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272 Species Observed
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Native and Naturalized (271)

  1. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  2. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  3. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  4. Last observed by Andrew Whetten on 9 Mar 2024
  5. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  6. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  7. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 13 Mar 2024
  8. Last observed by Andy & Mikayla Scanlon on 14 Apr 2024
  9. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  10. Last observed by Danny Akers on 3 May 2011
  11. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  12. Last observed by John Tollefson on 20 Apr 2024
  13. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 4 Apr 2024
  14. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  15. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  16. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  17. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 4 Apr 2024
  18. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 4 Apr 2024
  19. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 4 Apr 2024
  20. Last observed by Mark Roberts on 19 Mar 2021
  21. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  22. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  23. Last observed by Brad Horn on 9 Mar 2024
  24. Last observed by Wendy VanDeWalle 🦉 on 4 Mar 2024
  25. Last observed by Bill Tollefson on 13 Mar 2022
  26. Last observed by Jess Painter on 8 Apr 2022
  27. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  28. Last observed by Micah Bagley on 25 Aug 2023
  29. Last observed by Ben Elwood on 2 Sep 2023
  30. Last observed by Tony Moline on 27 Jul 2019
  31. Last observed by Anne Heyerly on 19 Apr 2024
  32. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  33. Last observed by Dean Hester on 5 Apr 2020
  34. Last observed by Jason McCurdy on 2 May 2014
  35. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  36. Last observed by James Mccoy on 4 Jun 2019
  37. Last observed by Kevin McKown on 11 Apr 2024
  38. Last observed by Anne Heyerly on 19 Apr 2024
  39. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  40. Last observed by Jean Wiese on 8 Jun 2023
  41. Last observed by Jayden Bowen on 21 May 2023
  42. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 9 Sep 2023
  43. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 17 May 1976
  44. Last observed by Matt Mason on 8 Sep 2023
  45. Last observed by Ben Elwood on 2 Sep 2023
  46. Last observed by Iowa Published Records on 5 Sep 2014
  47. Last observed by Ethan Ellis on 19 Jun 2023
  48. Last observed by Mark Brown on 13 Sep 2020
  49. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  50. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 17 May 1983
  51. Last observed by Andy & Mikayla Scanlon on 14 Apr 2024
  52. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 26 May 2023
  53. Last observed by James Mccoy on 19 May 2023
  54. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 19 May 2008
  55. Last observed by Dan Ray on 4 May 2023
  56. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  57. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 26 May 2023
  58. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 3 May 1979
  59. Last observed by James Mccoy on 7 May 2023
  60. Last observed by Connor Langan on 22 Jul 2022
  61. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 26 Apr 2013
  62. Last observed by Dan Ray on 5 May 2023
  63. Last observed by John Tollefson on 13 May 2023
  64. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 24 Apr 2023
  65. Last observed by Gage Hazen-Fabor on 21 Apr 2022
  66. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  67. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 8 May 2023
  68. Last observed by Paul Morf on 21 May 2023
  69. Last observed by Dean Hester on 22 May 2023
  70. Last observed by David and Ann Snodgrass on 6 May 2023
  71. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  72. Last observed by Wendy VanDeWalle 🦉 on 7 May 2022
  73. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  74. Last observed by Paul Morf on 21 May 2023
  75. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 19 May 2008
  76. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 29 Jul 1983
  77. Last observed by Mark Welford on 22 May 2023
  78. Last observed by Dean Hester on 22 May 2023
  79. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  80. Last observed by Mark Welford on 22 May 2023
  81. Last observed by Andy & Mikayla Scanlon on 14 Apr 2024
  82. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  83. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 26 May 2023
  84. Last observed by Kathryn Deetz 🦢 on 4 Nov 2022
  85. Last observed by Susan Nixon on 7 Sep 2015
  86. Last observed by NICHOLAS TIMMER on 1 May 2022
  87. Last observed by D SIEFKEN on 31 Mar 2024
  88. Last observed by Dan Ray on 8 Feb 2024
  89. Last observed by Mark Welford on 10 Aug 2021
  90. Last observed by Linda Rudolph on 22 May 2019
  91. Last observed by Mark Welford on 22 May 2023
  92. Last observed by Lynette Thonne on 28 Apr 2022
  93. Last observed by Dan Ray on 2 May 2016
  94. Last observed by Iowa Published Records on 4 May 2008
  95. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 7 Apr 2023
  96. Last observed by Andy & Mikayla Scanlon on 14 Apr 2024
  97. Last observed by D SIEFKEN on 31 Mar 2024
  98. Last observed by Tony Moline on 10 May 2018
  99. Last observed by Arthur Mercado on 8 Nov 2020
  100. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 10 May 2023
  101. Last observed by Eric Nally on 13 Sep 2023
  102. Last observed by Matt Mason on 8 Sep 2023
  103. Last observed by Iowa Published Records on 20 May 2008
  104. Last observed by Jim Wiese on 25 Apr 2023
  105. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  106. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 10 Apr 2023
  107. Last observed by Dan Watkins on 18 Nov 2021
  108. Last observed by Micah Bagley on 24 Aug 2023
  109. Last observed by Micah Bagley on 15 Sep 2023
  110. Last observed by Eric Nally on 13 Sep 2023
  111. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  112. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 10 Sep 2023
  113. Last observed by Joey Negreann on 28 Aug 2020
  114. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 9 Apr 1982
  115. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  116. Last observed by Bill Tollefson on 17 Feb 2024
  117. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 1 Jun 1967
  118. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 1 Jan 2024
  119. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 17 Jul 2023
  120. Last observed by Jack Sytsma on 22 May 2023
  122. Last observed by Dan Ray on 8 Jan 2022
  123. Last observed by Jillien Hankewich on 15 Jan 2012
  124. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 4 Apr 2024
  125. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 7 Apr 2023
  126. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  127. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  128. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  129. Last observed by Jesse Ellis on 5 Mar 2024
  130. Last observed by Ray Cummins on 11 Jul 2023
  131. Last observed by John Tollefson on 20 Apr 2024
  132. Last observed by John Tollefson on 20 Apr 2024
  133. Last observed by Hannah Leabhart on 10 Feb 2023
  135. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 10 May 2023
  136. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 13 Nov 2022
  137. Last observed by Jayden Bowen on 21 May 2023
  138. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 25 Jul 2023
  139. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 24 May 2023
  140. Last observed by Linda Rudolph on 3 Jul 2023
  141. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 21 May 2022
  142. Last observed by Wolfe R on 18 Jun 2023
  143. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 24 May 2023
  144. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  145. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 10 Sep 2023
  146. Last observed by Jordan Newberry on 29 Jul 2023
  147. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 26 Apr 1981
  148. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 29 Apr 2023
  149. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 25 Jul 2023
  150. Last observed by Linda Rudolph on 3 Jul 2023
  151. Last observed by Jess Painter on 14 May 2021
  152. Last observed by Bill Tollefson on 14 May 2011
  153. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 10 Sep 2023
  154. Last observed by Linda Rudolph on 3 Jul 2023
  155. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 25 Jul 2023
  156. Last observed by Richard DeCoster on 6 Jan 1979
  157. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  158. Last observed by Andy & Mikayla Scanlon on 14 Apr 2024
  159. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  160. Last observed by Dean Hester on 13 Mar 2024
  161. Last observed by Jamie Stolley on 10 Apr 2024
  162. Last observed by Mark Welford on 22 May 2023
  163. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  164. Last observed by RJ Thompson on 22 May 2023
  165. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  166. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  167. Last observed by Courtney Kelly Jett on 12 Jul 2023
  168. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  169. Last observed by Hai-Dang Phan on 21 Apr 2023
  170. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  171. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 2 May 2023
  172. Last observed by Kathleen Kuenstling on 12 Feb 2021
  173. Last observed by Linda Rudolph on 3 Jul 2023
  174. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  175. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 7 Apr 2023
  176. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 25 Jul 2023
  177. Last observed by Jack Sytsma on 22 May 2023
  178. Last observed by Jack Sytsma on 22 May 2023
  179. Last observed by John Tollefson on 20 Apr 2024
  180. Last observed by Ben Elwood on 2 Sep 2023
  181. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  182. Last observed by Dawn Gunderson on 8 Jul 2023
  183. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  184. Last observed by Paul Morf on 21 May 2023
  185. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 17 May 2022
  186. Last observed by Jayden Bowen on 21 May 2023
  187. Last observed by Dan Ray on 19 Apr 2020
  188. Last observed by Linda Rudolph on 3 Jul 2023
  189. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  190. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 17 Nov 2023
  191. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  192. Last observed by Julie Johnston on 13 Apr 2024
  193. Last observed by Wendy VanDeWalle 🦉 on 4 Mar 2024
  194. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 4 Jan 1978
  195. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  196. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 29 Apr 2023
  197. Last observed by Dan Ray on 19 Feb 2022
  198. Last observed by Tony Moline on 5 Nov 2017
  199. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  200. Last observed by Troy Hibbitts on 17 Mar 2023
  201. Last observed by Jordan Newberry on 29 Jul 2023
  202. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  203. Last observed by Scott Olmstead on 14 May 2010
  204. Last observed by Andy & Mikayla Scanlon on 14 Apr 2024
  205. Last observed by Jack Sytsma on 22 May 2023
  206. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 14 Apr 2024
  207. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 7 Apr 2023
  208. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 4 Apr 2024
  209. Last observed by Andy & Mikayla Scanlon on 14 Apr 2024
  210. Last observed by Mark Brown on 2 May 2021
  211. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  212. Last observed by Connor Langan on 22 Jul 2022
  213. Last observed by Seth Dudley on 17 Oct 2017
  214. Last observed by James Mccoy on 19 May 2023
  215. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 25 Jul 2023
  216. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  217. Last observed by Mark Welford on 6 Nov 2022
  218. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  219. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 15 Apr 2024
  220. Last observed by Ethan Ellis on 19 Jun 2023
  221. Last observed by Terry Pflugrad on 16 Jun 2022
  222. Last observed by Eli Kenyon on 19 Jun 2023
  223. Last observed by Mark Roberts on 15 Jul 2021
  224. Last observed by John Tollefson on 20 Apr 2024
  225. Last observed by Ethan Ellis on 19 Jun 2023
  226. Last observed by Ethan Ellis on 19 Jun 2023
  227. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  228. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  229. Last observed by Michael Harvey on 5 Nov 2023
  230. Last observed by David Diller on 25 Mar 2023
  231. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  232. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 19 May 2008
  233. Last observed by Linda Rudolph on 3 Jul 2023
  234. Last observed by Alvaro Jaramillo on 19 May 2012
  235. Last observed by Isaac Caron on 10 May 2023
  236. Last observed by Eliza Willis on 7 May 2023
  237. Last observed by Eliza Willis on 7 May 2023
  238. Last observed by Mark Welford on 22 May 2023
  239. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 25 Jun 2021
  240. Last observed by Mark Welford on 22 May 2023
  241. Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 19 Apr 2024
  242. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 8 May 2023
  243. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 16 May 2012
  244. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 21 May 2022
  245. Last observed by Alvaro Jaramillo on 19 May 2012
  246. Last observed by Jordan Newberry on 29 Jul 2023
  247. Last observed by Peter Wickham on 4 Jul 1983
  248. Last observed by Linda Rudolph on 3 Jul 2023
  249. Last observed by George Armistead | Hillstar Nature on 3 May 2013
  250. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 16 May 2012
  251. Last observed by Jack Sytsma on 22 May 2023
  252. Last observed by Carl Bendorf on 10 Sep 2023
  253. Last observed by Bill Tollefson on 4 Sep 2022
  254. Last observed by Mark Welford on 22 May 2023
  255. Last observed by Ben Meredyk on 23 Jun 2023
  256. Last observed by John Tollefson on 13 May 2023
  257. Last observed by John Tollefson on 13 May 2023
  258. Last observed by W. Douglas Robinson on 9 Sep 2022
  259. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 8 May 2023
  260. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  261. Last observed by Joseph Gamez on 8 Sep 2022
  262. Last observed by Jayden Bowen on 21 May 2023
  263. Last observed by Bill Tollefson on 4 Sep 2022
  264. Last observed by Joseph Gamez on 8 Sep 2022
  265. Last observed by Olivia Spicer on 23 Jun 2023
  266. Last observed by Linda Rudolph on 3 Jul 2023
  267. Last observed by James Mccoy on 21 Apr 2024
  268. Last observed by Ethan Ellis on 19 Jun 2023
  269. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 24 May 2023
  270. Last observed by Jordan Newberry on 29 Jul 2023
  271. Last observed by Mark Madsen on 25 Jul 2023

Exotic: Provisional (1)

  1. Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 13 Mar 2024

Additional Taxa (23)

  1. Snow/Ross's Goose Anser caerulescens/rossii
    Last observed by Andrew Melnykovych on 14 May 2022
  2. Cackling/Canada Goose Branta hutchinsii/canadensis
    Last observed by Dan Ray on 30 Apr 2022
  3. Trumpeter/Tundra Swan Cygnus buccinator/columbianus
    Last observed by Jim Kettelkamp on 15 Dec 2021
  4. goose sp. Anatidae (goose sp.)
    Last observed by Jesse Ellis on 7 Mar 2022
  5. Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya marila/affinis
    Last observed by Dan Ray on 20 Apr 2019
  6. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 5 Mar 2024
  7. pigeon/dove sp. Columbidae sp.
    Last observed by Karen Etter Hale on 9 Nov 2018
  8. Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus/erythropthalmus
    Last observed by Mark Madsen on 19 May 2022
  9. Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus
    Last observed by John Tollefson on 7 May 2023
  10. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    Last observed by Wendy VanDeWalle 🦉 on 21 May 2023
  11. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 5 Mar 2024
  12. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    Last observed by Dan Ray on 1 May 2023
  13. Buteo sp. Buteo sp.
    Last observed by Richard DeCoster on 30 Dec 2022
  14. hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
    Last observed by Michael J Good on 16 Mar 2021
  15. Empidonax sp. Empidonax sp.
    Last observed by Brandon Caswell on 4 Jun 2021
  16. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    Last observed by Mark Welford on 22 May 2023
  17. longspur sp. Calcarius/Rhynchophanes sp.
    Last observed by Christopher Rustay on 18 May 2008
  18. Spotted/Eastern Towhee (Rufous-sided Towhee) Pipilo maculatus/erythrophthalmus
    Last observed by Dan Ray on 19 Apr 2020
  19. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    Last observed by Tom Bootsmiller on 3 Jul 2022
  20. Western/Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta/magna
    Last observed by Dean Hester on 8 Jun 2023
  21. blackbird sp. Icteridae sp.
    Last observed by Hannah Leabhart on 11 Nov 2022
  22. new world warbler sp. Parulidae sp.
    Last observed by Laura Davis on 4 Oct 2022
  23. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    Last observed by Kathleen Kuenstling on 14 Feb 2021