IBA Species Data for Bays Branch Wildlife Area

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 Cuckoo7/24/20051PO-H
Common Gallinule9/28/20224  CHECKLIST
Common Gallinule9/4/20185  2 adults with 3 young
Common Gallinule6/24/20182  Photos. Breeding Code: P Pair in Suitable Habitat CHECKLIST
Common Gallinule9/1/20172  both immatures
Common Gallinule5/4/20141 
American Woodcock5/5/20224  CHECKLIST
Least Tern7/8/20081  1 adult
Black Tern8/15/202432  Possibly more than counted.
Black Tern5/24/20232  CHECKLIST
Black Tern5/10/202275 
Black Tern9/6/20191 
Black Tern9/5/20163 
Black Tern8/13/20167  CHECKLIST
Black Tern5/14/201464 
Forster's Tern10/24/20221  CHECKLIST
Forster's Tern5/5/20222  CHECKLIST
Forster's Tern5/5/202210  CHECKLIST
Forster's Tern8/11/20181 
Forster's Tern8/13/20163  CHECKLIST
Forster's Tern5/14/20141 
American Bittern5/10/20221 
American Bittern5/5/20221  CHECKLIST
American Bittern5/5/20221  CHECKLIST
American Bittern5/1/20211 
American Bittern11/13/20151  Scott Rolfes fide SJD
American Bittern6/21/2012 PO-H
Least Bittern7/7/20191  CHECKLIST
Black-crowned Night Heron4/27/20172 
Northern Harrier1/22/20251  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier1/22/20251  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier9/28/20221  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier5/10/20221 
Northern Harrier9/9/20211 
Bald Eagle4/8/20231  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle10/24/20222  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/5/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle7/31/2010 PO-H
Bald Eagle11/22/20003 
Bald Eagle12/9/19981 
Broad-winged Hawk9/26/200616  Small kettle headed south
Long-eared Owl12/14/20171 
Long-eared Owl1/26/20133 
Long-eared Owl12/18/20123 
Long-eared Owl12/22/19988 
Short-eared Owl1/22/20251  CHECKLIST
Short-eared Owl1/22/20251  CHECKLIST
Short-eared Owl12/14/20171 
Short-eared Owl12/18/20071  On Jamaica CBC
Peregrine Falcon4/13/20131 
Peregrine Falcon5/6/20111  1 adult
Peregrine Falcon4/30/20111 
Loggerhead Shrike4/30/20181 
Loggerhead Shrike3/17/20111 
Loggerhead Shrike7/24/20053PO-H
Wood Thrush6/21/2012 PR-A
Grasshopper Sparrow5/20/20221  CHECKLIST
Grasshopper Sparrow5/5/20224  CHECKLIST
Grasshopper Sparrow6/17/2011 PR-M
Grasshopper Sparrow6/7/2011 PO-X
Grasshopper Sparrow6/22/2010 PO-X
Henslow's Sparrow10/2/20201  good looks at a perched bird
Henslow's Sparrow6/24/20182  CHECKLIST
Bobolink7/17/20241  CHECKLIST
Bobolink5/26/202314  CHECKLIST
Bobolink5/24/20233  CHECKLIST
Bobolink5/5/20221  CHECKLIST
Bobolink8/29/20171  CHECKLIST
Bobolink6/17/2011 PR-P
Bobolink6/7/2011 PO-X
Bobolink6/22/2010 PO-X

Species Concentrations

Species Name/GroupDateNumberComments
Pied-billed Grebe9/29/202288
Pied-billed Grebe9/26/202059
Pied-billed Grebe8/29/201756
Pied-billed Grebe8/13/201656
Shorebirds4/12/2012825
Shorebirds5/6/2011836
Waterfowl12/14/20172,650
Waterfowl3/7/20111,750
Waterfowl11/29/20061,630
Waterfowl12/18/20025,000
Waterfowl11/28/20016,500
Waterfowl11/22/200027,000
Waterfowl12/9/199910,000
Waterfowl11/11/199811,060
Iowa Audubon

Birds of Iowa

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

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