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.

10 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   
1981-MQ Whooping Crane31 Oct 197210 miles north of ClintonClinton0
1998-23 Whooping Crane12 Nov 1998southwest of Jester ParkPolk0
1998-24 Whooping Crane11 Nov 19983 miles southwest of PlainfieldBremer0
1999-11 Whooping Crane9 Apr 1999east of De Soto NWRHarrison0
1999-12 Whooping Crane11 Apr 1999north of EssexPage0
2006-21 Whooping Crane6-26 May 2006Lande River WMAWinnebago1
2006-42 Whooping Crane9 Sep 2006Myre SloughWinnebago1
2006-57 Whooping Crane28 Nov 2006LarrabeeCherokee1
2006-AA Whooping Crane7 Sep 1888near AlgonaKossuth1
2007-AL Whooping Crane10 Jun 1881Iowa CityJohnson1
2009-33 Whooping Crane18 Oct 2009n. of CharitonLucas1
2012-48 Whooping Crane25 Nov 2012Sioux CityWoodbury1
2018-35 Whooping Crane5 Sep 20183 miles north of FentonKossuth1
2019-04 Whooping Crane7 Apr 2019 near Joyce on I35Worth1
2021-56 Whooping Crane6 Oct 2021Green Island Wildlife Management AreaJackson1
2022-35 Whooping Crane23 May 2022Horseshoe Lake (Spirit Lake, IA)Dickinson1
2023-01 Whooping Crane1 Apr 2023Green Island WMAJackson3
2024-AA Whooping Crane25 Feb 20232411 Lake Road, Ottumwa IowaWapello1