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Heronry reconnaissance, Mississippi River, April 17, 1984 Item Info

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.
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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

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