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Nicholas S. Halmi letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding bird sightings, March 3, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-03-03
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N/A
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Letter from Nicholas S. Halmi to Vernon M. Kleen regarding bird sightings, March 3, 1978. Sightings of the following birds are underlined: Snowy Owls, Bohemian Waxwings, Pine Grosbeaks, White-Winged Crossbills, and Red Crossbills. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1977-1978.
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Halmi, Nicholas S.
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Pine Grosbeak White-winged Crossbill Snowy Owl Bohemian Waxwing Red Crossbill
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Iowa
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Gladys Black letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, March 6, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-03-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Gladys Black to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, March 6, 1978. The document contains numerous handwritten annotations throughout. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1977-1978.
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Black, Gladys
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Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
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Oelwein Spirit Lake Hastings Inwood
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Hank Zaletel letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, March 7, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-03-07
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N/A
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Postcard from Hank Zaletel to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings in Story County, sent March 7, 1978. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of Winter 1976-1977.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Red-tailed Hawk Harris' Sparrow Barred Owl Eastern Screech-Owl Northern Bobwhite
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Ames Story County Hickory Grove County Park Robison-Whitaker Acres McDonald Woods
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Hoary Redpoll at Coralville Reservoir, 1978
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1978-03-10
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1993-08-26
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Hoary Redpoll at Coralville Reservoir in Johnson County, IA on March 10, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Hoary Redpoll
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Coralville Lake
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1/4 mile north of Dupont Bridge, Johnson County Road in 48
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old flooded river bottom
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The documentation form by Thomas H. Kent is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Common redpoll. The white rump with out streaks was displayed very clearly as the bird preened. | The original documentation form event lasted from 14:20:00/14:25:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Rosy Finch at Oelwein, 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1978-03-12
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1994-02-04
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Rosy Finch at Oelwein in Fayette County, IA on March 12, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, an article in Iowa Bird Life, an article in Des Moines Register, a letter from Richard Wilkinson to Thomas H. Kent, and two documentation forms submitted to the committee.
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Stone, Tom
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
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Oelwein
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Oelwein, IOWA
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Feeds on feeder. Come to a Rocky Ravine like spot by house.
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The documentation form by Tom Stone is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Another documentation form by Nicholas Halmi was submitted later. Other observers include Russel Hays, Frank Moore, Joe Schaufenbuel, Tom Kent, Tom Shires, Peter Petersen, Bernie Knight, Robert Myers, and eight more birders from Cedar Rapids-Marion. | Elimination of similar species: This bird doesn't have any black on back or breast like the Black Rosy Finch. This bird had gray on head to distuinguish [sic] it. From the Brown capped Rosy Finch. | The original documentation form event lasted from 12:28:00/12:40:00.
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Nicholas S. Halmi letter to Vernon M. Kleen regarding bird sightings, March 12, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-03-12
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Nicholas S. Halmi to Vernon M. Kleen regarding bird sightings, March 12, 1978. Several bird types are underlined: Grey-Crowned Rosy Finch, Varied Thrush, and a Hoary Redpoll. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1977-1978.
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Halmi, Nicholas S.
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Varied Thrush Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Hoary Redpoll
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Cedar Falls Coralville Lake Oelwein
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Gladys Black letters to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, March 14 and 21, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-03-14
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1978-03-21
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Two letters from Gladys Black to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, respectively dated March 14 and March 21, 1978. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1977-1978.
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Black, Gladys
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Varied Thrush Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
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Oelwein West Des Moines
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Hank Zaletel letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, March 18, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-03-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Hank Zaletel regarding bird sightings to Nicholas S. Halmi, March 18, 1978. The observers were Hank Zaletel, Linda Zaletel, and Marilyn Smith Glasson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Rough-legged Hawk Northern Saw-whet Owl Fox Sparrow Canada Goose
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Little Wall Lake Ledges State Park Randall Shipley
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Ames Audubon Society April Newsletter, 1978
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Parks Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1978-04-01
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1978-04-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, April 1978. Highlights of the newsletter include details of the next program, "Big Bend National Park" presented by Bob Jefferson and Joan Jefferson, information on an upcoming field trip to Soper's Mill to walk the Green Belt Trail, notes on observations and banding of a Hoary Redpoll, and a list of the forty-six species of birds observed during March 1978.
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Cook, Barnett C. Ames Audubon Society
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Hoary Redpoll
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Ames Sopers Mill Access Area
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Howard Graesing letter to Ruth Buckles regarding bird sightings, April 4, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Weather
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1978-04-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Howard Graesing to Ruth Buckles regarding bird sightings, April 4, 1978. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1977-1978.
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Graesing, Howard
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Purple Martin Yellow-breasted Chat Snowy Owl
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Estherville
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sprague's Pipit north of Missouri Valley, 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1978-04-11
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1994-01-28
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Sprauge's Pipit north of Missouri Valley in Harrison County, IA on April 11, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration of record, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Gochenour, Ruth A.
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Sprague's Pipit
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Missouri Valley
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Two miles north of Missouri Valley, Iowa
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Plowed field - corn stubble - Soil wet from rain - deep grassy ditches on both sides of rd.
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The documentation form by Ruth Gochenour is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Another observer was Naomi Svenningsen. | Elimination of similar species: American Pipit, Vesper Sparrow - Legs-flesh colored - not clark - Lacked cinnamon shoulder patches - and streaking on back as described in #6. | The original documentation form event lasted from 11:00:00/11:10:00.
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Hank Zaletel letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, April 15, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-04-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Hank Zaletel regarding bird sightings to Nicholas S. Halmi, April 15, 1978. The observers were Hank Zaletel and Linda Zaletel. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Zaletel, Hank
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Vesper Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike American White Pelican Cattle Egret
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Little Wall Lake Hendrickson Marsh Lake
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Gladys Black letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, April 17, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-04-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Gladys Black to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, April 17, 1978. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1977-1978.
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Black, Gladys
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Great Cormorant Anhinga Varied Thrush Loggerhead Shrike American White Pelican Cattle Egret Eastern Phoebe
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Adel Lake Red Rock West Des Moines
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Ibis species at Churdan, 1978
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1978-04-21
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1993-08-26
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of an Ibis (species unknown) at Churdan in Greene County, IA on April 21, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, an Iowa Bird Life article, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Towan, Dan
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Glossy Ibises
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Churdan
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1 mile North, 2 1/4 miles past of Churdan, Iowa
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creek pasture, non-timbered, no trees for 1/4 mile. Creek bayou (old bed), some vegetation [... illegible]
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The documentation form by Dan Towan is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Great Blue Heron ; the Great Blue Heron is the only [... illegible] it's not even close. | The original documentation form event lasted from 10:30:00/11:00:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Ibis species at Sweet Marsh, 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1978-04-26
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1993-08-26
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review of six birds (Ibis species) at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County, IA on April 29, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Schaufenbuel, Joseph P.
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Glossy Ibises
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Sweet Marsh
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Sweet Marsh, which is located one mile East of Tripoli, Bremer Co., Iowa
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The ibis settled down in a cattail marsh which covered several hundred acres. Apparently they prefered shallow water openings in the cattails. Sweet Marsh has a variety of habitats including open water, grassy marsh and cattail marsh.
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The documentation form by Joe Schaufenbuel is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Larry Farmer. | Elimination of similar species: None of the herons or cranes has a curved beak, and none as far as I know exhibit the alternately flapping and gliding flight. | The original documentation form event lasted from 18:00:00/19:00:00.
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Ames Audubon Society May Newsletter, 1978
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Newsletters
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Bird watching Ornithology--Societies, etc Turdidae | Thrushes Societies--History, organization, etc
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1978-05-01
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1978-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The newsletter of the Ames Audubon Society, May 1978. Highlights of the newsletter include the slate of society officer candidates to be voted on at the official annual meeting in May, information on an upcoming field trip to Ledges State Park to capture the peak of spring migration, an article on birding in Story County by Barney Cook, and a list of forty-three species of birds observed during April 1978.
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Cook, Barnett C. Ames Audubon Society
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Northern Flicker Purple Martin Chimney Swift Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Ames Ledges State Park Brookside Park
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Big Bluestem Audubon Society | MS 592
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lazuli Bunting at George Wyth State Park, 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1978-05-14
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1994-01-28
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Lazuli Bunting at George Wyth State Park in Black Hawk County, IA on May 14, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes, request for reconsideration, an article in Iowa Bird Life, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Stone, Tom, Jr.
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Lazuli Bunting
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George Wyth Memorial State Park
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George Wyth State Park
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Marginal woodland with small stream bordered with, Hedgerows, scrub growth, and wild patches.
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The documentation form by Tom Stone Jr. is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: Eastern Bluebird - has slender bill and no wingbars. | The original documentation form event lasted from 06:30:00/06:35:00.
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Douglas C. Harr letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding bird sightings, May 19, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Parulidae | Warblers Water birds
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1978-05-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Douglas C. Harr to Peter C. Petersen regarding bird sightings, May 19, 1978. The author mentioned that waterfowl around the Iowa Great Lakes were more numerous than in previous years. Notes underlined mention sightings of a Merlin near Spirit Lake and a Scarlet Tanager near Arnolds Park. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Harr, Douglas C.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Bittern American Kestrel Upland Sandpiper Purple Martin Harris' Sparrow Merlin Ruddy Duck Ruby-crowned Kinglet Scarlet Tanager Snow Goose
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Dickinson County Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Lyon County Rush Lake Spirit Lake Arnolds Park Henderson Lester Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area Welch Lake Wildlife Management Area
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Ione Getscher letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, May 19, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-05-19
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Ione Getscher to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, May 19, 1978. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Getscher, Ione
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Northern Flicker American Kestrel Double-crested Cormorant Brewer's Blackbird Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-billed Cuckoo American White Pelican Red-breasted Merganser Forster's Tern Yellow Warbler Wild Turkey American Robin Sandhill Crane Black Tern Northern Harrier
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Forneys Lake Hamburg
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Jon Van Dyk letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, May 21, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-05-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Jon Van Dyk to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, May 21, 1978. Many of the sightings were made in Sioux County. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Van Dyk, John, 1936-
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Red-headed Woodpecker Broad-winged Hawk Purple Martin Gray-cheeked Thrush Clay-colored Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Franklin's Gull Red-breasted Merganser Glossy Ibis Long-eared Owl American Redstart Northern Harrier
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Sioux Center Sioux County
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Peter C. Petersen letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, May 23, 1978
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-05-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Peter C. Petersen to Nicholas S. Halmi, regarding spring bird sightings, May 23, 1978. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Cooper's Hawk Eared Grebe Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler
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Davenport Goose Lake Princeton State Wildlife Management Area
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Bird report, January 2 to May 23, 1978
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research
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1978-05-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field report titled "Bird report, January 2 to May 23, 1978," submitted by Marion M. Brewer, May 23, 1978. Notes underlined mention the sightings of 56 Eared Grebes at Storm Lake and an large number of Black Terns. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Brewer, Marion M.
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Eared Grebe Snow Bunting Pine Grosbeak Short-eared Owl Red-breasted Merganser Wilson's Phalarope Hoary Redpoll Hudsonian Godwit Great Crested Flycatcher Black Tern
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Peterson Storm Lake Cherokee Quimby
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Spring report
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research
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1978-05-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes titled "spring report," submitted by Dick Bierman, May 23, 1978. The opening paragraph suggests that these sightings were made in North-West Iowa and were done in cooperation with Marion M. Brewer, who submitted a separate report. An annotation next to a note mentioning the sighting of a White-eyed Vireo at Cherokee reads "extends margins of range." This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
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Bierman, Dick
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Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Little Blue Heron Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Yellow-headed Blackbird White-eyed Vireo Vesper Sparrow American White Pelican Common Redpoll Wilson's Phalarope Bohemian Waxwing Stilt Sandpiper
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Lake Park Little Spirit Lake Wildlife Management Area Osceola County Rush Lake Storm Lake Trumbull Lake Cherokee
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Prairie Warbler at Wildcat Den State Park, 1978
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Administrative records Field notes
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1978-05-28
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1993-08-19
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Prairie Warbler at Wildcat Den State park in Muscatine County, IA on May 28, 1978. Includes a record review document with votes and a documentation form submitted to the committee.
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Halmi, Nicholas S.
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Prairie Warbler
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Wildcat Den State Park
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across the road from entrance to Wildcat Den S.P., Muscatine Co.
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field margin - in saplings (8-10' tall) at edge of uncultivated, fenced-off field
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The documentation form by Nicholas Halmi is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. | Elimination of similar species: N. Parula: slender, coarser bill with abrupt ending: Field Sparrow: trill at end of song accelerando on same [illegible], but ascending chromatically. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:45:00/10:20:00.
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Mississippi Kite at Cardinal Marsh, 1978
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Ornithology Ornithology--Societies, etc
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1978-05-29
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1993-08-27
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Rare birds documentation form
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Records Committee review for a Mississippi Kite at Cardinal Marsh in Winneshiek County, IA on May 29, 1978. Includes two record review documents with votes, two documentation forms, an Iowa Bird Life article, additional notes on the bird, and internal correspondence submitted to the committee.
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Moore, Francis L.
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Mississippi Kite
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area
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Cardinal Marsh
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Edge of woods near open cattail marsh
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The documentation form by Francis L. Moore is the earliest and the one that forms the basis of this record. Other documentation forms by Tom Stone, Jr. and Sr. were submitted later. Other observers include Russell Hays. | Elimination of similar species: White-tailed Kite does not have as dark a back as this bird ha and is also too light below. This bird definately [sic] did not have a deeply forked tail as a Swallow-tailed Kite would have had. | The original event lasted from 11:15:00 to 11:30:00.
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