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.

17 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   
1989-39 Black-headed Gull2-4 Nov 1989Saylorville Res.Polk0
1994-40 Black-headed Gull2 Aug 1994Spirit L./Kettleson Hogsback A.Dickinson0
1994-41 Black-headed Gull17 Nov 1994Big Creek L.Polk0
1996-34 Black-headed Gull23 Jun 1996Jemerson SloughDickinson0
1997-27 Black-headed Gull16 Jul 1997Jemmerson SloughDickinson0
1998-15 Black-headed Gull17 May 1998Kettleson Hogsback A.Dickinson0
1998-27 Black-headed Gull11 Oct - 8 Nov 1998Spirit L.Dickinson0
1999-17 Black-headed Gull10 Jul 1999County LandfillDickinson0
1999-26 Black-headed Gull1 Oct 1999Spirit L.Dickinson0
2000-26 Black-headed Gull7-8 Oct 2000Spirit LakeDickinson2
2001-28 Black-headed Gull6-20 Oct 2001Spirit LakeDickinson2
2002-31 Black-headed Gull14 Sep 2002Spirit LakeDickinson3
2003-17 Black-headed Gull2 Aug 2003Spirit LakeDickinson1
2005-38 Black-headed Gull16 Jul - 26 Aug 2005Spirit LakeDickinson3
2006-10 Black-headed Gull1 Apr 2006Pool 9, Mississippi RAllamakee1
2006-46 Black-headed Gull16 Sep 2006Spirit L.Dickinson1
2015-31 Black-headed Gull28 Nov 2015east pond of Bob Shetler area below Saylorville damPolk1
2016-32 Black-headed Gull15 Mar 2016Between Gingham Inn and the Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery. North end of East Okoboji by the boat ramp.Dickinson1