Instructions for Iowa Bird Life Authors

Original manuscripts, notes, letters (indicate if for publication), editorials, and other material relating to birds in Iowa should be sent by e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word to editor. Research manuscripts should include abstract, introduction, study area, methods, results, discussion, and literature cited sections and will be sent for peer review. Accepted manuscripts will be published promptly depending on space available.

Photos and graphics: Submit only original, unsized, and unenhanced photos in your camera’s JPEG (*.jpg) format. Photos must be 300 dpi at the size they will be printed (6-1/8” wide by 6-1/8” high for the cover and various smaller sizes inside), so setting your camera to its highest possible resolution is recommended. The editor will do any resizing and enhancing required because any previous adjustments to the photos may make them unusable. Submit graphs or maps as e-mail attachment.

E-mail all materials other than seasonal field reports to . Deadlines for submission are January 1 for winter issue (Vol. xxx [1]), April 1 for spring issue (2), July 1 for summer issue (3), October 1 for fall issue (4).

Seasonal field reports should be entered on-line (preferred) or sent to field reports editors by deadlines listed below.

• Winter (Dec, Jan, Feb; deadline 3 March): , 1315 41st Street, Des Moines, IA 50311
• Spring (Mar, Apr, May; deadline 3 June): , 709 N. Phillips, Algona, IA 50511
• Summer (Jun, Jul; deadline 3 August): , 646 Mallory Hill Drive, The Villages, FL 32162
• Fall (Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov; deadline 3 December): , 1432 East State Street, Mason City, IA 50401