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.

15 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   
2006-31 Mottled Duck7-11 Jul 2006Jester ParkPolk6
2009-28 Mottled Duck8 July - 5 August 2009Saylorville Res.Polk2
2012-07 Mottled Duck28 Mar 2012Forney LakeFremont2
2012-16 Mottled Duck14 Apr 2012New LakeWoodbury1
2014-24 Mottled Duck14 May 2014Dunbar SloughGreene1
2015-05 Mottled Duck26 Apr 2015Dunbar Slough WMAGreene1
2017-44 Mottled Duck11 Oct 2017Bob Shetler RAPolk1
2018-33 Mottled Duck26 Aug 2018Basin north of Moeckly PrairiePolk2
2020-27 Mottled Duck6 Jun 2020near BartlettFremont1
2020-34 Mottled Duck28 Jul 2020Saylorville ReservoirPolk3
2021-60 Mottled Duck28 Nov 2021Lake Ridge PondJohnson6
2022-36 Mottled Duck20 Apr 2022Saylorville ReservoirPolk1
2022-49 Mottled Duck15 Aug 2022Saylorville Lake, Big Creek spillway areaPolk1
2023-07 Mottled Duck23 May 2023Hickory Hill ParkJohnson2
2023-19 Mottled Duck9 Sep 2023Polk City Wildlife Area (Saylorville Reservoir)Polk3
2024-16 Mottled Duck22 Oct 2024Fisher LakePolk1