Date: 5/22/26 7:06 am From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 5-22-26
Iowa RBA birds reported from Friday, May 16, to Friday, May 22, 2026
RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
NONE
Additional species mentioned
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Surf Scoter
Black-necked Stilt
Piping Plover
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Western Sandpiper
California Gull
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
Neotropic Cormorant
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret
Glossy Ibis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Mississippi Kite
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Worm-eating 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.
NORTH CENTRAL
CERRO GORDO COUNTY
A SURF SCOTER was seen at the Iowa DNR office on the 19th.
NORTHEAST
DUBUQUE COUNTY
A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen at Deere Dike Park and Riverside Road on the 16th.
6 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Deere Dike Park and Riverside Road on the 18th.
A BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen at Deere Dike Park and Riverside Road on the 18th.
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was seen at Deere Dike Park and Riverside Road on the 21st.
BLACK HAWK COUNTY
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at Sans Souci Island on the 19th.
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY
2 HOODED WARBLERS were seen at the Paint Creek Unit of Yellow River SF on the 16th.
EAST
JOHNSON COUNTY
A MARBLED GODWIT was seen at Sand Point on the 16th.
8 BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen at Hawkeye WMA on the 21st.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at Hanging Rock Woods on the 20th.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at Sugar Bottom RA on the 16th.
A HOODED WARBLER was seen at Hickory Hill Park on the 18th.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at the Squire Point Trail on the 18th.
8 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Hawkeye WA on the 20th.
A WORM-EATING WARBLER was seen at Hawkeye WA on the 19th.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at the University of Iowa Research Park on the 19th.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at Hawkeye WA on the 20th.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at Hickory Hill Park on the 21st.
4 BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen at the Curtis Bridge Access of Coralville Lake on the 20th.
BUCHANAN COUNTY
A HOODED WARBLER was seen at Guy Grover Timber and Tree Plantings on the 21st.
SOUTHEAST
LEE COUNTY
A PINE WARBLER was seen at the Farmington Unit of Shimek SF on the 16th.
A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen at the Croton Unit of Shimek SF on the 16th.
A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen at the Donnellson Unit of Shimek SF on the 16th.
WAPELLO COUNTY
2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen in Ottumwa on the 16th.
CENTRAL
POLK COUNTY
A PIPING PLOVER was seen at Saylorville on the 17th.
A HOODED WARBLER was seen at Ashworth and Greenwood Park on the 20th.
2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Saylorville on the 20th.
2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen at Sheridan Park on the 18th.
A CALIFORNIA GULL was seen at the Big Creek Spillway on the 18th.
A HOODED WARBLER was seen at the Polk City Cemetery on the 19th.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at Saylorville on the 21st.
A LAUGHING GULL was seen at the Big Creek Spillway on the 21st.
DALLAS COUNTY
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen at Saylorville WMA on the 16th.
A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was seen south of 180th St in a field on the 19th.
A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen in a flooded field south of 180th St on the 19th.
2 HUDSONIAN WHIMBRELS were seen along Quinlan Ave near Minburn on the 19th.
MARSHALL COUNTY
A BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen along Wiese Garden Road near Marshalltown on the 16th.
GREENE COUNTY
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Dunbar Slough on the 19th.
STORY COUNTY
A WORM-EATING WARBLER was seen at Leopold Woods on the 20th.
SOUTH CENTRAL
MARION COUNTY
2 SNOWY EGRETS were seen at Red Rock on the 18th
A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen at Red Rock on the 17th.
A BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen at Red Rock on the 18th.
A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Red Rock on the 18th.
A LEAST TERN was seen at Red Rock on the 18th.
7 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Red Rock on the 18th.
SOUTHWEST
FREMONT COUNTY
A LEAST TERN was seen at Bartlett WMA on the 21st.
WEST
GUTHRIE COUNTY
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Bays Branch on the 16th.
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen at Bays Branch on the 16th.
NORTHWEST
BUENA VISTA COUNTY
2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Storm Lake on the 16th.
DICKINSON COUNTY
2 HUDSONIAN WHIMBRELS were seen at Spirit Lake on the 16th.
20 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Spirit Lake on the 16th.
SAC COUNTY
A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at Kiowa Marsh on the 20th.
A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at Kiowa Marsh on the 19th.
2 SNOWY EGRETS were seen at Burrows Pond WMA on the 21st.
SIOUX COUNTY
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen in Hawarden on the 19th.
The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, May 29, 2026 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted.
