Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Crested Caracara - 2002-30
© Richard Lampe

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.

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

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs  
2004-03 Harlequin Duck12-13 Jan 2004Saylorville Res.Polk2
2004-10 Harlequin Duck29 Feb - 6 Mar 2004Mississippi River Pool 15Scott3
2007-03 Harlequin Duck10 Feb - 5 Apr 2007L&D 14Scott6
2014-62 Harlequin Duck31 Dec 2014-12 Jan 2015Center Street dam, Des Moines River, downtown Des MoiensPolk4
2016-01 Harlequin Duck5 Feb 2016OttumwaWapello1
2016-13 Harlequin Duck12 May 201642.492471, -92.332807Black Hawk2
2019-38 Harlequin Duck3-6 Dec 2019Briarstone Lake, Mason City, IowaCerro Gordo7
2020-53 Harlequin Duck16 Oct 2020Saylorville Reservoir--main lake off the damPolk1
2021-64 Harlequin Duck6 Dec 2021 Monona1