Photograph of the contents found in a Great Horned Owl nest
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Photographs
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Birds--Food Bird droppings
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1935-04-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The contents found in a Great Horned Owl nest, located at Beaver Creek, April 4, 1935. The contents of the nest included two Grackles, parts of two rabbits, the head and wing of a male Pheasant, and three pellets. Photograph originally titled "Contents of Horned Owl nest." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Great Horned Owl
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Boone County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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7
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Lantern slide and photograph of the contents found in a Great Horned Owl nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Food
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1934-03-04
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1934-03-13
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The contents found in a Great Horned Owl nest located in an elm tree at Beaver Creek, including mice, rabbit, pigeon, and vole, March 4-13, 1934. Slide originally titled "Food from Horned Owl's Nest." Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Great Horned Owl
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Boone County
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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1
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Robert W. Nero letter to Gladys Black regarding Snowy Owl migration, February 21, 1977
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Migration Weather
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1977-02-21
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Snowy Owl migration from Canada to Iowa contributed by Robert W. Nero in a letter to Gladys Black.This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of winter, 1976-1977.
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Nero, Robert W.
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Snowy Owl
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Iowa
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Lantern slide and photograph of mice found in Barred Owl nest
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Lantern slides Photographs
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Birds--Food Bird droppings
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1929-04-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Six dead mice found in a Barred Owl nest when the young owls were approximately 14 days old, April 13, 1929. The mice retrieved from the nest included three whole meadow mice, one headless meadow mouse, one whole white footed mouse, and one headless white footed mouse. In addition, the first and only pellet is also shown. Slide originally titled "Food for Owls." Rosene provides details on photograph.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Barred Owl
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Know Iowa Hawks
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Reports
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Bird pests Birds of prey Birds--Food Birds--Identification
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1932-01-01
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1932-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Report dated 1932. This report compiled by H.J. Metcalf claims that Hawks and Owls are not a threat to either agriculture or sport, with only three species of Hawk found in Iowa likely to feed on Poultry or Upland Game Birds.
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Metcalf, H. J.
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Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for American Swallow-tailed Kite at Cedar Rapids in 1903
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Food Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1918-01-01
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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 Cedar Rapids in Linn County, IA on September 20, 1903. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, the original sighting record found in the publication The Raptorial Birds of Iowa in Geological Survey Bull in B.H. Bailey, 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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Cedar Rapids
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Lewis's Woodpecker at Riverside Park at Sioux City in 1928
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Food Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1929-02-01
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1993-08-19
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Lewis's Woodpecker at Riverside Park at Sioux City in Woodbury County, IA on November 28, 1928. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in an untitled publication in the Bulletin IOU 7(1):3 by Mary L. Bailey seen by Currence Armour and unidentified members of the Sioux City Bird Club, and referenced by four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Lewis's Woodpecker
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Riverside Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Clark's Nutcracker at Pleasantville in 1972
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird feeders Birds--Food Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds
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1973-03-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Clark's Nutcracker at Pleasantville in Marion County, IA on December 16, 1972. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Another Clark's Nutcracker Visits Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 43:27 by Herb Dorow also seen by Gladys Black.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Clark's Nutcracker
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Pleasantville
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Cape May Warbler at Indianola in 1996
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Bird feeders Birds--Food Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1997-12-01
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2000-11-22
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Cape May Warbler at Indianola in Warren County, IA from November 14 to December 18, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph by Stephen Dinsmore, and the original sighting record found in the publication A Record Late Cape May Warbler in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 67(4):132-33 by Jim Sinclair also seen by Taylor Sinclair.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Cape May Warbler
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Indianola
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Rare bird documentation form for Varied Thrush at Davenport, 1985
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Field notes
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Birds--Food Birds--Identification Ornithology Rare birds
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1985-01-11
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N/A
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Rare birds documentation form
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Rare bird documentation form for a Varied Thrush at Davenport in Scott County, IA on January 11, 1985.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Varied Thrush
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Davenport
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2950 Crestline Dr., Davenport, IA
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urban yard, forest area across street, conifers in yard.
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The documentation form by Peter C. Petersen is the only one submitted and forms the basis of this record. Other observers include Caroline A. England. | Elimination of similar species: Am. Robin - lacks breast band + eye stripe, orange in wings. | The original documentation form event lasted from 09:10:00/09:40:00.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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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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A detailed account of a White-winged Crossbill sighting by Marie Spears, December 12 1980
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Identification
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1980-12-18
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Marie Spears provides an account of sighting a White-winged Crossbill eating niger seed from her bird feeder in Shenandoah. She believes this bird was later seen at Ruth Phipps' bird feeder. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Winter 1980-1981.
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Tiemann, Marie E. Spears
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White-winged Crossbill
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Shenandoah
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Tom Johnson, summer 1985
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Food Birdsongs Birds--Infancy
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1985-06-01
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1985-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Tom Johnson with observers Raymond L. Cummins. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1985.
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Johnson, Thomas N.
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Bald Eagle Summer Tanager Carolina Wren Yellow-throated Warbler Cattle Egret Lark Sparrow Northern Mockingbird Blue-winged Warbler Yellow-throated Vireo Kentucky Warbler Bank Swallow
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Appanoose County Van Buren County
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Field notes contributed by Stephen J. Dinsmore, summer 1988
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Food Birds--Nests Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Birds--Infancy
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1988-06-01
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1988-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Stephen J. Dinsmore with observers James J. Dinsmore, Marty Eby, Mark Proescholdt and others. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Dinsmore, Stephen J.
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American Avocet Killdeer Broad-winged Hawk Least Bittern Double-crested Cormorant Pied-billed Grebe Yellow-breasted Chat Henslow's Sparrow Snowy Egret Chuck-will's-widow Greater Yellowlegs Dunlin Curve-billed Thrasher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Forster's Tern Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone White-rumped Sandpiper Swamp Sparrow Snow Goose Kentucky Warbler Gadwall
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Badger Lake Big Creek Lake Big Wall Lake Wildlife Management Area Blue Lake Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area Forneys Lake Hendrickson Marsh Lake Montrose Oakland Riverton Wildlife Management Area Rush Lake Saylorville Lake Stone State Park Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Waubonsie State Park DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Eagle Lake Bays Branch State Wildlife Area MidAmerican Energy Ponds Agency
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Field notes and Peter C. Petersen letter to James J. Dinsmore, July 28, 1986
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Food Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy
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1986-07-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Peter C. Petersen with observers Ken Olson, Douglas Rose and Brian Blevins. Included with the field notes is a letter from Peter C. Petersen to James J. Dinsmore regarding a prior sighting of a Mountain Plover and Rufous Hummingbird. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Bald Eagle Dickcissel House Finch Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Hooded Merganser Sedge Wren Northern Parula Tennessee Warbler Horned Lark American Golden Plover Brown Creeper Northern Bobwhite
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Davenport Goose Lake Huron Island Toolesboro Shield Prairie Area Bryant
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Field notes contributed by Paul Martsching, spring 1997
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Food Parulidae | Warblers
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1997-03-01
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1997-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Martsching, Paul
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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
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Ames Brookside Park McFarland Lake Park Iowa State University
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Pam Allen and Reid I. Allen, spring 1997
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Nests Birdsongs Nest building
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1997-03-01
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1997-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Pam Allen and Reid I. Allen with observers Eloise Armstrong, Eugene Armstrong, Mark Proescholdt and Beth Proescholdt. This item was submitted past the deadline for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly Report of spring 1997.
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Allen, Pam Allen, Reid I.
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Broad-winged Hawk Red-throated Loon Western Tanager White-winged Dove Common Moorhen Lazuli Bunting Least Tern Eastern Meadowlark Willet Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bay-breasted Warbler Pine Siskin Red Crossbill Northern Shrike Northern Harrier
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Ames Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area Forneys Lake Glenwood Marshall County Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Pleasant Creek State Park West Des Moines Walnut Woods State Park MidAmerican Energy Ponds West Lake County Park Harper
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Neil Bernstein, August 13, 1996
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Infancy
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1996-08-13
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Neil Bernstein. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1996.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Broad-winged Hawk Semipalmated Sandpiper Ring-necked Duck Common Loon Osprey Louisiana Waterthrush
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Spirit Lake Stone State Park West Okoboji Lake Grovers Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Matthew Kenne, fall 1995
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Food Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1995-08-01
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1995-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Matthew Kenne. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1995.
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Kenne, Matthew C.
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Red-shouldered Hawk Pied-billed Grebe Lapland Longspur Northern Goshawk Virginia Rail American Pipit Red-breasted Nuthatch Greater White-fronted Goose Cape May Warbler Great Blue Heron
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Algona Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Riverview Cemetery Smith Lake Park
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Mark Proescholdt, summer 1988
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Field notes Forms (documents)
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Bird watching Birds--Eggs Birds--Food Birds--Nests Birdsongs Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Parulidae | Warblers Birds--Infancy Emberizidae | Sparrows
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1988-06-01
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1988-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Mark Proescholdt with observers Beth Proescholdt, Eloise Armstrong, Eugene Armstrong and Robert I. Cecil. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Proescholdt, Mark
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Broad-winged Hawk Least Bittern Summer Tanager Carolina Wren Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Moorhen Ruby-throated Hummingbird Orchard Oriole Western Grebe Ross' Goose Virginia Rail Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Redhead Acadian Flycatcher Northern Mockingbird Blue-winged Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Scarlet Tanager Great-tailed Grackle Black Tern
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Big Wall Lake Wildlife Management Area Forneys Lake Jemmerson Slough Wildlife Management Area Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Rush Lake Waubonsie State Park Anderson Goose Lake Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Union Grove State Park Shimek State Forest Holst State Forest Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Montour
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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6
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Field notes contributed by Marietta Petersen, spring 1997
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Food
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1997-03-01
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1997-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Marietta Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of spring 1997.
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Petersen, Marietta
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Killdeer Loggerhead Shrike Yellow-rumped Warbler Cerulean Warbler
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Cass County Indian Creek
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Marietta Petersen, fall 1995
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Identification Birdsongs
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1995-08-01
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1995-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Marietta Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1995.
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Petersen, Marietta
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Grasshopper Sparrow Ruby-throated Hummingbird Black-billed Cuckoo Olive-sided Flycatcher Pine Siskin Red-breasted Nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet Belted Kingfisher House Wren Northern Bobwhite
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Cresco Cass County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Marietta Petersen, summer 1988
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birdsongs Weather
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1988-06-01
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1988-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Marietta Petersen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer 1988.
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Petersen, Marietta
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Cedar Waxwing Loggerhead Shrike Orchard Oriole Western Kingbird Barn Swallow Northern Bobwhite
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Atlantic Cass County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Marietta Petersen, fall 1996
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Nests
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1996-08-01
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1996-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Marietta Petersen. The field notes include a detailed description of an Orchard Oriole. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of fall 1996.
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Petersen, Marietta
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Orchard Oriole Cattle Egret
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Cass County Walnut
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Field notes contributed by Lee A. Schoenewe, summer 2001
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Food Birds--Nests Birdsongs Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Podicipediformes | Grebes Laridae | Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Birds--Infancy
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2001-06-01
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2001-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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List of birds and locations contributed by Lee Schoenewe. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2001.
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Schoenewe, Lee A.
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Least Bittern Red-necked Grebe Yellow-billed Cuckoo American White Pelican Dunlin Peregrine Falcon Lesser Yellowlegs Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler American Golden Plover
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Clay County Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area Ruthven Little Sioux River Wanata State Park Cheever Lake Dugout Creek Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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