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.

27 total accepted records; current status is Regular
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   
1981-02 Pacific Loon28-29 Apr 1981Amana LakeIowa0
1986-08 Pacific Loon22 Nov 1986Saylorville Res.Polk0
1986-09 Pacific Loon30 Nov 1986Saylorville Res.Polk0
1986-19 Pacific Loon6 Dec 1986Saylorville Res.Polk0
1988-09 Pacific Loon23 Oct 1988L. ManawaPottawattamie0
1989-23 Pacific Loon22-29 Oct 1989Saylorville Res.Polk0
1989-24 Pacific Loon5 Nov 1989IPL PondsPottawattamie0
1990-24 Pacific Loon23 Oct 1990Little Wall L.Hamilton0
1990-25 Pacific Loon10 Nov 1990Saylorville Res.Polk0
1991-26 Pacific Loon9 Nov 1991Pleasant Creek S.P.Linn0
1992-42 Pacific Loon8 Nov 1992Red Rock Res.Marion0
1993-AA Pacific Loon16 Nov 1895SabulaClinton0
1993-AF Pacific Loon11-12 Dec 1948Des Moines waterworksPolk0
1994-21 Pacific Loon13 Jul 1994Anderson L.Hamilton0
1994-30 Pacific Loon7 Nov 1994Black Hawk L.Sac0
1995-30 Pacific Loon26 Oct 1995Twelve Mile L.Union0
1995-31 Pacific Loon28 Oct 1995Little Wall L.Hamilton0
1995-32 Pacific Loon29 Oct 1995Rathbun Res.Appanoose0
1995-33 Pacific Loon31 Oct 1995Pleasant Creek L.Linn0
1995-34 Pacific Loon21 Nov 1995L. lcariaAdams0
1996-40 Pacific Loon11 Oct 1996Rathbun Res.Appanoose0
1996-41 Pacific Loon5 Nov 1996Saylorville Res.Polk0
1996-42 Pacific Loon3 Nov 1996Red Rock Res.Marion0
1997-07 Pacific Loon15 Apr 1997West OkobojiDickinson0
1997-35 Pacific Loon2 Aug 1997Spirit LakeDickinson0
1997-36 Pacific Loon22 Nov 1997Saylorville Res.Polk0
2000-16 Pacific Loon29 May 2000Hallett's Quarry, AmesStory1