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.

41 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   
1991-20 Iceland Gull13 Mar 1991Red Rock Res.Marion0
1991-47 Iceland Gull31 Dec 1991Lock and Dam 14Scott0
1992-03 Iceland Gull4 Jan 1992Lock and Dam 14 to 15Scott0
1992-04 Iceland Gull4 Jan 1992Lock and Dam 14, BettendorfScott0
1992-05 Iceland Gull29 Feb 1992Saylorville Res.Polk0
1993-02 Iceland Gull16-30 Jan 1993Iowa CityJohnson0
1993-04 Iceland Gull31 Jan 1993Lock and Dam 14Scott0
1993-06 Iceland Gull14 Feb 1993Credit IslandScott0
1995-66 Iceland Gull17-30 Nov 1995Saylorville Res.Polk0
1996-01 Iceland Gull5 Jan 1996Lock and Dam 15Scott0
1997-09 Iceland Gull19 Mar 1997Red Rock Res.Marion0
1997-56 Iceland Gull17 Dec 1997Red Rock Res.Marion0
1997-57 Iceland Gull21 Dec 1997Red Rock Res.Marion0
2000-34 Iceland Gull5 Dec 2000MuscatineMuscatine1
2001-08 Iceland Gull17 Apr 2001Dan Green SloughClay1
2001-35 Iceland Gull24 Dec 2001West Okoboji LakeDickinson1
2002-03 Iceland Gull10 Feb 2002Lock & Dam 14Scott1
2003-30 Iceland Gull22 Dec 2003Linger Longer Rest AreaLee1
2004-12 Iceland Gull28 Mar 2004Jester ParkPolk1
2004-26 Iceland Gull21 Mar 2004L&D 14Scott1
2004-66 Iceland Gull8-12 Feb 2004DavenportScott1
2004-67 Iceland Gull10 Feb 2004DavenportScott1
2004-68 Iceland Gull29 Feb 2004DavenportScott1
2005-03 Iceland Gull10 Jan 2005Iowa CityJohnson2
2005-05 Iceland Gull11 Jan 2005Mississippi River Pool 15Scott1
2006-03 Iceland Gull24 Feb 2006DavenportScott1
2006-04 Iceland Gull26 Feb -3 Mar 2006DavenportScott5
2006-07 Iceland Gull2-3 Mar 2006DavenportScott3
2006-15 Iceland Gull8 Mar 2006L & D 15Scott1
2007-06 Iceland Gull16 Jan - 27 Feb 2007L&D 15Scott1
2007-09 Iceland Gull2-4 Mar 2007L&D 14Scott1
2007-60 Iceland Gull6 Dec 2007Des MoinesPolk2
2007-64 Iceland Gull15 Dec 2007Red Rock DamMarion2
2008-01 Iceland Gull12 Jan 2008KeokukLee1
2008-02 Iceland Gull5 Feb 2008L&D 15Scott1
2010-36 Iceland Gull31 Jan 2010L&D 14Scott1
2010-37 Iceland Gull7 Feb 2010L&D 15Scott1
2010-38 Iceland Gull12 Mar 2010L&D 14Scott1
2010-AF Iceland Gull8 Feb 2009L&D 15Scott1
2011-34 Iceland Gull10 Dec 2011 - 6 Jan 2012Polk County landfill & Saylorville Res.Polk2
2012-03 Iceland Gull29 Jan 2012Pool 19Lee1
2012-22 Iceland Gull6 Feb 2012Mississippi River L&D 14Scott1
2012-24 Iceland Gull22 Feb 2012L&D 15Scott1
2013-04 Iceland Gull26 Jan 2013Davenport, IowaScott1
2014-19 Iceland Gull23-28 Mar 2014Sandy Beach, Coralville Res.Johnson1