Date: 5/2/25 5:39 am From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 5-2-25
Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, March 26, to Friday, May 2, 2025:
RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
NONE
Additional Species Mentioned
White-winged Scoter
Red-necked Grebe
Yellow Rail
Snowy Egret
White-faced Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Neotropic Cormorant
Black-necked Stilt
Laughing Gull
Prairie Falcon
Golden Eagle
Olive-sided Flycatcher (3rd earliest)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
BELLS VIREO (Record early)
VEERY (Record early)
Fish Crow
Blue Grosbeak (3rd earliest)
Pine Warbler
CAPE MAY WARBLER (Record early)
Worm-eating Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler (3rd earliest)
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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.
NORTH CENTRAL
CERRO GORDO COUNTY
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Union Hills WMA on the 27th.
EAST
JACKSON COUNTY
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Green Island WMA on the 26th.
5 BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen at Green Island WMA on the 26th
A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at Green Island WMA on the 27th.
JOHNSON COUNTY
2 early BLUE GROSBEAKS were seen at Hawkeye WA on the 26th.
An early WILSONS WARBLER was seen at Sycamore Bottoms on the 27th.
A PINE WARBLER was seen at the Squire Point Trail At Coralville Lake on the
29th.
LINN COUNTY
A PINE WARBLER was seen at Camp Wakonda on the 26th.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Pleasant Creek SRA on the 27th.
NORTHEAST
DUBUQUE COUNTY
An early CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen at Mines of Spain RA on the 26th.
An early VEERY was seen at Mines of Spain RA on the 26th.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Lock and Dam 11 on the 27th.
2 PINE WARBLERS were seen at Eagle Point Park on the 30th.
2 PINE WARBLERS were seen at Linwood Cemetery on the 30th.
BLACK HAWK COUNTY
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at George Wyth SP on the 27th.
A WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at the intersection of Wagner and Dunkerton Rd
on the 27th.
SOUTHEAST
LEE COUNTY
A PINE WARBLER was seen at the Farmington Unit of Shimek SF on the 26th.
A WORM-EATING WARBLER was seen at the Donnelson Unit of Shimek SF on the
26th.
A HOODED WARBLER was seen at the Donnelson Unit of Shimek SF on the 26th.
VAN BUREN COUNTY
An early BELLS VIREO was seen at Lake Sugema on the 26th.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
An early BLUE GROSBEAK was seen at Jefferson County Park on the 26th.
MAHASKA COUNTY
A WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at Maskunky Marsh on the 30th.
CENTRAL
GREENE COUNTY
18 WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen at Dunbar Slough on the 26th.
STORY COUNTY
An early OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at the ISU Arboretum on the 26th.
An early VEERY was seen at Pammell Woods on the 26th.
A YELLOW RAIL was seen at Hendrickson Marsh on the 26th.
A PRAIRIE FALCON was seen near Story City on the 28th.
POLK COUNTY
A FISH CROW was seen at Walnut Woods on the 29th.
SOUTH CENTRAL
MARION COUNTY
A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Red Rock on the 27th.
WEST
SOUTHWEST
NORTHWEST
BUENA VISTA COUNTY
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues at Leo Grau WMA on the 27th.
25 GLOSSY/WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen at Little Storm Lake on the 26th.
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Storm Lake on the 29th.
A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen at Storm Lake on the 1st.
WOODBURY COUNTY
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen at South Port Neal on the 29th.
The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday,
May 9, 2025 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL
species be reported, an update will be posted.
