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.

17 total accepted records; current status is Accidental
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   
1982-31 Brown Pelican18 Oct 1982KeokukLee0
1989-AB Brown PelicanCA Jul 19009 mi. nw of BooneBoone0
1989-AC Brown Pelican26 Apr - 2 May 1959Brenton SI.Polk0
1989-AE Brown Pelican10 May 19691 mi. w of MontpelierMuscatine0
1992-09 Brown Pelican21 Mar 1992Lake RathbunAppanoose0
1992-10 Brown Pelican6 May 1992De Soto N.W.R.Harrison0
1993-09 Brown Pelican30 May 1993Rathbun Res.Appanoose0
1996-43 Brown Pelican4 Nov 1996Lock and Dam 18Des Moines0
1999-24 Brown Pelican22 Sep 1999Saylorville Res.Polk0
2005-20 Brown Pelican22 Apr 2005Red Rock DamMarion1
2005-37 Brown Pelican14 Jul 2005Spirit LakeDickinson3
2005-41 Brown Pelican30 Jul - 28 Aug 2005Jester ParkPolk9
2005-60 Brown Pelican18 Nov 2005Red Rock Res.Marion3
2007-65 Brown Pelican18-19 Dec 2007Fort MadisonLee1
2014-15 Brown Pelican11 May 2014I-29 and Waubonsie Ave.Fremont1
2017-14 Brown Pelican2-6 May 2017Red Rock DamMarion5
2017-15 Brown Pelican17 May 2017Hawkeye Wildlife Area Johnson3
2017-16 Brown Pelican23 May 2017Credit Island ParkScott1
2019-15 Brown Pelican25 May 2019Red Rock Reservoir spill wayMarion1
2021-43 Brown Pelican20 Jul 2021Greenwood Polk1