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Historical Notes Douglas C. Harr was born September 3, 1947 in Tacoma, Washington. A few years after he was born, his family moved to Monticello, Minnesota where he spent the rest of his childhood. After graduating from Monticello High School, Douglas went on to study at the University of South Dakota where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Management in 1969, and then his Masters of Science in Wildlife Biology in 1971. Douglas married Nina Harr and the couple had two children together, Ryan and Allison. After graduating from college, Douglas started working for the Iowa Conservation Commission, now the Department of Natural Resources, as a wildlife biologist. In 2001 he started working for the DNR’s Wildlife Diversity Program, and is now the Wildlife Diversity Program Coordinator. Douglas joined the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union in 1977, and is also a member of the Prairie Lakes Audubon Society, where he served as president and the Christmas Bird Count Coordinator. In 2004 Douglas was the vice president of the State of Iowa Audubon Society, and would later serve as president. Douglas is also the Iowa Coordinator for the National Breeding Bird Survey and has served on the technical committee for the Important Bird Areas program.
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Authored Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Burrowing Owl east of Larchwood, 1998 Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-billed Magpie near Larchwood, 1985 Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Baird's Sparrow at Anderson Prairie State Preserve, 1989 Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black-headed Grosbeak at Little Swan Lake, 1982 Douglas C. Harr letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding bird sightings, June 23, 1977 Douglas C. Harr letter to Peter C. Petersen regarding bird sightings, May 19, 1978 Douglas C. Harr letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding spring bird sightings, May 23, 1979 Douglas C. Harr letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding additional spring bird sightings, May 29, 1979 Douglas C. Harr letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, August 13, 1979 Douglas C. Harr letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, November 30, 1979 Douglas C. Harr letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, February 27, 1980 Douglas C. Harr letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, May 27, 1980 Doug Harr letter to Thomas Kent regarding uncommon birds sighted, November 24, 1980 Douglas C. Harr letter to Thomas Kent regarding notable field records for winter, February 24, 1981 Douglas Harr letter to Thomas Kent regarding spring field observations, May 28, 1981 Birds: verifying documentation of an extraordinary sight record submitted by Douglas Harr, March 17 1981 Orange-shafted Flicker in Lyon County Douglas C. Harr letter to Thomas H. Kent regarding summer bird sightings, July 23, 1981 Field notes contributed by Douglas C. Harr, November 30, 1981 Field notes contributed by Douglas C. Harr, June 1, 1982 Field report contributed by Douglas C. Harr, July 30, 1982 Field report contributed by Douglas C. Harr, November 29, 1982 Field notes contributed by Douglas C. Harr, February 25, 1983 IOU field report form contributed by Douglas C. Harr, June 1, 1983 IOU field reports form Field notes contributed by Douglas Harr, fall 1983 Field notes contributed by Douglas C. Harr, Larchwood, Iowa, February 28, 1984 Field notes contributed by Douglas C. Harr, Larchwood, Iowa, May 31, 1984 Field notes contributed by Douglas C. Harr, November 28, 1984 Report form for selected species in spring, contributed by Douglas C. Harr, spring 1985 Field report form, contributed by Douglas C. Harr, Spring 1985 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds Iowa CBC reporting form, Spirit Lake, December 21, 1985 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas C. Harr, summer 1986 Field reports form, contributed by Douglas C. Harr, fall 1986 Form for reporting Iowa Christmas bird counts to Iowa Bird Life, Douglas C. Harr, December 20, 1986 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas C. Harr, spring 1987 Field notes and Douglas C. Harr letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, July 25, 1985 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas C. Harr, summer 1987 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas C. Harr, fall 1987 Form for reporting Iowa Christmas bird counts to Iowa Bird Life, Douglas C. Harr, December 19, 1987 Additional field notes from the Spirit Lake Christmas bird count compiled by Douglas C. Harr, December 19, 1987 IOU field reports form, Douglas C. Harr, May 27, 1988 IOU field reports form, Douglas C. Harr, July 29, 1988 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas C. Harr, fall 1988 Form for reporting Iowa Christmas bird counts to Iowa Bird Life, Douglas C. Harr, December 17, 1988 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas C. Harr, summer 1989 Field reports, Douglas Harr, fall 1989 Field reports, Douglas C. Harr, spring 1991 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds and letter to James J. Dinsmore contributed by Douglas C. Harr, July 31, 1992 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas C. Harr, fall 1992 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas Harr, Spring 1993 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas C. Harr, summer 1993 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Douglas Harr, fall 1994 Field notes contributed by Douglas C. Harr, May 28, 1996 Rare bird documentation form for Tundra Swan at Spirit Lake, 1998 Rare bird documentation form for Black Scoter at Big Spirit Lake, 1985 Rare bird documentation form for Black Scoter at West Okoboji, 1993 Rare bird documentation form for Black Scoter at West Okoboji Lake, 1993 Rare bird documentation form for Cooper's Hawk at Mill Creek State Park, 1985 IOU field reports form, Douglas C. Harr, December 2, 1996 IOU field reports form, Douglas C. Harr, June 3, 1997 IOU field reports form, Douglas Harr, May 28, 1998 Rare bird documentation form for Merlin at Ocheyedan Township, 1981 Rare bird documentation form for Merlin at Cayler Prairie State Preserve, 1999 Rare bird documentation form for Prairie Falcon east of Lester, 1984 Rare bird documentation form for Yellow Rail at Dugout Creek Waterfowl Production Area, 1994 Doug Harr letter to Jim Dinsmore regarding IOU observations, July 31, 1998 IOU field reports form, Doug Harr, July 30, 1998 IOU field reports form, Douglas Harr, May 25, 1999 IOU field reports form, Douglas Harr, July 30, 1999 Documentation form for extraordinary bird sightings in Iowa, Merlin, July 9, 1999, Douglas Harr IOU field reports form, fall 1999, Douglas Harr Field notes contributed by Douglas C. Harr, July 27, 2000 Douglas C. Harr emails to James J. Dinsmore and the IA-BIRD mailing list regarding summer bird sightings, August 1 and August 8, 2000 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, summer 1993, Douglas Harr Rare bird documentation form for Burrowing Owl at Sioux Center, 1982 Field notes for Red-shafted and Yellow-shafted Flicker hybrid at Larchwood, December 1980 Rare bird documentation form for Say's Phoebe at Eagle Township in Sioux County, 1987 Rare bird documentation for Varied Thrush at Spirit Lake in 1985 Rare bird documentation form for Yellow-throated Warbler at Kettleson Hogsback State Wildlife Area in Dickinson County, IA on June 6, 1989 Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, spring 1995, Douglas Harr IOU field reports form, Douglas C. Harr, December 1, 1995 Rare bird documentation form for House Finch at Larchwood, 1988
Contributed Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Pacific Loon at West Okoboji, 1997 Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Eurasian Wigeon at Spirit Lake, 1985 Records Committee review for rare bird sighting of Great Black-backed Gull at Triboji Beach at West Okoboji Lake, 1982 Field reports of Iowa birds, December 6, 1986 Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken in the Ocheyedan Township in Osceola County in 1984 Field notes contributed by Peter C. Petersen, summer 1987 Field notes contributed by several observers, summer 1988 Field reports of Iowa birds fall 1988 (final), December 6, 1988 Rare bird documentation form for Black Scoter at West Lake Okoboji, 1993 Field notes contributed by James J. Dinsmore, fall 1998 Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, Indigo Bunting, 1964-1983 Iowa Ornithologists' Union, field report compiled data, American Goldfinch, 1981-1982 Field notes contributed by James J. Dinsmore regarding miscellaneous bird sightings, summer 2003
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Harr, Douglas C.
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