Species |
Photo |
Date Sighted |
Location |
Notes |
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
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1 May 2009 |
Carroll County |
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
 |
17 July 1994 |
Goose Lake, Clinton County |
First state record |
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Mottled Duck |
 |
7 July 2006 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
First state record |
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Mottled Ducks |
 |
4 August 2009 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
Second state record |
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Mottled Duck |
 |
14 May 2014 |
Dunbar Slough, Greene County |
Fifth state record |
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Harlequin Duck |
 |
3 January 2015 |
Des Moines, Polk County |
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Long-tailed Duck |
 |
17 January 2010 |
Pool 19, Lee County |
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Snowy Plover |
 |
3 May 1996 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
Fifth state record |
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Snowy Plover |
 |
3 July 2020 |
Red Rock Reservoir, Marion County |
One of three present and trying to breed |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
 |
6 August 2017 |
Runnells Wildlife Area, Marion County |
First state record |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
 |
6 August 2017 |
Runnells Wildlife Area, Marion County |
First state record |
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Western Sandpiper |
 |
14 August 2009 |
Red Rock Reservoir, Marion County |
A rare migrant in the state |
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Western Sandpiper |
 |
29 April 2011 |
Riverton Wildlife Area, Fremont County |
First photographic evidence for a spring migrant in Iowa |
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Red Phalarope |
 |
2 October 1988 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
First state record |
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Red Phalarope |
 |
18 September 2007 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
|
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Red Phalarope |
 |
7 June 2020 |
Eagle Lake, Hancock County |
First summer record for Iowa |
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Pomarine Jaeger |
 |
30 September 1988 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
First state record |
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Pomarine Jaeger |
 |
11 November 1996 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
Second state record |
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Parasitic Jaeger |
 |
28 August 2018 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
Earliest fall record |
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Ivory Gull |
 |
28 December 1990 |
Red Rock Reservoir, Marion County |
Second state record |
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Little Gull |
 |
14 October 2017 |
Runnells Wildlife Area, Polk County |
|
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Laughing Gull |
 |
25 July 2006 |
Below Red Rock Reservoir dam, Marion County |
Casual visitor |
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Laughing Gull |
 |
6 September 2010 |
Red Rock Reservoir, Marion County |
|
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Black-tailed Gull |
 |
18 November 2007 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
First state record |
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Short-billed Gull |
 |
18 November 2007 |
Red Rock Reservoir, Marion County |
|
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California Gull |
 |
18 January 2021 |
Fort Madison, Lee County |
First Iowa winter record |
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Iceland Gull |
 |
3 February 2007 |
Below Lock and Dam 19, Keokuk, Lee County |
|
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Arctic Tern |
 |
18 August 1999 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
First state record |
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Royal Tern |
 |
20 August 2005 |
Rathbun Reservoir, Appanoose County |
First state record |
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Yellow-billed Loon |
 |
28 November 2007 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
Third state record |
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Wood Stork |
 |
4 October 2007 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
Second state record |
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Magnificent Frigatebird |
 |
2 September 2007 |
Spirit Lake, Dickinson County |
Sixth state record |
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Neotropic Cormorant |
 |
3 May 2008 |
West of Riverton, Fremont County |
Fourth state record |
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Neotropic Cormorant
(with Double-crested Cormorant) |
 |
5 July 2009 |
Elm L., Wright County |
Fifth state record |
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Brown Booby |
 |
3 September 2015 |
Red Rock Reservoir, Marion County |
First state record |
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Brown Pelican |
 |
22 October 2005 |
Below Red Rock Reservoir dam, Marlon County |
|
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Brown Pelican |
 |
18 December 2007 |
Fort Madison, Lee County |
Only winter record for Iowa |
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Glossy Ibis |
 |
29 June 2008 |
East of Chelsea, Tama County |
|
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Roseate Spoonbill |
 |
30 July 2014 |
M. U. Payne Wildlife Area, Fremont County |
Fourth state record |
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White-tailed Kite |
 |
19 May 2019 |
Madison County |
Third state record |
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Swallow-tailed Kite |
|
25 August 2012 |
Otter Creek Marsh, Tama County |
|
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Northern Hawk Owl |
 |
26 February 2005 |
Worth County |
Second state record |
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Gyrfalcon |
 |
22 December 2000 |
Eastern Boone County |
|
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Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
 |
26 April 2009 |
Near Dysart, Tama County |
Second state record |
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Fish Crow |
 |
20 May 2014 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
Fourth state record, but the first to be documented with a photograph and recordings. |
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Rock Wren |
 |
26 October 2019 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
|
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Curve-billed Thrasher |
|
5 February 2012 |
Lucas County |
|
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Sage Thrasaher |
 |
4 May 2020 |
Saylorville Reservoir, Polk County |
Fourth state record |
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White-winged Crossbills |
 |
15 February 2009 |
Hampton, Franklin County |
|
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Smith's Longspur |
 |
11 April 2007 |
Near Jewell, Hamilton County |
|
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Bullock's Oriole |
 |
8 September 2008 |
South of Nevada, Story County |
|
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Swainson's Warbler |
 |
20 May 2021 |
Ames, Story County |
First state record |
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Prairie Warbler |
 |
6 September 2008 |
Brushy Creek Recreation Area, Webster County |
A very rare record of a migrant. |
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Painted Bunting |
 |
12 May 2011 |
Dunbar Slough, Greene County |
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