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Heronry reconnaissance, Mississippi River, April 17, 1984 Item Info
- Title:
- Heronry reconnaissance, Mississippi River, April 17, 1984
- Creator (Person):
- Newhouse, David A.
- Date Created:
- 1984-04-17
- Description:
- Heronry reconnaissance, Mississippi River, April 17, 1984, reported numbers of nests seen there for Great Blue Herons between Skunk Slough, Iowa, and Eagle Point, Iowa. The most nests were at Running Slough. Other birds sighted were Double-crested Cormorants and Great Egrets, although there was a handwritten note "Trip a bit early for Egrets to be incubating." The survey was flown by nongame biologist David Newhouse with two wildlife biologists, Bill Aspelmeier and Bill Ohde, and a pilot, Darryl Miller. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1984.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bird watching Birds--Nests Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Contributor (Person):
- Ohde, Bill Miller, Darryl Aspelmeier, Bill
- Location:
- Mississippi River, Iowa Running Slough Eagle Point Skunk Slough
- Latitude:
- 43.24995;42.13724;42.53472;40.70421
- Longitude:
- -91.0873; -90.21207; -90.64457; -91.11681
- Language:
- eng
- Source:
- Iowa Ornithologists’ Union records
- Call Number:
- MS 166
- Box:
- 21
- Folder Number:
- 3
- 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:
- 2 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:
- 2876
- Identifier:
- iou3876
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9k06x438
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Heronry reconnaissance, Mississippi River, April 17, 1984", Iowa Ornithologists' Union Collection, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9k06x438
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- Rights:
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