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.

15 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  
2020-AA Burrowing Owl5 Oct 1982Sioux Honey Association plantWoodbury1
2020-AB Burrowing Owl17 Apr 1988VesterheimPlymouth1
2003-AA Burrowing Owl22 Jul 1989near WaterlooBlack Hawk1
2000-22 Burrowing Owl1 Aug 2000near Rock RapidsLyon1
2003-15 Burrowing Owl20 Apr - 20 Jul 2003southeast of PercivalFremont1
2003-16 Burrowing Owl16 Jul 2003northwest of EverlyClay1
2004-29 Burrowing Owl26-31 Mar 2004 Kossuth1
2006-40 Burrowing Owl7 Sep -9 Oct 2006Seven Cities Sod FarmScott9
2008-53 Burrowing Owl21 October 2008New Albany Twp.Story1
2009-30 Burrowing Owl12 May 2009s. of MononaMonona1
2010-12 Burrowing Owl26 May 2010near Cayler PrairieDickinson1
2012-17 Burrowing Owl25 Mar 2012East of Beemer Pond on 240thHamilton2
2014-34 Burrowing Owl1 May 2014MiddletownDes Moines1
2015-04 Burrowing Owl25 Apr 2015North and east of Arthur, IowaIda1
2016-11 Burrowing Owl6 May 2016Aspen Ave & 110 StMonona1
2018-16 Burrowing Owl15-27 May 2018Near intersection of Delaware Ave and C16Humboldt8
2020-26 Burrowing Owl1 May 20203.5 miles west of Ida GroveIda1