Date: 5/16/25 8:41 am From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 5-16-25
Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, May 10, to Friday, May 16, 2025:
RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
NONE
Additional Species Mentioned
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Neotropic Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Black-necked Stilt
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
ICELAND GULL (Record late)
Least Tern
Mississippi Kite
Fish Crow
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Hooded Warbler
***NEW!**************** For more up to date information on rarities in the state of Iowa, visit the Iowa Birds and Birding website at www.Iowabirds.org <http://www.iowabirds.org>
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Species in ALL CAPS can be classified into three categories in the state of Iowa: 1) UNRECORDED, ACCIDENTAL or Casual; 2) A RARE but regular species; or 3) record early or late date or unusual for time of year. Any species with three asterisks (***species***) would represent a first record for Iowa (UNRECORDED) and should be observed and documented very carefully. Species with two asterisks (**species**) are species that are either ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL, or a rare regular species, and should also be documented. Species with one asterisk (*species) should have some details of the observation provided.
Please note this is an UNOFFICIAL compilation of rare bird sightings from both eBird and the IOU listserve. Data for field reports and early/late dates should not be taken from this weekly report.
EAST
JACKSON COUNTY
A BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen at Green Island WMA on the 10th.
MUSCATINE COUNTY
A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen along 180th St on the 13th.
JOHNSON COUNTY
4 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at the Headquarters are of Hawkeye WA on the 14th.
7 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen from James Ave at Hawkeye WA on the 16th.
A LEAST TERN was seen from James Ave at Hawkeye WA on the 16th.
NORTHEAST
BLACK HAWK COUNTY
A HOODED WARBLER was observed at Robertson Bird Sanctuary on the 13th.
SOUTHEAST
VAN BUREN COUNTY
A PINE WARBLER was seen at the Farmington Unit of Shimek SF on the 11th.
DES MOINES COUNTY
A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen along Stony Hollow Rd on the 13th.
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen at Aspen Grove Cemetery on the 14th.
A FISH CROW was seen at Starrs Cave on the 14th.
CENTRAL
STORY COUNTY
A WESTERN GREBE was seen at Hendrickson Marsh on the 11th.
POLK COUNTY
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Big Creek on the 11th.
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen in West Des Moines on the 12th.
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen over Urbandale on the 13th.
DALLAS COUNTY
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at the Apple Wetland Complex on the 13th.
A WORM-EATING WARBLER was seen at Kuehn Conservation Area on the 15th.
GREENE COUNTY
2 MARBLED GODWITS were seen at Dunbar Slough on the 16th.
SOUTH CENTRAL
MARION COUNTY
A late ICELAND GULL was seen at Red Rock on the 12th.
NORTHWEST
BUENA VISTA COUNTY
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues at Leo Grau WMA on the 10th.
The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, May 23, 2025 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted.
