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

Field notes contributed by Michael C. Newlon, spring 1980	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Parulidae \| Warblers	1980-03-01	1980-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Michael C. Newlon with observers Bernie Knight and Calvin Knight. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1980.	Newlon, Michael C.	Yellow-throated Warbler Wilson's Phalarope Piping Plover Acadian Flycatcher Kentucky Warbler	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Wildcat Den State Park Wiese Slough State Game Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	19	3
Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, April-May 1980	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Charadriidae \| Plovers Parulidae \| Warblers	1980-03-01	1980-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Paul Martsching. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1980.	Martsching, Paul	Gray-cheeked Thrush Eastern Towhee Short-eared Owl Orchard Oriole Sora Black-billed Cuckoo Water Pipit Tufted Titmouse Tundra Swan Great Egret	Ames Hendrickson Marsh Lake Ledges State Park Brookside Park McFarland Lake Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	19	3
Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, fall 1986	Field notes	Bird watching Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Parulidae \| Warblers Troglodytidae \| Wrens Birds--Infancy	1986-08-01	1986-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Paul Martsching. The field notes include several bird descriptions. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of fall 1986.	Martsching, Paul	Cooper's Hawk Gray-cheeked Thrush Chimney Swift Western Grebe Merlin Wilson's Phalarope Eastern Wood-Pewee Black-crowned Night Heron Greater Scaup Semipalmated Plover Sanderling Common Snipe Black-billed Cuckoo Olive-sided Flycatcher Magnolia Warbler Chipping Sparrow Red-breasted Nuthatch Lesser Scaup Blackburnian Warbler Water Pipit Short-billed Dowitcher Blackpoll Warbler	Ames Brookside Park Larson Marsh Ada Hayden Heritage Park Slater Colo Bogs Wildlife Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	22	5
Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, fall 1991	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers	1991-08-01	1991-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Paul Martsching. Included with the field notes is an attached report of a Merlin sighting in Ames. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1991.	Martsching, Paul	Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird White-throated Sparrow Merlin Eastern Phoebe Common Nighthawk Great Crested Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Dark-eyed Junco Sharp-shinned Hawk	Ames Brookside Park McFarland Lake Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	7
Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, fall 1996	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers	1996-08-01	1996-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Paul Martsching. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1996.	Martsching, Paul	Cooper's Hawk Blue-headed Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush Chimney Swift Eastern Wood-Pewee Baltimore Oriole Common Nighthawk Philadelphia Vireo Yellow-rumped Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Winter Wren American Redstart	Ames Brookside Park Iowa State University	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	27	3
Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, spring 1982	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Identification Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Rallidae \| Rails Fringillidae \| Finches Parulidae \| Warblers	1982-03-01	1982-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes were contributed by Paul Martsching. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1982.	Martsching, Paul	Marbled Godwit Blue-headed Vireo Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur American White Pelican Common Redpoll Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Northern Mockingbird	Hendrickson Marsh Lake Story County Brookside Park Larson Marsh Iowa State Nursery Hickory Grove Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	20	3
Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, spring 1983	Field notes Reports	Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Research Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Sylviidae \| Kinglets and Gnatcatchers Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Fringillidae \| Finches Vireonidae \| Vireos Parulidae \| Warblers Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1983-03-01	1983-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Spring report of birds found in Story County contributed by Paul Martsching. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1983.	Martsching, Paul	American Avocet Cooper's Hawk Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Rusty Blackbird Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Lapland Longspur Common Moorhen Cattle Egret Whimbrel Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Sora Black-bellied Plover Hudsonian Godwit Yellow-rumped Warbler Winter Wren Tundra Swan Common Merganser Black Tern Sharp-shinned Hawk	Ames Colo Hendrickson Marsh Lake Hickory Grove County Park Brookside Park McFarland Lake Park Larson Marsh Cooper Prairie Marsh	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	20	7
Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, spring 1987	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers	1987-03-01	1987-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Paul Martsching. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1987.	Martsching, Paul	Alder Flycatcher Clay-colored Sparrow Baltimore Oriole Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Veery Orange-crowned Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Bonaparte's Gull Great Egret	Ames Hendrickson Marsh Lake Brookside Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	22	7
Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, spring 1996	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Parulidae \| Warblers Weather	1996-03-01	1996-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Spring report of birds found at Brookside Park in Ames contributed by Paul Martsching. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1996.	Martsching, Paul	Warbling Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Black-billed Cuckoo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Ovenbird Connecticut Warbler	Brookside Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	27	1
Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, spring 1997	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Food Parulidae \| Warblers	1997-03-01	1997-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Paul Martsching. The field notes include a descriptions of the interaction between a Turkey Vulture and an American Crow. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1997.	Martsching, Paul	Turkey Vulture American Crow Blue-headed Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush Clay-colored Sparrow Common Yellowthroat White-crowned Sparrow Peregrine Falcon Olive-sided Flycatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Dark-eyed Junco Nashville Warbler	Ames Brookside Park McFarland Lake Park Iowa State University	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	27	4
Field notes contributed by Pearl Knoop, Marble Rock, Iowa, spring 1984	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Migration Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Fringillidae \| Finches Hirundinidae \| Swallows Parulidae \| Warblers	1984-03-01	1984-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes were contributed by Pearl Knoop, Marble Rock, Iowa, spring 1984. She sighted five species: Golden Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Wilson's Phalarope, Willet, and Eastern Meadowlark, and reported on the spring migration of other bird groups. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1984.	Knoop, Pearl	Wilson's Phalarope Eastern Meadowlark Lesser Yellowlegs Willet American Golden Plover	Marble Rock	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	21	3
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, fall 1982	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae \| Warblers	1982-08-01	1982-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes were contributed by Peter C. Petersen and other observers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1982.	Petersen, Peter C.	American Avocet Bald Eagle Summer Tanager Golden Eagle Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover	Credit Island Davenport New Albin Buffalo	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	20	5
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, fall 1987	Field notes Reports	Bird populations Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae \| Warblers Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1987-08-01	1987-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.	Petersen, Peter C.	Broad-winged Hawk Lapland Longspur Groove-billed Ani Bullock's Oriole Chukar Greater Yellowlegs Dunlin Purple Finch Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Common Loon Osprey Black-bellied Plover Common Snipe Olive-sided Flycatcher Sedge Wren Northern Mockingbird Scarlet Tanager Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Red-breasted Parakeet Red Crossbill Brown Creeper Great Egret	Bellevue Blue Grass Clear Lake Credit Island Crystal Lake Davenport Huron Island Le Claire Lock and Dam 13 Pine Hill Cemetery Sabula Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve Eagle Point Memorial Park Cemetery Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	2
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, fall 1991	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae \| Warblers Birds--Infancy	1991-08-01	1991-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen with observers Mary Lou Petersen, Ann M. Barker, Randall Pinkston and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1991.	Petersen, Peter C.	Bald Eagle Horned Grebe Carolina Wren Common Ground-Dove American White Pelican Long-billed Dowitcher Peregrine Falcon Willet Pine Siskin Red-breasted Nuthatch Short-billed Dowitcher American Golden Plover	Bettendorf Cedar Lake Credit Island Davenport Lake Red Rock Pleasant Creek State Park Saylorville Lake Bulgers Hollow	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	24	7
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, fall 1993	Field notes Reports	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers	1993-08-01	1993-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.	Petersen, Peter C.	Ross's Gull Eared Grebe Bell's Vireo Carolina Wren Evening Grosbeak Snowy Owl Western Grebe Reddish Egret Trumpeter Swan Merlin Yellow-bellied Flycatcher White-winged Scoter Osprey Red-breasted Nuthatch Cape May Warbler	Bellevue Colfax Davenport Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Lake Red Rock Le Claire Montpelier Clinton County Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	25	6
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, spring 1980	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae \| Warblers Weather Troglodytidae \| Wrens Birds--Feeding and feeds	1980-03-01	1980-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen with observers Mary Lou Petersen, Walter Zuurdeeg, Clark Scott and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1980.	Petersen, Peter C.	Marbled Godwit Horned Grebe Common Moorhen Orchard Oriole Long-billed Dowitcher Greater Scaup Hudsonian Godwit Pileated Woodpecker Pine Siskin Lesser Scaup Short-billed Dowitcher Cape May Warbler American Golden Plover Great Egret	Bettendorf Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Credit Island Le Claire Wildcat Den State Park Cayler Prairie State Preserve	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	19	3
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, spring 1982	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae \| Warblers	1982-03-01	1982-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes were contributed by Peter C. Petersen and other observers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1982.	Petersen, Peter C.	Cooper's Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Hooded Merganser Eastern Whip-poor-will	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Davenport Lock and Dam 15 Lock and Dam 13 Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Louisa Division Duck Creek Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	20	3
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, spring 1992	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers	1992-03-01	1992-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen with observers Mary Lou Petersen, Brian Blevins, Lewis Blevins, and Gerald White. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1992.	Petersen, Peter C.	Pied-billed Grebe White-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Teal Brown Pelican Greater Prairie-Chicken Le Conte's Sparrow Greater Scaup Peregrine Falcon Hudsonian Godwit Great Blue Heron Pine Warbler	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Credit Island Princeton State Wildlife Management Area DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Green Island Mount Ayr Scott County Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	25	1
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, spring 1996	Checklists Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Hirundinidae \| Swallows Parulidae \| Warblers Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1996-03-01	1996-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Spring report of birds found in eastern Iowa contributed by Peter C. Petersen. Also includes the Iowa statewide May count for Johnson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, and Louisa Counties. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1996.	Petersen, Peter C.	American Avocet Red-shouldered Hawk Little Blue Heron Brewer's Blackbird White-eyed Vireo Lesser White-fronted Goose Common Moorhen Yellow-throated Warbler Western Kingbird Ross' Goose Merlin Western Sandpiper Eurasian Tree Sparrow Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Greater Scaup Surf Scoter Peregrine Falcon Short-billed Dowitcher American Golden Plover	Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Davenport Huron Island Johnson County Muscatine Muscatine County Pleasant Valley Sabula Scott County Wildcat Den State Park Clinton County Louisa County Green Island Buffalo Green Bay Bottoms Mount Joy	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	27	1
Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, summer 1987	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae \| Warblers Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1987-06-01	1987-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Summer report of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen and other observers. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1987.	Petersen, Peter C.	Least Bittern American Bittern Double-crested Cormorant Yellow-headed Blackbird Bell's Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Orchard Oriole American Woodcock Black-crowned Night Heron Lesser Yellowlegs Pileated Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Northern Mockingbird Northern Parula Ovenbird Scarlet Tanager Short-billed Dowitcher Winter Wren Brown Creeper	Bellevue Credit Island Goose Lake Huron Island Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Wildcat Den State Park Tipton Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	23	1
Field notes contributed by Peter Ernzen, fall 1992	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Vireonidae \| Vireos Parulidae \| Warblers	1992-08-01	1992-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Fall report of birds found in western Iowa contributed by Peter Ernzen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1992.	Ernzen, Peter	Green-backed Heron Eared Grebe Short-eared Owl Harris' Sparrow Brown Thrasher White-crowned Sparrow Peregrine Falcon Northern Saw-whet Owl Sedge Wren Gray Catbird Lincoln's Sparrow Short-billed Dowitcher Winter Wren House Wren American Golden Plover	Ida County Moorehead Pioneer Park Odebolt Crawford Creek County Recreation Area Cobb Memorial Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	25	3
Field notes contributed by Peter Ernzen, fall 1993	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers Birds--Infancy Emberizidae \| Sparrows	1993-08-01	1993-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Fall report of birds and locations contributed by Peter Ernzen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1993.	Ernzen, Peter	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Ross' Goose Cattle Egret Eastern Wood-Pewee Wood Thrush Yellow-bellied Flycatcher White-winged Scoter Black-bellied Plover Ruby-crowned Kinglet Northern Parula Black-throated Blue Warbler Spotted Towhee Red-breasted Nuthatch Tennessee Warbler Tundra Swan Sandhill Crane	Blue Lake Ida Grove Missouri Valley Moorehead Pioneer Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Onawa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	25	6
Field notes contributed by Peter Ernzen, fall 1995	Field notes	Bird watching Birdsongs Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Parulidae \| Warblers Birds--Infancy	1995-08-01	1995-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Peter Ernzen.This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1995.	Ernzen, Peter	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Thayer's Gull White-eyed Vireo Trumpeter Swan Gray Partridge Long-eared Owl Olive-sided Flycatcher Bay-breasted Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Chipping Sparrow	Moorehead Pioneer Park Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area Black Hawk Lake Crawford Creek County Recreation Area E B Lyons Nature Center	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	26	6
Field notes contributed by Peter Ernzen, fall 1996	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Podicipediformes \| Grebes Parulidae \| Warblers Birds--Infancy	1996-08-01	1996-11-30	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Peter Ernzen. Included with the field report is a note from Peter Ernzen to Thomas H. Kent regarding the unusual dates of several species observations. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1996.	Ernzen, Peter	Brewer's Blackbird Snow Bunting American White Pelican Long-billed Dowitcher Sabine's Gull Olive-sided Flycatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Chestnut-sided Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch Greater White-fronted Goose Yellow Warbler Bonaparte's Gull Sandhill Crane	Dubuque Ida County Lake View Moorehead Pioneer Park Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area Black Hawk Lake Battle Creek Cobb Memorial Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	27	3
Field notes contributed by Philip J. Walsh, spring 1996	Field notes Reports	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Parulidae \| Warblers	1996-03-01	1996-05-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Spring report of birds contributed by Philip J. Walsh. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1996.	Walsh, Philip J.	Broad-winged Hawk Mississippi Kite White-faced Ibis Marbled Godwit Franklin's Gull Red-breasted Merganser Western Grebe Purple Finch Semipalmated Plover Willet Caspian Tern Long-eared Owl Hermit Thrush Pine Siskin Mourning Warbler Common Merganser	Big Creek State Park Dale Maffitt Reservoir Des Moines Grays Lake Indianola Polk County Saylorville Lake Snake Creek State Game Management Area Waterworks Park Greenwood Park Long Pond Rock Creek State Park Cottonwood Recreation Area Polk City Wildlife Area Raccoon River Park Olivet Baptist Church	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	27	1