Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Townsend's Warbler - 2015-18
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One of the most frequent questions to the Records Commitee is simply "How many records of XXX have been accepted?" The answer to that is easy to see in this report. Until older (pre-2000) records have all been entered, you may need to check this PDF of older records to get a complete count. Select a species to get started and then explore some of the other reports in the menu bar.

5 total accepted records; current status is Accidental
Not accepted records are shown in red. The camera icon denotes photos and the news icon provides further details on the record.

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs  
1981-BI Lewis's Woodpecker28 Nov 1928 - 20 Mar 1929Sioux CityWoodbury2
1981-BJ Lewis's Woodpecker10 Nov 1935 - 10 Mar 1936Clear LakeCerro Gordo1
1992-37 Lewis's Woodpecker14 - 18 Oct 19923 miles north of WashtaCherokee5
2010-25 Lewis's Woodpecker10 Oct 2010Hitchcock NAPottawattamie3
2015-29 Lewis's Woodpecker28 Nov 2015Diamondhead Lake (rural Dexter, Iowa)Guthrie1