Indiana Audubon Society's
Indiana Bird Records Committee (IBRC)

 

IBRC Bird Record Decisions - 2008

The Indiana Bird Records Committee is providing summary results for records from 2008 to better communicate with birders.  Complete details of the records will continue to be published at least annually in the Indiana Audubon Quarterly, a publication received by Indiana Audubon members.  The results shown below do not reflect records still in circulation.

Species IBRC Record Number Location Date IBRC Decision
King Eider 1620-KIEI-010-LAKE2006 Miller Beach, Lake Co. 20 Nov 2006 Not accept; accept as eider sp.
White-faced Ibis 1870-WFIB-008-MARI-2007 Indianapolis, Marion Co. 20 Nov 2007 Accept

Prairie Falcon

3550-PRFA-004-SULL2006

Hawthorn Mine, Sullivan Co.

16 Dec 2006 - early 2007

Accept; first verified record

Yellow Rail 2150-YERA007-GREE2007 Goose Pond FWA, Greene Co. 6 Nov 2007 Accept
Red Knot 2340-REKN-004-GIBS2007 Gibson Power Plant, Gibson Co. 3 Sept 2007 Accept
Red Knot 2340-REKN--05-PORT2007 Portage, Porter Co. 1 Oct 2007 Accept
Great Black-backed Gull 0470-GBBG-002-SPEN2007 Rockport, Spencer Co. 4 Sept 2007 Accept
Least Tern 0740-LETE-005-LAKE2007 Lake Street Beach, Lake Co. 23 Aug 2007 Accept
Long-tailed Jaeger 0458-LTJA-022-LAKE2007 Marquette Beach, Lake Co. 15 Sept 2007 Accept
Bewick's Wren 7190-BEWR-002-MONT2007 Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co. 29 Sept 2007 Not accept
Varied Thrush 7630-VATH-012-BOON2007 Zionsville, Boone Co. 15 Dec 2007 Accept
Bohemian Waxwing 6180-BOWA-001-PORT2007 Dunes State Park, Porter Co. 24 Nov 2007 Not accept
Audubon's Oriole 5030-AUOR-001-JEFF2007 Canann, Jefferson Co. 24 Jan - 15 Feb 2007 Origin Hypothetical
Hoary Redpoll 5270-HORE-004-PORT2007 Dune State Park, Porter Co. 5-6 Dec 2007 Accept