Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Thomas H. Kent, spring 1983
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Field notes Forms (documents) Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Laridae | Gulls and Terns Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Ornithology--Methodology Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Water birds
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1983-03-01
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1983-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Spring report of birds contributed by Thomas H. Kent, spring 1983. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1983.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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American Avocet Double-crested Cormorant White-eyed Vireo Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Purple Gallinule American White Pelican Le Conte's Sparrow Forster's Tern Willet Common Snipe Swainson's Thrush Black Tern Great Egret
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Coralville Lake Forneys Lake Hickory Hill Park Hills Homestead Iowa City Nichols Riverton Wildlife Management Area South Amana Pond Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Field notes contributed by Hank Zaletel, spring 1983
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Field notes Forms (documents) Reports
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Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Charadriidae | Plovers Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds
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1983-03-01
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1983-05-31
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Spring report of birds found in central Iowa contributed by Hank Zaletel. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1983.
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Zaletel, Hank
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American Avocet Red-shouldered Hawk Swainson's Hawk American Bittern Upland Sandpiper Lapland Longspur Loggerhead Shrike American White Pelican Yellow-throated Warbler Whimbrel Dunlin Wilson's Phalarope Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey Gray Partridge Willet Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling White-rumped Sandpiper Snow Goose Kentucky Warbler Black Tern
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Hendrickson Marsh Lake Ledges State Park Nevada Hickory Grove County Park Brookside Park Larson Marsh Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area
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Field notes contributed by Marion M. Brewer, spring 1983
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Field notes Forms (documents) Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Migration Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers Water birds
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1983-03-01
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1983-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Spring report of birds found in northwest Iowa contributed by Marion M. Brewer. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1983.
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Brewer, Marion M.
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Bald Eagle Swainson's Hawk Turkey Vulture Brewer's Blackbird Le Conte's Sparrow Brown Creeper
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Cherokee County Larrabee Lost Island Lake Rush Lake Cherokee Mud Lake Webb
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Field notes and letter from Barbara L. Wilson to Thomas H. Kent regarding spring bird sightings, June 1, 1983
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Correspondence Field notes Reports
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Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Podicipediformes | Grebes Laridae | Gulls and Terns Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ornithology--Methodology Fringillidae | Finches Hirundinidae | Swallows Turdidae | Thrushes Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Water birds Weather Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1983-06-01
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Spring report of birds found in western Iowa contributed by Barbara L. Wilson, June 1, 1983. A letter from Wilson to Thomas H. Kent regarding the spring weather and the effect on bird populations is also included. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1983.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Red-headed Woodpecker Swainson's Hawk Blue Jay Alder Flycatcher White-eyed Vireo Eastern Bluebird Smith's Longspur Loggerhead Shrike Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Chuck-will's-widow Common Loon Gray Partridge Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Willet Sanderling Stilt Sandpiper Common Nighthawk Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Connecticut Warbler Golden-crowned Kinglet Tufted Titmouse Short-billed Dowitcher Barn Swallow Buff-breasted Sandpiper Common Tern Laughing Gull Brown Creeper
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Fremont County Mills County Pottawattamie County Riverton Wildlife Management Area Montgomery County Hastings Willow Slough State Game Management Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Field notes contributed by Tanya Bray, spring 1983
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Field notes Forms (documents) Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae | Gulls and Terns Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Gaviiformes | Loons Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae | Warblers Water birds
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1983-03-01
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1983-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Spring report of birds found mainly in western Iowa contributed by Tanya Bray. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1983.
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Bray, Tanya
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Bald Eagle Ring-billed Gull Double-crested Cormorant Smith's Longspur Ring-necked Duck American White Pelican Forster's Tern Lesser Yellowlegs White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Snow Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Great-tailed Grackle Black Tern
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Lake Manawa Mills County Pony Creek Park Montgomery County Willow Slough Dam MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Heard on the Birdline, July 1-October 15, 1994
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Rare birds Water birds Dial-a-message telephone calls
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1994-07-01
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1994-10-15
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Summary of the Iowa Birdline update for July 1-October 15, 1994. Highlights of the update were mostly all water related, including reports of three Common Black-headed Gulls, an adult Long-tailed Jaeger, a Pacific Loon, and a Fulvous Whistling Duck. Other interesting observations included nesting Barn Owls and a family of Burrowing Owls seen in August, and Sharp-tailed Sparrow and Parasitic Jaeger sightings in September.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L
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Long-tailed Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Barn Owl Fulvous Whistling-Duck Western Grebe Yellow Rail Pacific Loon Snowy Egret Red-necked Phalarope Laughing Gull Black-headed Gull Burrowing Owl
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Emmet County Fremont County Goose Lake Lee County Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Rathbun Lake Saylorville Lake Snake Creek State Game Management Area Spirit Lake Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area Trumbull Lake Anderson Goose Lake Taylor County
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Tanya Bray letter to Thomas Kent regarding the Greater Scaup and other winter sightings, March 5, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Water birds Weather
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1981-03-05
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N/A
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Tanya Bray letter notes the presence of Greater Scaup and speculates that their numbers might be related to the mild weather. Included with the letter is an annotated list of birds sighted for the winter season. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1980-1981.
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Bray, Tanya
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Greater Scaup
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Lake Manawa DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Omaha
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Darwin Koenig letter to Thomas Kent regarding observations for spring, June 2, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds
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1981-02-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter contains a list of birds sighted by Darwin Koenig, mostly from around the Montezuma area. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Koenig, Darwin
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Red-shouldered Hawk White-eyed Vireo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Gray Partridge Northern Mockingbird
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Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area New Albin Castalia Montezuma Searsboro
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Barb Wilson letter to Thomas Kent regarding Winter birds sighted, February 28, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds of prey Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Fringillidae | Finches Turdidae | Thrushes Water birds Weather
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1981-02-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter discusses the winter weather and the affect it's had on the ducks at Willow Slough. Included with the letter is an annotated list of birds sighted. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1980-1981.
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Wilson, Barbara L.
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Lincoln's Sparrow Common Starling
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Lake Manawa Mills County Hastings Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Babs Padelford letter to Thomas Kent regarding Eider sighting, December 4, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds of prey Photography of birds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds
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1985-12-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The letter discusses trying to document an Eider sighting and includes an annotated list of birds sighted by Babs Padelford and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1985.
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Padelford, Babs
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Carter Lake Forneys Lake Lake Manawa State Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge MidAmerican Energy Ponds
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, fall 1986
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Correspondence Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Migration Water birds Weather
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1986-08-01
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1986-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The report notes the cool, wet fall season, discusses the good migrations of the season and the unusually large number of sightings of rare water birds, mostly at Saylorville Lake. Included with the report are two letters from Carl J. Bendorf to Bruce Peterjohn. The letter dated December 15, 1986, explains the presence of typesetting marks on the included fall report manuscript and notes the interesting fall season in Iowa. The letter dated December 23, 1986, notes two late reports, of a King Eider and a Swainson's Hawk, and mentions winter sightings.
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Kent, Thomas H. (Thomas Hugh), 1934-
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Swainson's Hawk Thayer's Gull Great Black-backed Gull King Eider Pacific Loon Red Knot Lesser Black-backed Gull Sabine's Gull Rock Wren
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Clear Lake Iowa Saylorville Lake Sioux City
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Nettie Funk letter to LeRoy Weeks regarding migratory birds
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Birds--Migration Rare birds Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds
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Undated letter from Nettie Funk to LeRoy Weeks. In this letter Funk asks Weeks to supply the annotation Rare or Not Common to a list of water birds Weeks had sent her noting their arrival dates at Emmetsburg.
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Funk, Nettie S.
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Emmetsburg
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Arrival dates of water birds
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Research notes
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Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Migration Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Water birds
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Undated research notes. This list of birds was compiled by LeRoy Weeks and annotated with the average date from 1915 to 1925 that these migratory birds first appeared in Emmetsburg.
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Weeks, LeRoy Titus
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Emmetsburg
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Video of Hudsonain Godwit by Ed Thelen, October 19, 1995
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Field recordings
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Water birds
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1995-10-19
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Audiovisual material
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Video by Ed Thelen of a Hudsonian Godwit feeding in shallow water with other shorebirds at Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area, October 19, 1995. This item is related to a rare bird documentation form and letter from Ed Thelen: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/6979/view.
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Thelen, Ed
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Lesser Yellowlegs Hudsonian Godwit Pectoral Sandpiper
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Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area
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Field notes contributed by James J. Dinsmore, winter 1982-1983
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Fringillidae | Finches Water birds
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1982-12-01
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1983-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Winter 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 winter 1982-1983.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Killdeer Cedar Waxwing Loggerhead Shrike Snowy Owl Ross' Goose Northern Goshawk American Wigeon Sora Long-eared Owl Green-winged Teal Gadwall
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Ames Ledges State Park Riverton Wildlife Management Area Story County Boone County Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area Greenfield
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