Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Brant - 2008-42
© Paul Hertzel

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.

14 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  
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 ParkJohnson1
2023-19 Mottled Duck9 Sep 2023Polk City Wildlife Area (Saylorville Reservoir)Polk3