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.

32 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   
1981-20 Black-legged Kittiwake6 Dec 1981Lock and Dam 11Dubuque0
1981-21 Black-legged Kittiwake12 Dec 1981Saylorville Res.Polk0
1984-29 Black-legged Kittiwake21 Nov 1984Saylorville Res.Polk0
1986-34 Black-legged Kittiwake20 Dec 1986Rathbun Res.Appanoose0
1989-57 Black-legged Kittiwake9 Dec 1989Red Rock Res.Marion0
1990-36 Black-legged Kittiwake11 Nov 19905 mi. n of VenturaCerro Gordo0
1995-53 Black-legged Kittiwake19 Nov 1995Saylorville Res.Polk0
1995-67 Black-legged Kittiwake24 Sep 1995L. ManawaPottawattamie0
1995-71 Black-legged Kittiwake18 Dec 1995MontroseLee0
1997-58 Black-legged Kittiwake17 Dec 1997Red Rock ReservoirMarion0
1997-59 Black-legged Kittiwake21 Dec 1997WaterlooBlack Hawk0
1998-16 Black-legged Kittiwake26 Apr 1998Rathbun Res.Appanoose0
2004-41 Black-legged Kittiwake28 Sep 2004Spirit LakeDickinson1
2004-56 Black-legged Kittiwake27 Oct 2004Saylorville Res.Polk1
2004-62 Black-legged Kittiwake20 Dec 2004KeokukLee1
2004-63 Black-legged Kittiwake26-27 Dec 2004Red Rock Res.Marion2
2004-64 Black-legged Kittiwake30 Dec 2004Lock & Dam 14Scott1
2005-65 Black-legged Kittiwake11 Nov 2005L & D 9Allamakee1
2005-74 Black-legged Kittiwake1-4 Dec 2005Saylorville R.Polk2
2005-75 Black-legged Kittiwake10 Dec 2005Red Rock R.Marion1
2007-01 Black-legged Kittiwake1-14 Jan 2007Saylorville DamPolk1
2007-48 Black-legged Kittiwake17-21 Oct 2007Lake ManawaPottawattamie2
2007-61 Black-legged Kittiwake8 Dec 2007Red Rock DamMarion2
2008-33 Black-legged Kittiwake31 Oct to 1 Nov 2008Saylorville Res.Polk3
2008-34 Black-legged Kittiwake8 Nov 2008Red Rock DamMarion1
2008-46 Black-legged Kittiwake31 Oct to 2 Nov 2008Saylorville DamPolk2
2010-31 Black-legged Kittiwake17 Nov 2010Red RockMarion1
2010-34 Black-legged Kittiwake23-28 Nov 2010Red RockMarion1
2010-48 Black-legged Kittiwake5-9 Dec 2010Red RockMarion2
2011-35 Black-legged Kittiwake31 Dec 2011 - 1 Jan 2012Saylorville ReservoirPolk1
2013-33 Black-legged Kittiwake9 Nov 2013SaylorvillePolk2
2014-08 Black-legged Kittiwake12 Apr 2014Gray's LakePolk1
2014-16 Black-legged Kittiwake16-18 May 2014Red Rock Reservoir DamMarion3