Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Brown Pelican - 2017-14
© Melissa Cory

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.

8 total accepted records; current status is Accidental
Not accepted records are shown in red. The camera icon denotes photos and the news icon provides further details on the record.

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs  
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