998-07-22
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N/A
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Bruce Ehresman dated July 22, 1998. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Ehresman, Bruce
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Bald Eagle Barn Owl Trumpeter Swan Osprey Peregrine Falcon
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Cedar Rapids Coralville Lake Des Moines Mason City Muscatine Waterloo Effigy Mounds National Monument Corydon Epworth
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Peter Lowther email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Eurasian Tree Sparrow nest, July 13, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1998-07-13
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N/A
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Printout of an email from Peter Lowther to Jim Dinsmore dated July 13, 1998. Lowther reports six Eurasian Tree Sparrow eggs on June 28 and four banded baby birds on July 12. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1998.
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Lowther, Peter E.
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow
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Burlington
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Field notes contributed by James J. Dinsmore, fall 1998
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Field notes Reports
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Weather
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1998-08-01
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1998-11-30
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Fall report of birds and locations contributed by James J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Whooping Crane American Avocet American Bittern Prairie Falcon Double-crested Cormorant Pied-billed Grebe Brewer's Blackbird Cedar Waxwing Short-eared Owl Barn Owl Western Grebe American Pipit White-winged Scoter Pine Siskin Great Blue Heron Bonaparte's Gull Red Crossbill Mourning Dove Sandhill Crane Burrowing Owl
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Ames Big Creek Lake Boone Jester Park Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Larchwood Plainfield Saylorville Lake Chichaqua Wildlife Habitat Park Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area Moeckley Prairie Dallas Center Big Wall Lake Allerton Humeston
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Bery Engebretsen letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, December 5, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Counting
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1998-12-05
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N/A
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Letter from Bery Engebretsen to Thomas H. Kent regarding fall bird sightings, December 5, 1998. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1998.
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Engebretsen, Bery
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Least Bittern Snow Bunting Carolina Wren American White Pelican Long-tailed Duck Western Grebe Trumpeter Swan Black Scoter Common Loon Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Sora Snow Goose American Coot Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Northern Shrike
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Saylorville Lake Urbandale Moeckley Prairie Terra Lake
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Annotated bird sighting list for spring 1999 compiled by Marie Tiemann, June 2, 1999
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Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Infancy
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1999-06-02
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N/A
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An annotated list of birds sighted by Marie Tiemann and Jeanne Braley dated June 2, 1999. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1999.
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Tiemann, Marie E. Spears
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Whooping Crane Brown Thrasher Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Barn Swallow
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Essex Riverton Wildlife Management Area Shenandoah
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Daily field checking list by Walter Rosene, April 23, 1939
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Checklists Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching
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1939-04-23
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N/A
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Daily field checking list of birds observed in Boone County by Walter Rosene, Robert Walker and Buddy Sturtz, April 23, 1939. Also notes they banded all three young Great Horned Owls and in the process of banding Robert Walker was struck once by one of the old Great Horned Owls.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Common Grackle Blue-winged Teal Great Horned Owl Eastern Phoebe American Wigeon American Tree Sparrow Northern Shoveler House Wren Dark-eyed Junco Common Pheasant
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Boone County
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Bruce Ehresman email to Daryl Howell and James J. Dinsmore regarding Barn Owl nests, August 4, 2000
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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0200-08-04
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N/A
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Email from Bruce Ehresman to Daryl Howell and James J. Dinsmore regarding Barn Owl nests, August 4, 2000. Includes information on three different locations of Barn Owl nests and eggs and the outcome of those nests. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2000.
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Ehresman, Bruce
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Barn Owl
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Audubon County Washington Taylor County
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Rare bird documentation form for Common Barn Owl at Worth Township in Boone County, 1984
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Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1984-05-30
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Common Barn Owl at Worth Township in Boone County, IA on May 30, 1984.
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Ehresman, Bruce
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Barn Owl
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Worth Township
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Boone County, Worth Township (T-83N, R-26W) Sec. 21
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Deciduous woodland edge (Wildlife Research Station)
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Rare bird documentation form for Snowy Owl in North Marshall County, 1984
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Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1984-11-28
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1984-11-29
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Snowy Owl in North Marshall County, IA on November 28 - 29, 1984.
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Proescholdt, Beth
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Snowy Owl
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Marshall County
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n. Marshall County
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The Mourning Dove in Iowa
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Fliers (printed matter) Lecture notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Fowling Game laws
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1956-05-19
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1959-03-12
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Lecture notes written by Harold Peters. In this presentation given at the 34th annual meeting of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union on May 19, 1956 Peters discusses the history of the Mourning Dove and encourages participation in the Fish and Wildlife nestling banding project. Included with the lecture notes is a flier that was sent to Iowa Legislators in 1959 urging a no vote on a measure to create a Mourning Dove hunting season.
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Des Moines Audubon Society Cedar Rapids Bird Club Peters, Harold S., 1902-
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Mourning Dove
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Iowa
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Great Horned Owl nesting study and research notes
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Reports Research notes Essays
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Bird banding Birds--Eggs Birds--Food Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birds--Infancy Eggs--Incubation
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1939-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An essay written by Walter Rosene reporting the findings from a study of nesting Great Horned Owls that he and Bob Walker completed over the course of seven years from 1934-1939. Included in the report are the outcomes from the eggs that were laid and brooded each year, the record of the food found in the nest, and the behavior of the owls. In the seven year study of this particular nesting site, six young birds grew to maturity and left the nest, and all of them were banded.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Great Horned Owl
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Beaver Creek Ogden
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Rare bird documentation form for Swainson's Thrush at Laurens, 1985
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Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1985-11-11
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1985-11-14
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Swainson's Thrush at Laurens in Pocahontas County, IA on November 11, 1985.
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Carlson, Judith
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Swainson's Thrush
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Laurens
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318 W. Garfield - Laurens
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Town yard - many high bush Canberry [sic] bushes
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Rare bird documentation form for Pine Warbler at Laurens, 1984
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Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1984-09-07
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Pine Warbler at Laurens in Pocahontas County, IA on September 7, 1984.
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Harms, Ronald
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Pine Warbler
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Laurens
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Laurens
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mature scotch pines + Highbush cranberry
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Rare bird documentation form for Pine Warbler at Laurens in 1984
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Field notes
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Rare bird documentation form for a Pine Warbler at Laurens in Pocahontas County, IA on September 7, 1984.
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Carlson, Judith
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Pine Warbler
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Laurens
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Field notes Reports
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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2005-06-01
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2005-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A report of ten Peregrine Falcon nesting territories, seven of which were active and produced a total of 21 young. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union
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Peregrine Falcon
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Burlington Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Lansing Scott County Louisa County Waukon Junction Iowa State Capitol Chillicothe
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Iowa Birdline update, December 19, 1988
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Field notes
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Bird banding Bird surveys Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1988-12-19
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N/A
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Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for December 19, 1988. Highlights of the update include the results of several Christmas Bird Counts from around the state. Also of note were the interesting birds that were observed during the count, including Sandhill Cranes, an adult Great Black-backed Gull, Glaucous Gulls, and Northern Saw-whet Owls.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Great Black-backed Gull Turkey Vulture American White Pelican White-winged Crossbill Golden Eagle Glaucous Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Canada Goose Great Blue Heron Sandhill Crane Northern Shrike
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Burlington Cedar Rapids Credit Island Hickory Hill Park Johnson County Lock and Dam 15 Polk County Spirit Lake Black Hawk Lake F W Kent County Park Fairmont Cemetery Lock and Dam 16 Auburn
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Rare bird documentation form for Chipping Sparrow west of Hiawatha, 1988
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Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Identification Birdsongs Ornithology Rare birds Trapping
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1988-02-09
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1988-02-10
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Chipping Sparrow west of Hiawatha in Linn County, IA on February 9, 1988.
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Bradley, Rob
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Chipping Sparrow
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Hiawatha
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Home patio feeder - 1 mile west fo [sic] Hiawatha, Iowa (Linn County)
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Low bushes and trees around a cement patio
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The documentation form by Robert Bradley is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Karen Bradley. | Elimination of similar species: Tree sparrow too large. Cap with only a few rufous feathers. No central breast spot. No black eyeline. Buff supercilliary [sic] line. Breast was gray as compared with buff on clay colored sparrow also gray rump instead of brown. | The original documentation form event lasted from 15:50:00 on February 9, 1988 - 07:30:00 on February 10, 1988.
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Fred Lesher letter to Fred Kent regarding bird sightings, June 26, 1965
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds Camping
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1965-06-26
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N/A
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Letter by Fred Lesher regarding various bird sightings, personal matters, and banding Henslow's Sparrows near Decorah.
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Lesher, Fred
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Least Bittern Yellow-headed Blackbird Henslow's Sparrow Common Moorhen Savannah Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Cliff Swallow
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Decorah Hayden Prairie State Wildlife Area Bluffton Fir Stand State Preserve
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Woodward H. Brown letter to Fred Kent regarding bird sightings for the summer of 1972, August 21, 1972
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Birdsongs Rare birds Weather
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Letter from Woody Brown to Fred Kent about bird sightings for the summer of 1972 and the potential of Polk City lake to attract birds. It features a Henslow's Sparrow banding at Lamoni in Decatur County, IA on August 19, 1972.
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Brown, Woodward H.
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Henslow's Sparrow Black-billed Magpie Ruby-crowned Kinglet Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Red Crossbill
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Brenton Slough Indianola Lamoni Polk City Shenandoah Polk City Wildlife Area Jesup
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Peter Lowther letter to W. Ross Silcock regarding House Finch sighting in 1988, December 28, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird banding Bird feeders Birds--Identification Ornithology--Technique Rare birds
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1988-12-25
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1988-12-28
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Letter from Peter Lowther to W. Ross Silcock about a House Finch sighting in Burlington on December 25, 1988.
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Lowther, Peter E.
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House Finch
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Burlington
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