Date: 5/9/25 6:00 am From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 5-9-25
Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, May 3, to Friday, May 9, 2025:
RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
ACCIDENTAL
**SAGE THRASHER**
Additional Species Mentioned
Red-throated Loon
Western Grebe
Neotropic Cormorant
White-faced Ibis
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret
Black-necked Stilt
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Fish Crow
Prairie Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-throated Blue 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
MUSCATINE COUNTY
A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen along 180th St near Muscatine on the 3rd.
JACKSON COUNTY
A BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen at Green Island WMA on the 3rd.
NORTHEAST
DUBUQUE COUNTY
10 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Deere Dike Park and Riverside Road on the 7th.
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY
A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at Effigy Mounds NM on the 8th.
SOUTHEAST
LEE COUNTY
A PINE WARBLER was seen at the Donnelson Unit of Shimek SF on the 4th.
2 FISH CROWS were seen at the Donnelson Unit of Shimek SF on the 6th.
A HOODED WARBLER was seen at the Croton Unit of Shimek SF on the 4th.
VAN BUREN COUNTY
A PINE WARBLER was seen at the Farmington Unit of Shimek SF on the 4th.
DES MOINES COUNTY
A FISH CROW was seen at Starrs Cave Park on the 4th.
MAHASKA COUNTY
A WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at Maskunky Marsh on the 5th.
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Maskunky Marsh on the 6th.
CENTRAL
POLK COUNTY
A WESTERN GREBE was seen at Saylorville on the 3rd.
A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Big Creek on the 8th.
A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at Saylorville on the 8th.
STORY COUNTY
3 WESTERN GREBES were seen at Hendrickson Marsh on the 5th.
SOUTH CENTRAL
MARION COUNTY
A HOODED WARBLER was seen below the dam at Red Rock on the 3rd.
APPANOOSE COUNTY
A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen along 269th Ave on the 5th.
WEST
CARROLL COUNTY
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Swan Lake SP on the 6th.
NORTHWEST
BUENA VISTA COUNTY
A SAGE THRASHER was seen along 460th St near Laurens on the 3rd. This is just north of Highway 10 where you turn on gravel to go to Pickeral Lake.
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues at Leo Grau WMA on the 3rd.
CLAY COUNTY
12 MARBLED GODWITS were seen at Trumbull Lake on the 3rd.
EMMET COUNTY
4 WESTERN GREBES were seen at Ingham Lake on the 4th.
The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, May 16, 2025 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted.
