BIRD LIST 2022
RRWA 2022 Bird List in Taxonomic Order as of 8/8
Snow Goose – Maffitt Res. – 1/29
Ross’s Goose – Black Hawk Marsh – 2/21
Greater White-fronted Goose – Maffitt – 1/1
Cackling Goose – Maffitt – 1/1
Canada Goose – Maffitt – 1/1
Mute Swan – SW of DeSoto – 5/31
Trumpeter Swan – Maffitt – 1/1
Tundra Swan – Maffitt – 1/11
Wood Duck – Maffitt – 2/27
Blue-winged Teal – Little Storm Lake – 3/21
Northern Shoveler – Storm Lake – 3/2
Gadwall – Maffitt – 1/1
American Wigeon – Maffitt – 3/5
Mallard – Maffitt – 1/1
American Black Duck – Black Hawk Lake – 3/5
Northern Pintail – Maffitt – 2/20
Green-winged Teal – Maffitt – 2/16
Canvasback – Maffitt – 1/1
Redhead – Maffitt – 1/1
Ring-necked Duck – Maffitt – 1/9
Greater Scaup – Maffitt – 1/1
Lesser Scaup – Maffitt – 1/1
Surf Scoter – Gray’s Lake – 3/24
White-winged Scoter – Storm Lake – 3/30
Bufflehead – Storm Lake – 3/1
Common Goldeneye – Maffitt – 1/1
Hooded Merganser – Maffitt – 2/26
Common Merganser – Maffitt – 1/1
Red-breasted Merganser – Maffitt – 3/13
Ruddy Duck – Maffitt – 3/5
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Kiowa Marsh (Sac Co) – 6/22
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Northern Bobwhite – Auburn – 5/5
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Gray Partridge – Rippey – 4/3
Ring-necked Pheasant – Dunbar – 1/2
Wild Turkey – Vogel’s Access (Sac Co.) – 1/27
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Pied-billed Grebe – Kiowa Marsh – 3/18
Horned Grebe – Gray’s Lake – 3/31
Eared Grebe – Jefferson – 4/20
Western Grebe – Bay’s Branch – 5/10
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Rock Pigeon – Urbandale – 1/2
Eurasian Collared-Dove – Rippey – 1/1
Mourning Dove – Walnut Woods – 1/2
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo – Delaney’s Cabin – 5/11
Black-billed Cuckoo – South Twin Lake (Calhoun Co) – 8/8
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Common Nighthawk – Water Works Park (DSM) – 5/7
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Chimney Swift – Whiterock Cons – 4/29
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird – Rippey – 5/2
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Yellow Rail – Bay’s Branch – 5/5
Virginia Rail – Dunbar Slough – 4/29
Sora – Dunbar Slough – 4/29
Common Gallinule – Kiowa Marsh – 5/2
American Coot – Maffitt – 3/5
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Sandhill Crane – Little Storm Lake – 3/4
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American Avocet – Little Storm Lake – 4/14
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Black-bellied Plover – Storm Lake – 5/23
American Golden-Plover – Dunbar Slough - 4/30
Semipalmated Plover – Hwy 6 W of Waukee – 4/25
Piping Plover – Storm Lake – 8/6
Killdeer – Rippey – 1/12
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Upland Sandpiper – E of Dallas Center – 4/25
Whimbrel – Storm Lake – 5/22
Hudsonian Godwit – Little Storm Lake – 4/13
Marbled Godwit – Green Acres Sod Farm ( SE of Dallas Ctr) – 4/20
Ruddy Turnstone – Storm Lake – 5/13
Stilt Sandpiper – Bagley – 5/15
Sanderling – Bagley – 5/1
Dunlin – Raccoon River Park – 4/4
Baird’s Sandpiper – Storm Lake – 8/6
Least Sandpiper – Storm Lake – 4/29
White-rumped Sandpiper – Storm Lake – 5/15
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – S Twin Lake (Calhoun Co) – 8/27
Pectoral Sandpiper – Bay’s Branch – 4/10
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Storm Lake – 4/26
Western Sandpiper – Swan Lake – 5/17
Short-billed Dowitcher – Bagley – 5/1
Long-billed Dowitcher – Green Acres Sod Farm – 4/23
American Woodcock – Delaney’s Prairie – 3/20
Solitary Sandpiper – Dunbar Slough – 4/26
Wilson’s Snipe – Marsh Farm Wetland – 3/21
Spotted Sandpiper – Black Hawk Marsh – 4/20
Lesser Yellowlegs – Bay’s Branch – 4/10
Willet – Little Storm Lake – 4/17
Greater Yellowlegs – Little Storm Lake – 3/21
Wilson’s Phalarope – Beaver Lake (N of Dexter) – 4/20
Red-necked Phalarope – Kiowa Marsh – 5/22
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Bonaparte’s Gull – Beaver Lake – 4/20
Franklin’s Gull – Little Storm Lake – 3/21
Ring-billed Gull – Storm Lake – 2/20
Herring Gull – Storm Lake – 3/6
Iceland Gull – Storm Lake – 3/6
Lesser Black-backed Gull – Storm Lake – 3/29
Least Tern – Little Storm Lake – 8/3
Caspian Tern – Storm Lake – 4/27
Black Tern – Little Storm Lake – 5/9
Common Tern – Storm Lake – 5/16
Forster’s Tern – Storm Lake – 4/21
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Common Loon – Maffitt – 3/21
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Double-crested Cormorant – Gray’s Lake – 3/16
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American White Pelican – Maffitt – 3/21
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American Bittern – Little Storm Lake – 4/20
Least Bittern – Kiowa Marsh – 5/22
Great Blue Heron – Rippey – 3/14
Great Egret – Dunbar Slough – 4/16
Cattle Egret – Jefferson – 4/12
Green Heron – Little Storm Lake – 5/2
Black-crowned Night-Heron – Little Storm Lake – 5/21
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White-faced Ibis – Little Storm Lake – 4/11
Glossy Ibis (casual sp.) – Dunbar Slough – 5/1
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Limpkin (accidental species---only 2nd time seen in state) – Little Storm Lake – 7/16
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Turkey Vulture – Minburn – 1/9
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Osprey – SE 35th & Army Post Rd (WDM) – 3/24
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Mississippi Kite – 26th & Ashworth (WDM) – 5/9
Bald Eagle – Maffitt – 1/1
Northern Harrier – Dunbar – 1/2
Sharp-shinned Hawk – Dunbar – 1/2
Cooper’s Hawk – Dunbar – 1/2
Red-shouldered Hawk – Swan Lake – 1/20
Broad-winged Hawk – Little Storm Lake – 4/22
Swainson’s Hawk – Little Storm Lake – 4/5
Red-tailed Hawk – Glendale – 1/2
Rough-legged Hawk – Dunbar – 1/2
Ferruginous Hawk – Sac County W of Black Hawk Marsh – 2/19
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Eastern Screech-Owl – Scranton – 1/2
Great Horned Owl – Glendale – 1/2
Barred Owl – W of Jefferson – 1/2
Short-eared Owl – S of Brenton Arboretum – 1/2
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Belted Kingfisher – W of Jefferson – 1/2
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Red-headed Woodpecker – Rippey – 4/29
Red-bellied Woodpecker – Rippey – 1/1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – Kuehn – 1/9
Downy Woodpecker – Rippey – 1/1
Hairy Woodpecker – Rippey – 1/1
Northern Flicker – W of Jefferson – 1/2
Pileated Woodpecker – W of Jefferson – 1/2
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American Kestrel – Dunbar – 1/4
Merlin – Glendale Cem – 1/2
Peregrine Falcon – 601 6th Ave (DSM) – 3/17
Prairie Falcon – Newell (Buena Vista Co) – 2/9
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Olive-sided Flycatcher – Whiterock Cons – 5/14
Eastern Wood-Pewee – Ashworth Park – 5/6
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher – Springbrook SP – 5/21
Acadian Flycatcher – Ashworth Park – 5/12
Alder Flycatcher – Brenton Arboretum – 5/15
Willow Flycatcher – Raccoon River Park – 5/9
Least Flycatcher – Swan Lake – 5/1
Eastern Phoebe – Purple Martin Lake – 3/21
Great Crested Flycatcher – Whiterock Conservancy – 4/29
Western Kingbird – S of downtown DSM – 5/7
Eastern Kingbird – Whiterock Conservancy – 4/29
Say’s Phoebe (Casual Sp.) – Walnut Woods Drive – 4/27
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Loggerhead Shrike – Glidden – 4/30
Northern Shrike – Lake City (Calhoun Co) – 1/21
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White-eyed Vireo – Brenton Arboretum – 5/3
Bell’s Vireo – Purple Martin Lake – 5/15
Yellow-throated Vireo – Walnut Woods – 4/28
Blue-headed Vireo – Swan Lake – 4/30
Philadelphia Vireo – 29th & Locust (WDM) – 5/10
Warbling Vireo – Swan Lake – 4/30
Red-eyed Vireo – Raccoon River Park – 5/2
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Blue Jay – Rippey – 1/1
American Crow – Jefferson – 1/1
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Horned Lark – Dunbar – 1/2
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Purple Martin – Purple Martin Lake – 3/30
Tree Swallow – Purple Martin Lake – 3/21
Northern Rough-winged Swallow – Purple Martin Lake – 4/10
Bank Swallow – Gray’s Lake – 4/27
Cliff Swallow – Riverside Park Drive Bridge (DSM) – 4/23
Barn Swallow – Purple Martin Lake – 4/10
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Black-capped Chickadee – Rippey – 1/1
Tufted Titmouse – Walnut Woods – 1/2
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Red-breasted Nuthatch – Maffitt Res. – 1/31
White-breasted Nuthatch – Rippey – 1/1
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Brown Creeper – Walnut Woods – 1/8
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House Wren – Rippey – 4/22
Winter Wren – N Walnut Creek (Windsor Hts) – 1/17
Sedge Wren – Dunbar Slough – 4/29
Marsh Wren – Little Storm Lake – 4/15
Carolina Wren – Clive Greenbelt – 1/10
Bewick’s Wren – W of DeSoto – 5/4
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – Ashworth Park (DSM) – 4/18
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Golden-crowned Kinglet – Raccoon River Park – 3/29
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Little Storm Lake – 3/31
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Eastern Bluebird – Glendale Cem – 1/2
Veery – Ashworth Park – 5/7
Gray-cheeked Thrush – Swan Lake – 4/30
Swainson’s Thrush – Swan Lake – 5/1
Hermit Thrush – Glendale Cem – 3/31
Wood Thrush – Ashworth Park – 5/2
American Robin – Kuehn – 1/9
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Gray Catbird – Kuehn CA – 4/26
Brown Thrasher – E of Wall Lake (Sac Co) – 4/11
Northern Mockingbird – Glidden – 5/13
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European Starling – Rippey – 1/1
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Cedar Waxwing – Walnut Woods – 1/8
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House Sparrow – Rippey – 1/1
Eurasian Tree Sparrow – Rippey – 4/10
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American Pipit – Hwy 6 W of Waukee – 4/25
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House Finch – Rippey – 1/1
Purple Finch – Rippey – 4/2
Common Redpoll – Forest Park (Perry) – 1/17
Pine Siskin – N Walnut Creek (Windsor Hts) – 1/17
American Goldfinch – Rippey – 1/1
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Lapland Longspur – S of Brenton Arboretum – 1/2
Snow Bunting – Newell (Buena Vista Co.) – 1/15
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Spotted Towhee – Kuehn CA – 4/27
Eastern Towhee – Kuehn CA – 4/1
American Tree Sparrow – Dunbar – 1/2
Chipping Sparrow – WDM – 1/16
Clay-colored Sparrow – Walnut Woods – 4/28
Field Sparrow – Hanging Rock – 3/28
Vesper Sparrow – S of Lanesboro (NE Carroll Co) – 4/6
Lark Sparrow – Green Acres Sod Farm (SE of Dallas Center) – 4/22
Savannah Sparrow – Beaver Lake (N of Dexter) – 4/2
Grasshopper Sparrow – Bay’s Branch – 4/29
Henslow’s Sparrow – Dunbar Slough – 7/27
LeConte’s Sparrow – Little Storm Lake – 4/20
Nelson’s Sparrow – Little Storm Lake – 5/26
Fox Sparrow – Clive Greenbelt – 1/21
Song Sparrow – DM Water Works – 1/10
Lincoln’s Sparrow – Rippey – 4/8
Swamp Sparrow – Kiowa Marsh (Sac Co) – 4/2
White-throated Sparrow – Walnut Woods – 1/8
Harris’s Sparrow – Little Storm Lake – 1/17
White-crowned Sparrow – Walnut Woods – 2/26
Dark-eyed Junco – Rippey – 1/1
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Yellow-headed Blackbird – Kiowa Marsh – 4/11
Bobolink – Dunbar Slough – 4/29
Eastern Meadowlark – Brenton Arboretum – 3/6
Western Meadowlark – Marsh Farm Wetland – 2/28
Orchard Oriole – Brenton Arboretum – 5/7
Baltimore Oriole – Clive Greenbelt – 4/23
Red-winged Blackbird – DM Water Works – 1/10
Brown-headed Cowbird – Walnut Woods – 3/13
Rusty Blackbird – Dallas Center – 1/17
Brewer’s Blackbird – Brenton Arboretum – 4/3
Common Grackle – DM Water Works – 1/10
Great-tailed Grackle – Kiowa Marsh – 3/27
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Ovenbird – Kuehn CA – 5/2
Worm-eating Warbler – 5/13
Louisiana Waterthrush – Ashworth Park – 5/2
Northern Waterthrush – Ashworth Park – 4/25
Golden-winged Warbler – Brown’s Woods – 5/8
Blue-winged Warbler – Kuehn CA – 5/8
Black-and-white Warbler – Hobbs CA (Carroll Co) – 4/28
Tennessee Warbler – Raccoon River Park – 5/2
Orange-crowned Warbler – Ashworth Park – 4/25
Nashville Warbler – Water Works Park (DSM) – 4/28
Mourning Warbler – Ashworth Park – 5/5
Kentucky Warbler – Ashworth Park – 5/3
Common Yellowthroat – Kuehn CA – 4/26
American Redstart – Black Hawk Marsh – 5/1
Cape May Warbler – Brown’s Woods – 5/8
Cerulean Warbler – Ashworth Park – 4/28
Northern Parula – Walnut Woods – 4/24
Magnolia Warbler – Delaney’s Cabin – 5/8
Bay-breasted Warbler – Whiterock Cons – 5/14
Blackburnian Warbler – Dickson Timber (Carroll Co) – John Bissell
Yellow Warbler – Swan Lake – 4/30
Chestnut-sided Warbler – Purple Martin Lake – 5/8
Blackpoll Warbler – Ashworth Park – 5/3
Palm Warbler – Hobbs CA (Carroll Co) – 4/26
Pine Warbler – Walnut Woods Drive – 4/28
Yellow-rumped Warbler – Redfield – 1/29
Yellow-throated Warbler – Ashworth Park – 4/25
Black-throated Green Warbler – Swan Lake – 4/30
Canada Warbler – Raccoon River Park – 5/9
Wilson’s Warbler – Brown’s Woods – 5/8
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Summer Tanager – Greenwood Park – 5/4
Scarlet Tanager – Purple Martin Lake – 5/8
Northern Cardinal – Rippey – 1/1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak – Clive Greenbelt – 4/27
Blue Grosbeak – Little Storm Lake – 6/25
Indigo Bunting – Ashworth Park – 5/7
Dickcissel – Dunbar Slough – 4/30
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Mandarin Duck (exotic sp.) – Maffitt – 1/4