W. Ross Silcock letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, May 31, 1980
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Counting Birds--Habitat Birdsongs Fringillidae | Finches
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N/A
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Field notes contributed by W. Ross Silcock in a letter to Thomas H. Kent, May 31, 1980. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1980.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Swainson's Hawk Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Western Tanager Barn Owl Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Willet Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Yellow-rumped Warbler Blue Grosbeak
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Folsom Lake Forneys Lake Riverton Wildlife Management Area Malvern Willow Slough State Game Management Area
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Summer observations, 1978, Northwest Iowa
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Nests
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1978-06-01
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1978-07-31
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Field report titled "Summer observations, 1978, Northwest Iowa," submitted by Tom Nigus. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of summer, 1978.
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Nigus, Thomas A.
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Upland Sandpiper Double-crested Cormorant Canvasback Ring-necked Duck American White Pelican Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Canada Goose Green-winged Teal
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Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area Ruthven Mud Lake West Swan Lake State Game Management Area Kalsow Prairie State Preserve
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1986-06-01
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1986-07-31
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Special sighting reports submitted by Mark A. Dietzenbach. Includes notes related to the birds' habitats, breeding behavior, and other pertinent information. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Dietzenbach, Mark A.
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Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Upland Sandpiper Bell's Vireo Lark Sparrow Hooded Merganser Veery Northern Mockingbird Louisiana Waterthrush Swamp Sparrow Canada Goose
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan in Newton in 1871
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1871-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for a Trumpeter Swan near Newton in Poweshiek and Jasper Counties, IA on 1871. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa birds in The American Naturalist 5:169 in H.W. Parker, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Trumpeter Swan
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Newton
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Trumpeter Swan at Little Twin Lakes in 1883
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1907-01-01
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1994-02-03
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Records Committee review for several Trumpeter Swans at Little Twin Lakes in Hancock County, IA in 1883. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by J.W. Preston, and referenced by three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Trumpeter Swan
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Twin Lake Township
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Purple Gallinule in Iowa before 1879
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Purple Gallinules in Iowa 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 two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Purple Gallinule
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Iowa before 1879
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Eggs Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Rare birds
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1879-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Iowa before 1879. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist by John Krider.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Long-billed Curlew
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Long-billed Curlew at Decatur County in 1872
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1872-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review for Long-billed Curlews at Decatur County, IA during the Spring 1872. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Notes on the birds of southern Iowa in the Proceedings of Boston Society of Natural History 15:229-243 by T.M. Trippe, and referenced by another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Long-billed Curlew
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Decatur County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Common Raven at Iowa in 1970
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Bird surveys Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1972-09-01
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1994-02-04
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Records Committee review three Common Ravens at Iowa on June 27, 1970. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Field Reports in Iowa Bird Life 42:70 by Woodward H. Brown and seen by Myra Willis.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Common Raven
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Iowa
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Chukar at Davenport in 1979
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Introduced birds Rare birds
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1993-08-27
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Records Committee review for Chukars at Davenport in Scott County, IA during the summer of 1979. Includes a record review document with votes, field notes by Peter C. Petersen, and the original sighting record found in the publication Chukars in the Quad Cities in Iowa Bird Life 51:131 by Peter C. Petersen.
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Chukar
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Davenport
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Rare bird documentation form for Bewick's Wren at Lacey-Keosauqua State Park in 1992
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Field notes
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1992-05-09
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N/A
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Rare bird documentation form for two Bewick's Wrens at Lacey-Keosauqua State Park in Van Buren County, IA on May 9, 1992.
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Fuller, James L
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Bewick's Wren
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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park
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Memo regarding the Breeding Bird Atlas Project
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Administrative records
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Birds--Breeding Ornithology--Study and teaching
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1994-01-01
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1994-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Memo regarding the Iowa Ornithologists' Union's Breeding Bird Atlas. Includes several announcements regarding the project, including that the Iowa Ornithologists' Union has agreed to purchase copies of the Breeding Bird Atlas for school libraries in the state of Iowa.
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Jackson, Laura Spess
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Iowa
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Letter from Ross Silcock to Iowa Ornithologists' Union regarding bird sightings and locations, August 11, 1976
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Habitat
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1976-11-08
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N/A
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List of birds and locations contributed by Ross Silcock. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Field Report of Summer 1976.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Least Flycatcher Bobolink Vesper Sparrow Louisiana Waterthrush
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Fremont County Iowa Tabor Waubonsie State Park Malvern Neola
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James L. Hansen letter to Doug Reeves regarding Great Blue Heron Rookery, May 2 1986
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Nests
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1986-05-02
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N/A
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Letter from James L. Hansen to Doug Reeves regarding a Great Blue Heron Rookery in Appanoose County, submitted May 2 1986. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1986.
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Hansen, James L.
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Great Blue Heron
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Appanoose County
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Fourth Supplementary Breeding Bird Census of Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve, July 1990
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birds--Nests Weather
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1990-07-01
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Fourth Supplementary Breeding Bird Census of Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve, Louisa County, Iowa by Peter C. Petersen for July, 1990 with handwritten annotations. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1990.
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Petersen, Peter C.
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Yellow-headed Blackbird Grasshopper Sparrow Song Sparrow Carolina Wren Chuck-will's-widow American Woodcock Hooded Merganser Philadelphia Vireo Northern Mockingbird Prothonotary Warbler Brown Creeper
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Louisa County Spring Lake Beattys Pond
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Field Reports, James P. Sandrock, Summer 1987
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Field notes
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Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Rare birds
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1987-06-12
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1987-07-24
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Field notes submitted by James P. Sandrock for the summer of 1987 featuring Henslow's Sparrow sightings on June 12 and 13, 1987 in southern Van Buren County, IA.
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Sandrock, James P., 1929-
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Henslow's Sparrow Lark Sparrow
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Van Buren County
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Field reports, Darwin Dean Mosman, summer 1990
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Birds--Nests
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1990-06-01
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1990-07-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Field reports submitted by Darwin Dean Mosman for the summer 1990 with descriptions of the sighting and nesting behavior. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1990.
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Mosman, Dean
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Purple Martin Eastern Bluebird Western Kingbird House Finch
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Elkhart Perry
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Field report contributed by Tanya Bray, summer 1982
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Ornithology--Methodology Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies
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1982-06-01
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1982-07-31
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Field report was contributed by Tanya Bray and observers Barb Wilson, Loren and Babs Padelford, and Jim and Sandy Kovanda. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 1982.
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Bray, Tanya
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Forneys Lake Fremont County Willow Slough Dam
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Field notes contributed by Joseph P. Schaufenbuel, May 31, 1980
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Birds--Migration Birdsongs
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1980-05-31
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N/A
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List of birds and locations contributed by Joseph P. Schaufenbuel. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1980.
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Schaufenbuel, Joseph P.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-shouldered Hawk Swainson's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Eastern Phoebe Lark Sparrow Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Black-throated Blue Warbler Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Bobwhite
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Decorah Volga Lake Sweet Marsh Saint Lucas Vinton Waucoma
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Breeding Evidence Observations, Bob Cecil, 1985
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Identification Rare birds
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1985-06-20
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1985-07-16
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Field notes about Worm-eating Warbler breeding habits at the Croton Unit in Shimek State Forest in Lee County, IA from June 20 to July 16, 1985. This document is related a letter and field notes by Bob Cecil: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3902/view.
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Cecil, Robert I.
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Worm-eating Warbler
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Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit
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Checklists
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Field Check List--Breeding Bird Survey, 1976. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1976.
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Iowa
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1978 Fremont County Foray, June 2-7, annotated list of birds
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Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Breeding Birds--Nests Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, and Swans Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Falconiformes | Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Mimidae | Mockingbirds, Catbirds, Thrashers, and Tremblers Scolopacidae | Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Hirundinidae | Swallows Galliformes | Quails, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse Vireonidae | Vireos Parulidae | Warblers Troglodytidae | Wrens Piciformes | Woodpeckers and allies Strigiformes | Owls Apodiformes | Swifts and Hummingbirds Emberizidae | Sparrows Calcariidae | Longspurs and snow bunting
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1978-06-02
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1978-06-07
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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An account of the 1978 Fremont County Foray, submitted by Ross W. Silcock. The foray involved several bird watchers active in the area on various dates between June 2 and June 7, 1978. The observation of breeding is discussed throughout the item. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly Report of summer 1978.
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Silcock, W. Ross
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Fremont County Waubonsie State Park
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