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Ross W. Silcock letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 3, 1978 Item Info
- Title:
- Ross W. Silcock letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 3, 1978
- Creator (Person):
- Silcock, W. Ross
- Date Created:
- 1978-06-03
- Description:
- Letter from Ross W. Silcock to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 3, 1978. The sighting of a pair of Ospreys possibly building a nest in Riverton is mentioned at the beginning of the letter. Many of the birds discussed in the letter are shorebirds. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring, 1978.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bird watching Birds--Nests Birds--Research Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks (Charadriiformes)
- Contributor (Person):
- Halmi, Nicholas S.
- Location:
- Forneys Lake Fremont County Riverton Randolph
- Latitude:
- 40.85406;40.74559;40.68695;40.87305
- Longitude:
- -95.78005; -95.60468; -95.5686; -95.56639
- Language:
- eng
- Source:
- Iowa Ornithologists’ Union records
- Call Number:
- MS 166
- Box:
- 18
- Folder Number:
- 5
- 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:
- correspondence 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:
- 1992
- Identifier:
- iou4891
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9kp7tv5p
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Ross W. Silcock letter to Nicholas S. Halmi regarding bird sightings, June 3, 1978", Iowa Ornithologists' Union Collection, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9kp7tv5p
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- Rights:
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