Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - 2013-34
© Aaron Brees

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.

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

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs  
2003-04 Fish Crow26 Apr 2003Port Louisa NWRLouisa1
2014-25 Fish Crow20 May 2014Saylorville ReservoirPolk1
2016-05 Fish Crow9 Apr 2016Starr Cave Nature Center trailDes Moines1
2017-08 Fish Crow2 Apr 2017Saylorville - Cherry Glen RAPolk5
2018-32 Fish Crow12 Aug 2018Saylorville ReservoirPolk4
2018-45 Fish Crow22 Apr 2018Jester ParkPolk1
2019-14 Fish Crow11 May 2019below Saylorville DamPolk1
2019-30 Fish Crow31 Aug - 6 Oct 2019Sandpiper RA, Saylorville ResPolk4
2019-36 Fish Crow10 Jul 2019Sandpiper Cove Recreation Area, Saylorville LakePolk1
2020-16 Fish Crow4 May 2020Saylorville ReservoirPolk4
2020-30 Fish Crow15 Jun 2020Sandpiper Rec. Area, Saylorville Lake beachPolk2
2020-31 Fish Crow26 Jun 2020my yard, Polk CityPolk1
2020-42 Fish Crow30 Aug - 6 Sep 2020Sandpiper Rec. Area, Between SRA and the Marina Polk2
2021-07 Fish Crow11 Mar 2021Saylorville Reservoir, Oak GrovePolk6
2021-27 Fish Crow11 May 2021Starr's Cave and PreserveDes Moines1
2021-41 Fish Crow1 Jul 2021Mississippi View Drive Muscatine Iowa 52761Muscatine1
2021-48 Fish Crow22 Aug 2021Sandpiper RAPolk1
2021-49 Fish Crow24 Sep 2021Saylorville ReservoirPolk1
2022-13 Fish Crow1 May 2022DavenportScott1
2022-19 Fish Crow11 Apr 2022Saylorville Polk1