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.

24 total accepted records; current status is Casual
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   
1980-13 Mountain Bluebird16 Mar 1980east of Mason CityCerro Gordo0
1984-37 Mountain Bluebird22 Dec 1984north of LamoniDecatur0
1989-16 Mountain Bluebird4-10 Mar 1989Lake Anita S.P.Cass0
1989-17 Mountain Bluebird19 Mar 1989n of EmmetsburgPalo Alto0
1992-07 Mountain Bluebird17 Mar 1992s. of AmesStory0
1993-08 Mountain Bluebird4 Jan 1993Big Creek State ParkPolk0
1993-GB Mountain Bluebird7 Apr 1979along Big Sioux RiverSioux0
1994-15 Mountain Bluebird6 Mar 19946 miles se of JeffersonGreene0
1995-19 Mountain Bluebird24 Mar 1995Kettleson Hogsback A.Dickinson0
1995-58 Mountain Bluebird12 Apr 1995s. of SutherlandO'Brien0
1996-22 Mountain Bluebird12 Mar 1996Hidden Bridge W.A.Lyon0
1999-03 Mountain Bluebird7 Feb 1999nw of PetersonO'Brien0
2000-09 Mountain Bluebird15 Apr 2000East of PetersonClay1
2000-39 Mountain Bluebird10 Dec 2000northwest of RedfieldDallas1
2001-06 Mountain Bluebird9 Mar 2001 O'Brien1
2004-09 Mountain Bluebird28 Feb 2004Black Hawk County ParkBlack Hawk1
2009-06 Mountain Bluebird3 - 4 Apr 2009Camp MitigwaBoone1
2011-03 Mountain Bluebird8 Jan 2011Little Sioux RiverCherokee1
2013-09 Mountain Bluebird9 Mar 2013Maffitt ReservoirPolk3
2014-04 Mountain Bluebird21 Mar 2014Otter Creek LoopLouisa1
2018-06 Mountain Bluebird13-15 Feb 2018 O'Brien2
2018-17 Mountain Bluebird7-11 Apr 2018Buck AveDavis2
2019-40 Mountain Bluebird13 Dec 2019Deere DikeDubuque8
2020-02 Mountain Bluebird5 Jan 2020Hitchcock Nature CenterPottawattamie1