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Winter Iowa field notes, Red Rock area and Pleasantville, Snowy Owl reports, 1974-1975 Item Info

Winter of 1974-75, Red Rock area and Pleasantville, Iowa field notes were submitted by Gladys Black along with a cover letter to Vernon M. Kleen dated March 19, 1975, a newspaper article and a map. The article was one she wrote for the Des Moines Register called "Reports two Snowy Owls seen in central Iowa," and the map showed the number of Snowy Owl observations in Iowa counties, November 1974-March 1975. The letter summarized the findings on Snowy Owls from responses to the newspaper article, and the impact of a blizzard January 10-11 in northwest Iowa that killed many birds and livestock. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of winter 1974-1975.
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Title:
Winter Iowa field notes, Red Rock area and Pleasantville, Snowy Owl reports, 1974-1975
Creator (Person):
Black, Gladys
Date Created:
1974-12-01/1975-02-28
Description:
Winter of 1974-75, Red Rock area and Pleasantville, Iowa field notes were submitted by Gladys Black along with a cover letter to Vernon M. Kleen dated March 19, 1975, a newspaper article and a map. The article was one she wrote for the Des Moines Register called "Reports two Snowy Owls seen in central Iowa," and the map showed the number of Snowy Owl observations in Iowa counties, November 1974-March 1975. The letter summarized the findings on Snowy Owls from responses to the newspaper article, and the impact of a blizzard January 10-11 in northwest Iowa that killed many birds and livestock. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of winter 1974-1975.
Subject (Topic):
Bird kills Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Weather Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
Contributor (Person):
Kleen, Vernon M.
Location:
Des Moines Iowa Lake Red Rock Pleasantville
Latitude:
41.60054;42.00027;41.44055;41.38583
Longitude:
-93.60911; -93.50049; -93.19521; -93.26937
Language:
eng
Source:
Iowa Ornithologists’ Union records
Call Number:
MS 166
Box:
17
Folder Number:
14
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w97v03
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Extent:
5 pages
Genre:
clippings (information artifacts) correspondence field notes maps (documents)
Type:
Text Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Iowa Ornithologists’ Union collection
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9513tv8b
Related Resource:
Avian Archives of Iowa Online (avIAn)
Avian Identifier:
1754
Identifier:
iou1118
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9z892g08

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"Winter Iowa field notes, Red Rock area and Pleasantville, Snowy Owl reports, 1974-1975", Iowa Ornithologists' Union Collection, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
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https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9z892g08
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