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.

40 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   
1984-25 Red Knot16 Sep 1984Coralville Res.Johnson0
1984-26 Red Knot15 Sep 1984Hendrickson MarshStory0
1985-18 Red Knot19-20 Sep 1985Fisher L.Pottawattamie0
1986-10 Red Knot5-6 Aug 1986Saylorville Res.Polk0
1988-17 Red Knot5 Aug 1988Union Slough N.W.R.Kossuth0
1989-31 Red Knot31 Aug 1989Union SI. N.W.R.Kossuth0
1989-32 Red Knot3-6 Sep 1989Saylorville Res.Polk0
1990-27 Red Knot3-13 Sep 1990w of HuxleyStory0
1992-21 Red Knot13 May 1992Riverton A.Fremont0
1992-35 Red Knot8 Oct 1992Rathbun ReservoirAppanoose0
1993-EC Red Knot21 May 1934Lost Island LakePalo Alto0
1993-ED Red Knot6-10 Sep 1937Goose Lake [now Anderson L.]Hamilton0
1994-13 Red Knot12 May 1994Blue L.Monona0
1995-40 Red Knot22 Jul 1995Rathbun Res.Appanoose0
1995-41 Red Knot1 Sep 1995Saylorville Res.Polk0
1995-42 Red Knot29 Sep - 3 Oct 1995Saylorville Res.Polk0
1995-62 Red Knot14 Aug 1995Rathbun Res.Appanoose0
1996-48 Red Knot25 Aug 1996Union Slough N.W.R.Kossuth0
1999-25 Red Knot4 Sep 1999Horseshoe Bend, Mark Twain NWRLouisa0
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
2024-09 Red Knot6 Aug 2024South Twin Lakes WMACalhoun1
2024-15 Red Knot7 Sep 2024Red Rock ReservoirMarion1