The Usefulness of Science: XVI. The Usefulness of Birds
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Radio scripts
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Beneficial birds Bird watching Birds--Behavior Game and game-birds Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ornithology Laniidae | Shrikes Predation (Biology) Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows Upland game bird management Insect pests--Control
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1934-03-06
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A radio script written by George O. Hendrickson for the Junior Academy of Science Radio Program and presented on WOI and WSUI explaining the usefulness of birds. Hendrickson describes how birds are very helpful in controlling destructive insects and harmful weeds. Also included are details on how certain birds are beneficial in acting as scavengers to destroy garbage and dead animal carcasses as well as assisting in the elimination of rodent pests. Hendrickson also mentions other values of birds are the use of birds as game and for food. Additionally, one more benefit of birds is the act of bird watching and the enjoyable study and observation of a variety of species in the state.
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Hendrickson, George O.
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Turkey Vulture American Tree Sparrow Downy Woodpecker Northern Bobwhite
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Iowa
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Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records | MS 386
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Birds and their foods
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Reports
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Food Columbiformes | Doves and Pigeons Birds--Infancy
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A paper describing the variety of food consumed by birds, including seeds, fruits, insects, rodents, and fish, and how the food habits of birds are beneficial to humans in keeping pest populations under control. Also includes details on the feeding of young by adult birds as well as information on how birds detect and gather the food necessary for growth and maintenance of the high body temperature that birds require to function.
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Barn Owl American Tree Sparrow
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Iowa
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Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records | MS 386
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Winter Birds
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Speeches (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Food Birds--Habitat Birds--Identification Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Sittidae | Nuthatches Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Odontophoridae | Quails
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1952-11-20
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A speech written by Margaret Herdliska for a presentation given to the Fairfield Bird Club on November 20, 1952. Included in the speech are reasons why winter is the best time to begin a study of birds as well as details of several species of permanent resident birds in Iowa, winter resident birds, and migrant birds that can be found in the state.
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Lowell, Margaret Herdliska
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Ruffed Grouse Blue Jay Cedar Waxwing Northern Cardinal House Sparrow Greater Prairie-Chicken American Tree Sparrow Tufted Titmouse Black-capped Chickadee Wild Turkey Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark American Goldfinch Brown Creeper Common Pheasant Common Starling
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Fairfield
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Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records | MS 386
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding Barred Owl observations and Goose identification, April 11, 1928
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Food Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Water birds
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1928-04-11
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated April 11, 1928. Rosene discusses his observations of a Barred Owl, how he identifies geese, and some recent sightings.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Barred Owl Snow Goose Canada Goose
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Ogden Boone County Long Pond
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding Prairie Chicken pictures, November 21, 1930
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Correspondence
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Photography of birds Predation (Biology) Snakes--Behavior
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1930-11-21
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N/A
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated November 21, 1930. Rosene updates DuMont with Iowa ornithologist news and recounts his trip to Nebraska where he photographed Prairie Chickens and other birds.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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American Avocet American Bittern Grasshopper Sparrow Greater Prairie-Chicken Long-billed Curlew Wilson's Phalarope Red-eyed Vireo
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Ledges State Park Nebraska
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Walter Rosene letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird behavior, February 27, 1932
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Correspondence
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Birds--Behavior Birdsongs Bombycillidae | Waxwings Birds--Infancy Ornithological literature
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1932-02-27
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Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated February 27, 1932. Rosene discusses bird behavior, identifying Eastern and Western Meadowlarks, and recently published books.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark
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Ogden Boone County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Anhinga at Riverton in 1953
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1953-10-18
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Anhinga near Riverton in Fremont County, IA on October 18, 1953. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication A sight record of the Anhinga in Fremont County in Iowa Bird Life 23:72 by Mrs. William H. Collins.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Anhinga
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Riverton
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Red-throated Loon at Jester Park, 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-09-02
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1993-08-27
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Red-throated Loons at Jester Park in Polk County in September 2, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Bird Life from 1972 seen by Sue and Stuart Burns, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Red-throated Loon
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Jester Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Anhinga at Union Grove Lake in 1967
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1967-04-05
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Anhinga at Union Grove Lake in Tama County, IA on April 5, 1967. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Anhinga, third record for Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 37:53 by Evelyn Ehlers.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Anhinga
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Union Grove Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird at Davenport in 1946
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1946-04-01
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1993-09-01
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Magnificent Frigatebird at Davenport in Scott County, IA in 1946. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the Bird Life in the Mississippi Valley in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy Sciences 56:343-345 by James Hodges.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Magnificent Frigatebird
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Davenport
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species at Swan Lake in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1954-04-10
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species at Swan Lake in Johnson County, IA on August 10, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Glossy Ibis at Swan Lake in Iowa Bird life 24:80 written by Alfred W. Meyer with a photograph by Frederick W. Kent, seen by Alfred W. Meyer. Specimen collected by Walter C. Thietje.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swan Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Masked Duck at Forney Lake in 1965
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1966-06-01
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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 Masked Duck at Forney Lake in Fremont County, IA on March 14, 1965. Includes a record review document with votes, letter from Woodward H. Brown to Fred, the original sighting record found in the publication Masked Duck in Iowa a sight record in Iowa Bird Life 36:55-56 by Harold and Gladys Whitmus, and referenced by another publication.
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Masked Duck
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Forneys Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Wood Stork at Mondamin in 1931
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1932-01-01
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for over two hundred Wood Storks at Mondamin in Harrison County, IA on September 9, 1931. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication A large flock of Wood Ibeses in Harrison County Iowa. Wilson Bull 44:43 by W.B. Grange, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Wood Stork
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Mondamin
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Fulvous Whistling-Duck at Dewey's Pasture in 1963
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1965-03-01
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Fulvous Whistling-Duck at Dewey's Pasture in Palo Alto County, IA on June 11, 1963. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Fulvous Tree Duck in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 35:29 by Gerald Horak and Gerald Kaufmann, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck
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Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Hackberry Grove in 1916
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1916-09-01
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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 Hackberry Grove in Cerro Gordo County, IA on May 28, 1916. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The birds of Floyd County Iowa in Amer Midl Nat by C.L. Fenton also seen by C.H. Belanski, 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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Cerro Gordo County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Denison in 1867
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1868-01-01
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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 Denison in Crawford County, IA on July 13, 1867. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on birds observed in western Iowa in the months of July, August, and September in the Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1:488-502 by J.A. Allen, 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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Denison
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant at Powesheik County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1891-01-01
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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 number of Brants at Powesheik County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Poweshiek County Iowa in Ornithologist and Oologist 16:131-134 by C. Kelsey, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Brant
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Poweshiek County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Barrow's Goldeneye at Keokuk district in 1888
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Tables (documents)
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-01-01
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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 Barrow's Goldeneye at Keokuk district in Lee County, IA on March 27, 1888. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of the Des Moines Rapids in Auk 24:565-577 by William E. Praeger, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Barrow's Goldeneye
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Keokuk County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Barrow's Goldeneye at Linn County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Barrow's Goldeneyes at Linn County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Barrow's Goldeneye
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Linn County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Barrow's Goldeneye at Mills and Pottawattamie Counties before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Tables (documents)
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Barrow's Goldeneyes at Mills and Pottawattamie Counties before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by I.S. Trostler, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Barrow's Goldeneye
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Mills County Pottawattamie County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-06-01
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1993-09-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Eurasian Wigeon at Rock Creek Lake in Jasper County, IA on April 13, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication European Widgeon [sic] in central Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 42:49 by Mrs Dorothy Maish also seen by Irene Wein.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Rock Creek Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan at Poweshiek County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1891-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Trumpeter Swans at Poweshiek County, IA before 1907. 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 C. Kelsey.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Trumpeter Swan
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Poweshiek County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan at the headwaters of Des Moines River in 1875
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Birds--Migration 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 several Trumpeter Swans at the headwaters of Des Moines River in IA during 1875. 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 J.W. Preston.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Trumpeter Swan
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Des Moines River
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant at Polk County in 1927
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1931-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for twenty-four Brants at Polk County on April 23, 1927. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Polk County Iowa in Des Moines Audubon Society by Philip A. DuMont seen by Watson and Nelson.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Brant
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Polk County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Brant at Des Moines in 1925
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1931-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for several Brants at Des Moines area in Polk County on March 8, 1925. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Polk County Iowa in Des Moines Audubon Society by Philip A. DuMont, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Brant
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Des Moines
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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