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Winter Iowa field notes, Red Rock area and Pleasantville, Snowy Owl reports, 1974-1975 Item Info
- 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
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Winter Iowa field notes, Red Rock area and Pleasantville, Snowy Owl reports, 1974-1975", Iowa Ornithologists' Union Collection, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9z892g08
Rights
- Rights:
- This complex item has mixed rights protection.;For portions where Iowa State University is the copyright holder, no permission is required for noncommercial use so long as attribution is provided.;Other portions are under copyright, but the rights-holder is unidentified or unlocatable. If you have information regarding the rights-holder, please notify Special Collections and University Archives.