Reports of Rare Birds

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. Select a species to get started and then explore some of the other reports in the menu bar. Note that many regularly seen species may have only a few records for out-of-season sightings.

10 total accepted records; current status is Accidental
Not accepted records are shown in red. The camera icon denotes photos and this icon provides further details on the record. links to published articles from Iowa Bird Life.

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs   
1981-GD Great Gray Owl15 Feb 1974near DecorahWinneshiek0
1996-02 Great Gray Owl11 Feb 1996Big MarshButler0
1996-26 Great Gray Owl1 Mar 1996Des MoinesPolk0
1996-37 Great Gray Owl17 Feb 1996east of WellsburgGrundy0
1996-38 Great Gray Owl10 Mar 1996south of LucasFayette0
1997-04 Great Gray Owl8 Feb 1997Clay Banks ForestCerro Gordo0
2005-01 Great Gray Owl6 Jan 2005near Smith LakeKossuth1
2005-04 Great Gray Owl16-17 Jan 2005near MadridBoone2
2005-08 Great Gray Owl14 Feb 2005JesupBuchanan1
2005-10 Great Gray Owl16 Feb 2005west of MilfordDickinson1
2005-15 Great Gray Owl6 Apr 2005DecorahWinneshiek1
2015-AA Great Gray Owl26 Jan 2005Iowa City, north side, by Haywood Drive ApartmentsJohnson1
2019-01 Great Gray Owl18 Jan 2019Council BluffsPottawattamie1