IBA Species Data for Hardin County Greenbelt-Alden to Union/Pine Lake State Park

These two tables show the data collected on criteria species and species concentrations as defined by the IBA technical committee. The data comes from the original IBA data collection process, Iowa Seasonal Field Reports, and the recent Breeding Bird Atlas project (2008-2012).

Criteria Species

SpeciesDateNumberBreeding StatusComments
Black-billed Cuckoo5/31/20131 
Black-billed Cuckoo5/17/20051 
Forster's Tern8/20/20223  CHECKLIST
Black-crowned Night Heron4/27/20031 
Bald Eagle5/25/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/24/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/5/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle11/1/20242  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle9/22/20241  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle6/30/20241  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/12/20231  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle4/16/20231  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle3/24/20232  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle10/9/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle8/20/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle2/20/20223  Erica Place (eBird)
Bald Eagle2/12/20102OB-O
Red-shouldered Hawk10/19/20121 
Red-shouldered Hawk10/9/20121 
Red-shouldered Hawk8/31/20122 
Red-shouldered Hawk8/24/20121 
Red-shouldered Hawk3/11/20111 
Red-shouldered Hawk3/12/20101 
Red-shouldered Hawk11/4/20051 
Red-shouldered Hawk2/6/20011 
Red-shouldered Hawk3/2/19981 
Broad-winged Hawk5/25/20251  CHECKLIST
Broad-winged Hawk8/23/20242  CHECKLIST
Broad-winged Hawk4/24/20201 
Broad-winged Hawk4/19/20051 
Pileated Woodpecker5/25/20251  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker11/17/20241  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker11/1/20242  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker10/12/20242  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker8/10/20241  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker8/10/20242  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker5/12/20231  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker10/9/20221  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker7/3/20221  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker5/28/20221  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker5/22/20221  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker1/13/20221  Mark Proescholdt (eBird)
Pileated Woodpecker5/18/20162 
Pileated Woodpecker8/14/20141 
Pileated Woodpecker5/1/20141 
Pileated Woodpecker10/1/20131 
Pileated Woodpecker11/2/20121 
Pileated Woodpecker9/28/20121 
Pileated Woodpecker9/18/20121 
Pileated Woodpecker9/4/20121 
Pileated Woodpecker8/31/20121 
Pileated Woodpecker4/13/20121 
Pileated Woodpecker9/23/20111 
Pileated Woodpecker8/31/20101 
Pileated Woodpecker5/28/20101 
Pileated Woodpecker10/12/20071 
Pileated Woodpecker9/1/20061 
Pileated Woodpecker7/11/20061PO-H although this species has recently been reported from other major rivers in north-central Iowa, the greenbelt still may be the northern extent of its range along the Iowa River
Pileated Woodpecker5/4/20051PO-H
Pileated Woodpecker5/4/20051PO-H heard and seen
White-eyed Vireo5/15/20101 
White-eyed Vireo9/3/20081 
White-eyed Vireo5/14/20071 
White-eyed Vireo5/18/20041 
White-eyed Vireo5/16/20031 
Loggerhead Shrike7/4/2008 PO-H
Wood Thrush8/10/20241  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush7/5/20242  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush6/7/20241  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush7/9/20231  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush6/19/20231  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush6/18/20231  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush6/17/20231  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush5/11/20231  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush7/3/20221  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush6/19/20221  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush5/28/20221  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush7/11/20062PO-X singing males
Wood Thrush7/11/20064PO-X singing males
Wood Thrush6/5/20053PO-X
Wood Thrush6/5/20053PO-X 2 singing, 1 other seen
Grasshopper Sparrow7/15/2010 PR-T
Grasshopper Sparrow7/9/2010 PO-X
Grasshopper Sparrow6/14/2009 PO-X
Henslow's Sparrow6/3/20052 
Yellow-breasted Chat6/14/2009 PO-X
Bobolink7/9/2010 PR-P
Bobolink6/14/2009 PO-X
Bobolink6/2/20062PO-H
Bobolink6/3/20051 
Kentucky Warbler5/9/20061 
Cerulean Warbler5/31/20191  Heard and seen.
Cerulean Warbler5/27/20111 
Cerulean Warbler6/2/20061PO-H
Cerulean Warbler5/27/20061 

Species Concentrations

No records found
Iowa Audubon

Birds of Iowa

  • Yellow-breasted Chat
    © Doug Harr
  • Hermit Thrush
    © Doug Harr
  • Indigo Bunting
    © Doug Harr
  • Ring-billed Gull
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  • White-breasted Nuthatch
    © Doug Harr
  • American Bittern
    © Doug Harr
  • Blue-winged Teal
    © Doug Harr
  • Great Blue Heron
    © Doug Harr
  • Pied-billed Grebe
    © Doug Harr
  • Eastern Kingbird
    © Doug Harr
  • House Finch
    © Doug Harr
  • Cedar Waxwing
    © Doug Harr
  • Song Sparrow
    © Doug Harr
  • Winter Wren
    © Doug Harr
  • Scarlet Tanager
    © Doug Harr
  • Broad-winged Hawk
    © Doug Harr
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
    © Doug Harr
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
    © Doug Harr
  • Barred Owl
    © Doug Harr
  • American Goldfinch
    © Doug Harr
  • Belted Kingfisher
    © Doug Harr
  • Downy Woodpecker
    © Doug Harr
  • Turkey Vulture
    © Doug Harr
  • Northern Pintail
    © Doug Harr
  • American Redstart
    © Doug Harr
  • American White Pelican
    © Doug Harr
  • Black-billed Magpie
    © Doug Harr
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
    © Doug Harr
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
    © Doug Harr
  • Tree Swallow
    © Doug Harr
  • Lesser Scaup
    © Doug Harr
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    © Doug Harr
  • Merlin
    © Doug Harr
  • Lark Sparrow
    © Doug Harr
  • Mississippi Kite
    © Doug Harr
  • Common Nighthawk
    © Doug Harr
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
    © Doug Harr
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
    © Doug Harr
  • Tufted Titmouse
    © Doug Harr
  • Fox Sparrow
    © Doug Harr
  • Sora
    © Doug Harr
  • Eastern Bluebird
    © Doug Harr
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
    © Doug Harr
  • Least Sandpiper
    © Doug Harr
  • Western Meadowlark
    © Doug Harr
  • Dickcissel
    © Doug Harr
  • Trumpeter Swan
    © Doug Harr
  • Pine Warbler
    © Doug Harr
  • Gray Partridge
    © Doug Harr
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
    © Doug Harr
  • Northern House Wren
    © Doug Harr
  • Northern Shoveler
    © Doug Harr
  • Mourning Dove
    © Doug Harr
  • Yellow Warbler
    © Doug Harr
  • Common Yellowthroat
    © Doug Harr
  • Common Gallinule
    © Doug Harr
  • Eastern Towhee
    © Doug Harr
  • Blue Jay
    © Doug Harr
  • Northern Cardinal
    © Doug Harr
  • Prairie Warbler
    © Doug Harr
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
    © Doug Harr
  • Red-eyed Vireo
    © Doug Harr
  • Pine Siskin
    © Doug Harr

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