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Iowa Birdline update, August 29, 1988 Item Info

Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for August 29, 1988. Highlights of the update include several excellent sightings from Forneys Lake, including six Ibis species, 162 Great Blue Herons, 58 Great Egrets, 14 Snowy Egrets, 3 American Avocets, 2 Bald Eagles, Ring-billed Gulls, and Franklin's Gulls. Also abundant during the week were Warblers, with 14 species seen in central Iowa and 7 species seen in the Iowa City area.
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Title:
Iowa Birdline update, August 29, 1988
Creator (Person):
Fuller, James L.
Creator (Organization):
Iowa Ornithologists' Union
Date Created:
1988-08-29
Description:
Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for August 29, 1988. Highlights of the update include several excellent sightings from Forneys Lake, including six Ibis species, 162 Great Blue Herons, 58 Great Egrets, 14 Snowy Egrets, 3 American Avocets, 2 Bald Eagles, Ring-billed Gulls, and Franklin's Gulls. Also abundant during the week were Warblers, with 14 species seen in central Iowa and 7 species seen in the Iowa City area.
Subject (Topic):
Bird watching Dial-a-message telephone calls American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Sanderling (Calidris alba) Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Ibises (Threskiornithidae) Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks (Charadriiformes) Warblers (Parulidae)
Contributor (Person):
Padelford, Loren
Location:
Burlington Forneys Lake Hickory Hill Park Iowa City Oak Grove Recreation Area
Latitude:
40.80754;40.85406;41.66946;41.66113;41.73795
Longitude:
-91.11292; -95.78005; -91.50989; -91.53017; -93.69063
Language:
eng
Source:
Iowa Ornithologists’ Union records
Call Number:
MS 166
Box:
41
Folder Number:
1
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:
3 pages
Genre:
field notes
Type:
Text
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:
9217
Identifier:
iou18726
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w99z90d6f

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