Date: 4/25/25 6:59 am From: Russell Benedict <BenedictR...> Subject: [ia-bird] Fun Combination
Good morning bird lovers,
Sitting on the on the porch and enjoying bird sounds this gray morning. Still have a couple of juncos hanging out below the feeders. And they are being serenaded by Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and Common Yellowthroats. Isn't April fun! Russ, between Pella and Knoxville.
Russ Benedict
Professor of Biology
Director of Prairies For Agriculture Project
Department of Biology, Central College
812 University Street | Campus Box 09 | Pella, Iowa 50219
Office: 641-628-5173
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Sent: Friday, April 25, 2025 8:43 AM
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Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 4-25-25
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Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, March 19, to Friday, April 25, 2025:
RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
NONE
Additional Species Mentioned
Cinnamon Teal
Red-necked Grebe
Neotropic Cormorant
White-faced Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Commonn Gallinule
Black-necked Stilt
RUDDY TURNSTONE (record early)
Marbled Godwit
Says Phoebe
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER (Record early)
Fish Crow
Hooded Warbler
Pine Warbler
BALTIMORE ORIOLE (Record early tie)
ORCHARD ORIOLE (Record early)
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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
SCOTT COUNTY
4 WHITE-FACED IBIS continue at Nahant Marsh on the 19th.
A PINE WARBLER was seen at Nahant Marsh on the 22nd.
JACKSON COUNTY
A WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at Green Island WMA on the 22nd.
An early RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at Green Island WMA on the 19th.
A PINE WARBLER was seen at Green Island WMA on the 19th.
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Green Island WMA on the 23rd.
3 BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen at Green Island WMA on the 25th.
LINN COUNTY
A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at Center Point on the 19th.
JOHNSON COUNTY
A MARBLED GODWIT was seen at Hawkeye WA on the 19th.
2 BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen from the headquarters area of Hawkeye WA on the 22nd.
A PINE WARBLER was seen at the south arm of Lake McBride on the 23rd.
CLINTON COUNTY
A COMMON GALLINULE was seen at Goose Lake WMA on the 23rd.
NORTHEAST
DUBUQUE COUNTY
A CINNAMON TEAL continues at Deere Dike Park and Riverside Road on the 21st.
3 PINE WARBLERS were seen at Eagle Point Park on the 22nd.
BLACK HAWK COUNTY
A PINE WARBLER was seen at Hartman Reserve on the 21st.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Brinker Lake on the 24th.
SOUTHEAST
DES MOINES COUNTY
An early ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen north of Burlington on the 19th.
2 FISH CROWS were seen at Blackhawk Bottoms on the 21st.
VAN BUREN COUNTY
An early GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER AND BALTIMORE ORIOLE were seen at Lacey Keosaqua SP on the 19th.
LEE COUNTY
A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at Heron Bend South on the 23rd.
CENTRAL
POLK COUNTY
42 WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen at the Big Creek Spillway on the 19th. One was still present on the 21st.
6 MARBLED GODWITS were seen at the Big Creek Spillway on the 20th.
STORY COUNTY
21 WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen at Hendrickson Marsh on the 19th.
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Hendrickson Marsh on the 19th.
A HOODED WARBLER was seen at the ISU Arboretum on the 21st.
A BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen at Ada Hayden Park on the 23rd.
GREENE COUNTY
29 GLOSSY/WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen at Dunbar Slough on the 19th.
DALLAS COUNTY
A CINNAMON TEAL continues in the borrow pit at the intersection of T Ave and Highway 6 west of Waukee on the 21st.
WEST
HARRISON COUNTY
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Desoto Bend NWR on the 19th.
SHELBY COUNTY
2 SNOWY EGRETS were seen at Prairie Rose SP on the 23rd.
SOUTHWEST
UNION COUNTY
A BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen at 12 Mile Lake on the 23rd.
NORTHWEST
SIOUX COUNTY
3 WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen at Big Sioux WA on the 19th.
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at the Owego Wetlands on the 19th.
POCAHONTAS COUNTY
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Little Clear Lake on the 20th.
BUENA VISTA COUNTY
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was seen at Leo Grau WA on the 21st.
12 MARBLED GODWITS were seen at Little Storm Lake on the 21st.
4 WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at Leo Grau WA on the 21st.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY
A SAYS PHOEBE continues at Broken Kettle Grasslands on the 19th.
SAC COUNTY
A WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at Kiowa Marsh on the 22nd.
The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, May 2, 2025 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted.
