Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Mexican Violetear - 2006-43
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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.

7 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  
1981-AI Roseate Spoonbill16 Aug 1960Union Slough NWRKossuth1
1997-38 Roseate Spoonbill4 - 13 Aug 1997Waubonsie W.A.Fremont5
2012-33 Roseate Spoonbill5 Sep 2012Jester ParkPolk6
2014-33 Roseate Spoonbill30 Jul-5 Aug 2014Frazer's BendFremont1
2018-25 Roseate Spoonbill10 Aug 2018Hawkeye Wildlife AreaJohnson5
2020-36 Roseate Spoonbill4 Aug 2020Hawkeye Wildlife AreaJohnson3
2023-15 Roseate Spoonbill6 Sep 202316th Street Retention BasinDubuque2