Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Little Blue Heron - 2021-36
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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.

6 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  
1988-24 Pomarine Jaeger28 Sep - 2 Oct 1988Saylorville Res.Polk6
1996-54 Pomarine Jaeger10 - 24 Nov 1996Saylorville Res.Polk2
1996-55 Pomarine Jaeger16 Nov - 1 Dec 1996Red Rock Res.Marion5
2005-67 Pomarine Jaeger26-29 Oct 2005Red Rock Res.Marion3
2018-31 Pomarine Jaeger8 Sep 2018From Whitebreast Point area at Lake Red Rock Marion3
2021-51 Pomarine Jaeger4 Sep 2021Saylorville ReservoirPolk5