IORC Record 1982-018

Form: Short-billed Gull
County: Rock Island
Location: Mississippi River near Lock and Dam #14
Date(s): 19-31 December 1982
Number of birds: one
Remarks: Seen on both sides of the Mississippi River. The corresponding Iowa bird records committee number is 82-36; the record was accepted and constituted Iowa's first record for the species (see M.C. Newlon, "Report of the I.O.U. records committee for 1982," Iowa Bird Life 53:35-37, 1983). This bird was found on the Davenport Christmas Bird Count.

Additional material:

  1. Correspondence from Vern Kleen to Dave Bohlen and Larry Balch
  2. Correspondence from Vern Kleen to Larry Balch with notes from Larry Balch
  3. Comments on the record from Mike Newlon
  4. Comments on the record from Jon Dunn
  5. Article on the the sighting: T.H. Kent, "Mew Gull at Lock and Dam 14," Iowa Bird Life 53:45-46, 1983.

Documentation submitted:

  1. Documentation #1 by Peter C. Peterson
  2. Documentation #2 by Thomas J. Staudt
  3. Documentation #3 by Thomas H. Kent
  4. Documentation #4 by Francis L. Moore

Photographs submitted: one by Thomas H. Kent

Photo #1 by Thomas H. Kent, 19 December 1982 in Scott County, Iowa (reduced size digital image; original image and full-sized digital scan available in the IORC archives)

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