Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Heermann's Gull - 2019-19
© Aaron Brees

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.

37 total accepted records; current status is Regular
Not accepted records are shown in red. The camera icon denotes photos and the news icon provides further details on the record.

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs  
2004-07 Great Black-backed Gull22 Feb 2004Lock & Dam 14Scott2
2004-69 Great Black-backed Gull29 Dec 2004Mississippi River Pool 15Scott1
2005-68 Great Black-backed Gull26-29 Dec 2005DavenportScott3
2005-71 Great Black-backed Gull2 Dec 2005KeokukLee1
2006-01 Great Black-backed Gull1 Jan 2006DavenportScott1
2006-05 Great Black-backed Gull3 Mar 2006DavenportScott1
2006-11 Great Black-backed Gull3 Mar 2006DavenportScott1
2006-16 Great Black-backed Gull8 Mar 2006L & D 15Scott1
2020-AC Great Black-backed Gull23 Mar 2006Des Moines River off Cottonwood Recreation AreaPolk1
2007-10 Great Black-backed Gull10-17 Mar 2007L&D 14Scott2
2007-11 Great Black-backed Gull11-13 Mar 2007Pool 15Scott1
2007-12 Great Black-backed Gull23 Mar 2007Mississippi RiverScott1
2011-01 Great Black-backed Gull12-26 Jan 2011MontroseLee1
2011-06 Great Black-backed Gull15 Apr 2011Riverton WAFremont1
2011-11 Great Black-backed Gull26 - 28 Apr 2011Waubonsie AccessFremont2
2012-02 Great Black-backed Gull9 Jan 2012Fort MadisonLee1
2012-19 Great Black-backed Gull26 - 31 Jan 2012L&D 14, Mississippi RiverScott1
2012-23 Great Black-backed Gull9 - 11 Feb 2012L&D 14Scott1
2013-02 Great Black-backed Gull6 Jan 2013davenport, iowa lock and dam 14Scott1
2014-02 Great Black-backed Gull17-27 Feb 2014Iowa River, CoralvilleJohnson2
2014-28 Great Black-backed Gull16 Feb-5 Mar 2014Cedar LakeLinn1
2014-29 Great Black-backed Gull7 Apr 2014Coralville LakeJohnson1
2015-02 Great Black-backed Gull11 Jan 2015Lock and Dam 14, Mississippi RiverScott1
2015-03 Great Black-backed Gull8 Feb 2015Cedar LakeLinn1
2016-03 Great Black-backed Gull28 Feb 2016Viewed from Red Rock Swimming beachMarion1
2016-46 Great Black-backed Gull20 Dec 2016Mississippi River L&D 14Scott4
2017-41 Great Black-backed Gull30 Nov 2017Saylorville ReservoirPolk3
2017-43 Great Black-backed Gull14 Dec 2017Lake Red Rock DamMarion3
2018-07 Great Black-backed Gull25 Feb 2018Sabula Lakes ParkJackson1
2019-41 Great Black-backed Gull24 Dec 2019Des Moines River at Ottumwa Wapello1
2020-01 Great Black-backed Gull5 Jan 2020Red Rock Reservoir, old bridge area--Hwy 14/G28 intersectionMarion2
2020-06 Great Black-backed Gull22 Mar 2020Little Storm LakeBuena Vista1
2020-22 Great Black-backed Gull23 May 2020Deere DikeDubuque3
2020-55 Great Black-backed Gull28 Oct 2020Lock & Dam 15Scott1
2021-06 Great Black-backed Gull20 Feb 2021Mississippi River Pool 14Scott1
2021-08 Great Black-backed Gull11 Mar 2021Red Rock Reservoir--North Overlook Recreation AreaMarion1
2021-16 Great Black-backed Gull6 Mar 202116th Street Retention BasinDubuque1
2021-17 Great Black-backed Gull12 Mar 2021South Sabula LakeJackson1
2022-18 Great Black-backed Gull31 Mar 2022George With State ParkBlack Hawk2