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. 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.

19 total accepted records; current status is Casual
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   
2000-24 Red Knot20 Aug 2000Saylorville ResPolk2
2001-20 Red Knot21 Aug 2001Runnells WAMarion2
2001-21 Red Knot12-19 Sep 2001Coralville Res.Johnson4
2002-18 Red Knot23 May 2002Riverton WAFremont1
2003-18 Red Knot1-9 Sep 2003Red Rock Res.Marion4
2003-20 Red Knot8-14 Sep 2003Terra LakePolk2
2004-37 Red Knot1 Aug 2004Sand Point, Coralville Res.Johnson1
2004-43 Red Knot24 Sep 2004Hawkeye WAJohnson1
2004-65 Red Knot26 Aug 2004Hawkeye WAJohnson1
2005-50 Red Knot26-28 Aug 2005Red Rock Res.Marion3
2005-64 Red Knot14 Aug 2005Saylorville Res.Polk1
2006-34 Red Knot10 Aug 2006Pinchey BottomsMarion2
2007-38 Red Knot4 Aug 2007Pinchey BottomsMarion2
2007-53 Red Knot2-4 Sep 2007Diamond LakeDickinson2
2015-23 Red Knot2 Oct 2015Hawkeye Wildlife AreaJohnson4
2019-18 Red Knot27-29 Jul 2019Saylorville Reservoir, Big Creek spillway areaPolk2
2020-64 Red Knot5 Sep 2020Red Rock ReservoirMarion1
2021-61 Red Knot22 Aug 2021Red Rock ReservoirMarion1
2023-18 Red Knot8 Sep 2023Hawkeye WMAJohnson2
2023-25 Red Knot2 Sep 2023Red Rock ReservoirMarion1