IORC Record 2017-018

Form: Anhinga
County: Jackson
Location: Oakwood Bottoms, Grand Tower, and the Big Muddy River valley
Date(s): 23 May to 28 August 2017
Number of birds: one or more adult males and two or more female/immature birds
Remarks: Written documentation from 23 May 2017 pertains to an adult male, with the first photographic evidence obtained on 18 June 2017. Sightings of an adult male continued off and on with the latest 27 August 2017. Photographic evidence in eBird was noted on 26 June 2017, 20 July 2017, and 18 August 2017. Female/immature birds were first noted 24 June 2017, with photographic evidence in eBird from 10 & 12 July 2017 and 27 August 2017 for one bird, and for two birds on 26 & 28 August 2017. The last date for any observation was 28 August 2017.

Additional material:

1. Committee votes and comments from the 1st Circulation

Documentation submitted:

1. Documentation #1, submitted by Dan Kassebaum
2. Documentation #2, submitted by James Tudor (originally filed under 2017-013 but then merged with this record)
3. Documentation #3, submitted by Craig Taylor
4. Documentation #4, submitted by Craig Taylor
5. Documentation #5, submitted by Allen Gathman
6. Documentation #6, submitted by Kimberly Rohling
7. Documentation #7, submitted by Rhonda Rothrock

Externally archived documentation:

1. eBird checklist S38866692 of Allen Gathman
• Macaulay library asset ML67307081 (photograph)
• Macaulay library asset ML67307091 (photograph)
2. eBird checklist S38887257 of Pat Leuders
• Macaulay library asset ML67366751 (photograph)
3. eBird checklist S38707609 of Jared Gorrell
• Macaulay library asset ML66399821 (photograph)
4. eBird checklist S38857619 of Mark Haas
• Macaulay library asset ML67202371 (photograph)
• Macaulay library asset ML67202411 (photograph)
5. eBird checklist S42546187 of SouthernIllinois HistoricRecords
   • Macaulay library asset ML84921961 (photograph by Keith McMullen)

Photographs submitted: One by Dan Kassebaum, one by Craig Taylor, two by Allen Gathman, one by Kevin Rohling

Photo #1 by Dan Kassebaum on 18 June 2017 (reduced size image; click on image to access full-resolution version)

Photo #2 by Craig Taylor on 10 July 2017 (reduced size image; click on image to access full-resolution version)

Crop of Photo #2 by Craig Taylor on 10 July 2017.

Photo #3 by Allen Gathman on 28 August 2017 (reduced size image; click on image to access full-resolution version)

Photo #4 by Allen Gathman on 28 August 2017

Photo #5 by Kevin Rohling on 26 June 2017

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