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 Woodpecker6/16/20251  CHECKLIST
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 Thrush6/12/20253  CHECKLIST
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

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

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