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wood duck nesting records covering the years 1967-1978 compiled by Frederic Leopold. The mostly handwritten volume contains Leopold's detailed notes on the nesting habits of wood ducks, including the following: nest site selection, egg laying, incubation, hatching, and departure from the nest. Also included in this volume are newspaper clippings, a few hand-drawn illustrations, correspondence, and the program for the 50th Annual Convention of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union where Leopold gave a presentation titled "Nesting habits of the wood duck."
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Title:
Wood duck nesting records, volume three, 1967-1978
Creator (Person):
Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
Date Created:
1967-01-01/1978-12-31
Description:
wood duck nesting records covering the years 1967-1978 compiled by Frederic Leopold. The mostly handwritten volume contains Leopold's detailed notes on the nesting habits of wood ducks, including the following: nest site selection, egg laying, incubation, hatching, and departure from the nest. Also included in this volume are newspaper clippings, a few hand-drawn illustrations, correspondence, and the program for the 50th Annual Convention of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union where Leopold gave a presentation titled "Nesting habits of the wood duck."
Subject (Topic):
Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses Eggs--Incubation Ducks--Counting Ducklings Wood duck--Behavior Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Subject (Organization):
Iowa Ornithologists' Union
Location:
Burlington
Latitude:
40.80754
Longitude:
-91.11292
Language:
eng
Source:
Frederic Leopold papers
Call Number:
MS 113
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9645f
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Extent:
394 pages
Genre:
clippings (information artifacts) correspondence printed ephemera field notes
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Frederic Leopold collection
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9cj87k56
Related Resource:
Avian Archives of Iowa Online (avIAn)
Avian Identifier:
3163
Identifier:
leopoldfrederic782
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9xd0qx32

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"Wood duck nesting records, volume three, 1967-1978", Frederic Leopold Collection, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
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