Neil Bernstein email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Common Snipe nest, July 17, 1994
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1994-07-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Neil Bernstein to Jim Dinsmore dated July 17, 1994. Bernstein reports on a Common Snipe nest with eggs, and also a Hooded Merganser hatching. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1994.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Hooded Merganser Common Snipe
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Dickinson County Solon
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Neil Bernstein email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Lakeside birds, June 20, 1999
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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1999-06-20
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Neil Bernstein to Jim Dinsmore dated June 20, 1999. Bernstein reports on birds sighted around Lakeside Laboratory and other nearby areas. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1999.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Upland Sandpiper Bobolink Grasshopper Sparrow Ring-necked Duck Dickcissel Forster's Tern Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Gadwall Black Tern
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Marble Lake Grovers Lake Cayler Prairie State Preserve Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
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Neil Bernstein email to Jim Dinsmore regarding Mockingbird sighting, June 25, 1998
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Food Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1998-06-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Printout of an email from Neil Bernstein to Jim Dinsmore dated June 25, 1998. Bernstein reports that Sandy Rhodes sighted a pair of Mockingbirds in Iowa County. Included with this email is a second printout of an email from Peter Lowther to Jim Dinsmore dated July 2, 1998. Lowther reports a Eurasian Tree Sparrow nest and eggs north of Burlington. 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. Bernstein, Neil
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow Northern Mockingbird
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Iowa County Burlington
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Neil Bernstein letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding additional summer bird sightings, summer 1997
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Eggs
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1997-06-01
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1997-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Neil Bernstein to James J. Dinsmore regarding additional summer bird sightings. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1997.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Franklin's Gull Dickcissel Forster's Tern
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Anderson Prairie State Preserve Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Grovers Lake
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Nesting Wood Duck study (35 Years)
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Reports Tables (documents)
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses Predatory animals Waterfowl management Eggs--Incubation Ducks--Counting Ducklings Wood duck--Behavior
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1984-01-01
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1984-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A report compiling the discoveries from 35 years of nesting Wood Duck studies written by Frederic Leopold. The typewritten report details Leopold's findings on the nesting habits of Wood Ducks, including the following: nest site selection, Wood Duck nesting boxes, mating, egg laying, incubation, hatching, departure from the nest, travel of ducklings to water, predatory animals, and maintenance of the Wood Duck nest boxes. A table of 35 years of statistics based on over 10,000 observations is included at the end of the report.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Observations and data on various birds, part 1 of 3, Woodward Hart Brown
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Correspondence Field notes Photographic prints Research notes Articles
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Gruiformes | Cranes, Rails, and Coots Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Gaviiformes | Loons Charadriidae | Plovers Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A collection of bird sightings around Iowa compiled by Woodward Hart Brown, including notes, correspondence, articles, and photographs. This document is part one of three and begins with the tabbed section labeled Loons/Grebes and ends with the tabbed section labeled Rails/Plovers. This document is continued by: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/8624/view
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Brown, Woodward H.
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Iowa
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Woodward Hart Brown Papers | MS 502
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Peter E. Lowther letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, June 21, 1988
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests
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1988-06-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field notes contributed by Peter E. Lowther in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. The field notes gives a brief bird census comparison between 1982-1985 to summer 1988. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Lowther, Peter E.
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Bobolink Grasshopper Sparrow Common Yellowthroat Dickcissel Yellow Warbler Northern Harrier
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Cayler Prairie State Preserve Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
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Photograph of a snake among duck eggs in a Wood Duck house
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Birdhouses Predatory animals
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1965-01-01
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1965-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A snake coiled around Wood Duck eggs located in a wooden Wood Duck house, 1965.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of an egg within an egg
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An egg nestled inside of another egg shell that has been cracked open with the top half missing. Photograph originally titled "Egg within an egg."
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Photograph of eggs in a Black Tern nest
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs
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1932-06-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Black Tern nest containing three eggs, located at Long Pond, June 15, 1932. Photograph originally titled "Nest of Black Tern at Long Pond." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Black Tern
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Long Pond
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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5
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Photograph of eggs in a Cooper's Hawk nest
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs
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1932-05-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Cooper's Hawk nest containing two eggs, located at the top of a white oak tree in Litchfield Woods, May 1, 1932. Photograph originally titled "Nest and two eggs of the Coopers Hawk." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Cooper's Hawk
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Boone County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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5
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Photograph of eggs in a Crow nest
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs
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1926-04-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Crow nest containing five eggs, built on the branch of a tree, April 28, 1926. Photograph originally titled "Crows nest."
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Crow
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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5
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Photograph of eggs in a Pied-billed Grebe nest
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs
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1922-06-22
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A floating Pied-billed Grebe nest containing seven eggs, with the covering removed, June 22, 1922. Photograph originally titled "Nest and Eggs of Pie Billed Grebe." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Pied-billed Grebe
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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1
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Photograph of eggs in a Yellow Warbler nest
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs
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1927-06-15
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A Yellow Warbler nest containing three eggs, located in a raspberry bush in Ogden, June 15, 1927. Photograph originally titled "Nest of Yellow Warbler." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Yellow Warbler
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Ogden
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Photograph of five hatching Wood Duck eggs
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research
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1971-06-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Five Wood Duck eggs that are just beginning to hatch, June 1971. A pencil is pictured below the five eggs to give perspective on the size of the eggs. A handwritten note on the back on the photograph indicates that this was the second day since the duckling eggs pipped, or cracked the shells.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of mother Wood Duck sitting on eggs in a duck house
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Birdhouses Eggs--Incubation Wood duck--Behavior
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A mother Wood Duck sits on top of nesting material inside a Wood Duck house, 1966. Three Wood Duck eggs are visible beneath her.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of recently hatched Wood Duck ducklings and egg shells in a duck house
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Ducklings
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1966-05-01
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1966-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Several recently hatched Wood Duck ducklings intermixed with egg shells and other nesting material in a Wood Duck house, May 1966.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of three hatching Wood Duck eggs
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research
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1971-07-01
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1971-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Three marked Wood Duck eggs that are just beginning to hatch, July 1971. A small tube of paint and a wax pencil are pictured below the eggs to give perspective on the size of the eggs.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of Wood Duck ducklings nesting among egg shells and nesting material
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Ducklings
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1966-05-01
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1966-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Several Wood Duck ducklings nesting among hatched egg shells and other nesting material, May 1966.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of Wood Duck eggs and nesting material in a duck house
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Birdhouses
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The inside bottom of a Wood Duck house covered in nesting material, 1966. Twelve Wood Duck eggs lay in the middle of the nesting material.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of Wood Duck eggs beginning to hatch
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research
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1966-05-01
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1966-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Three Wood Duck eggs in the early stages of hatching, May 1966
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Photograph of Wood Duck eggs under down feathers
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Photographs
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Research Birdhouses Wood duck--Behavior
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1966-01-01
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1966-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The inside bottom of a Wood Duck house covered with nesting material, 1966. Wood Duck eggs are visible beneath the mother's down feathers.
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Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
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Wood Duck
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Burlington
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Frederic Leopold Papers | MS 113
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Benton and Blackhawk Counties in 1877
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for American Swallow-tailed Kites at Benton and Blackhawk Counties, IA around 1877. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by George and Morton Peck.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Benton County Black Hawk County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Coon Lake before 1879
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an American Swallow-tailed Kite at Coon Lake, IA before 1879. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by J. Krider, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Bachman's Sparrow east of Des Moines in 1884
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation
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1889-02-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Bachman's Sparrow and nest east of Des Moines in Polk County, IA on June 2, 1884. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Preliminary Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy Natural Sciences 5:113-161 by Charles R. Keyes and H.S. Williams seen by J.B. Green and J.A. Allen, and referenced by four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Bachman's Sparrow
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Des Moines
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