Indiana "Review List" species - photo records of rare and accidental Indiana birds

White-tailed Kite (adult)

Some of these shots are of low quality, but are included for the purpose of documentation.

Pacific Loon (juvenile) - State Line Power Plant, Lake County, Indiana - January 14, 2012

Fulvous Whistling-duck - Grand Kankakee Marsh, Hebron, Indiana - June 8, 2002

Black-bellied Whistling-duck - Celery Bog, West Lafayette, Indiana - August 4, 2007

Mottled Duck - Willow Slough FWA, Newton County, Indiana - June 2, 2024

Brant (juvenile) - Hammond, Lake County, Indiana - September 17, 2016

Cinnamon Teal - LaPorte, Indiana - April 9, 2006

King Eider (female) - Jeorse Park, E. Chicago, Indiana - January, 1998

Brown Pelican - Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, Indiana - June 17, 2004

Brown Pelican - Miller Beach, Miller, Indiana - August 12, 2004

Brown Booby - Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, Indiana - June 24, 2024

Neotropic Cormorant - State Line Power Plant, Lake County, Indiana - April 26, 2012

Magnificent Frigatebird (adult male in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - September 27, 2008

Reddish Egret - Miller Beach, Miller, Indiana - September 9, 2006

Roseate Spoonbill - Goose Pond, Linton, Indiana - June 2, 2009

Glossy Ibis - Grant Street Wetland, Lake County, Indiana - May 30, 2015

White-faced Ibis - Kankakee Sands TNC, Indiana - May 25, 2002

White-faced Ibis - Goose Pond FWA, Indiana - May 2, 2013

White-tailed Kite - Reynold's Creek, Porter County, Indiana - May 19, 2018

Swallow-tailed Kite - Michigan City, Indiana - August 19, 2004

Prairie Falcon - Sommerville Mine, Gibson County, Indiana - February 8, 2014

Yellow Rail (dead) - Hammond Bird Sanctuary, Lake County, Indiana - October 6, 2012

Limpkin - LaPorte County, Indiana - December 16, 2023

Limpkin - Lagrange County, Indiana - January 1, 2024

Purple Gallinule - Boone County, Indiana - April 26, 2007

Purple Gallinule - LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana - May 29, 2010

Common Crane - Demotte Fields, Newton County, Indiana - March 10, 2021

Hooded Crane - Goose Pond, Linton, Indiana - February 11, 2012

Wandering Tattler - Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana - July 20, 2017

Red-necked Stint - Wakarusa Waste Water Ponds, Wakarusa, Indiana - May 23, 2007

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Wakarusa Waste Water Ponds, Wakarusa, Indiana - September 25, 2003

Curlew Sandpiper (breeding plumage) - Wakarusa Waste Water Ponds, Wakarusa, Indiana - May 22, 2007

Ruff (white morph) - Grand Kankakee Marsh, Hebron, Indiana - May 25, 2002

Ruff (black morph) - Kingsbury FWA, La Porte County, Indiana - May 17, 2016

Pomarine Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November 4, 2010

Pomarine Jaeger (juvenile) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December 18, 2010

Pomarine Jaeger (juvenile) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December 18, 2010

Pomarine Jaeger (juveniles) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October 31, 2014

Pomarine Jaeger (juveniles) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November 26, 2018

Long-tailed Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October 28, 2006

Long-tailed Jaeger (sub-adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September 6, 2014

Long-tailed Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - August 21, 2018

Long-tailed Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September 7, 2024 and September 6, 2018

Short-billed Gull (adult) - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - March 29, 1996

Short-billed (winter adult) - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - December 14, 1996

California Gull (winter adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November 15, 2008

California Gull (winter adult) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - November 17, 2008

California Gull (summer adult) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - August 31, 2016

Slaty-backed Gull (adult) - Port of Indiana, Porter County, Indiana - February 20, 2016

Slaty-backed Gull (adult) - Elkhart County Landfill, Indiana - January 26, 2023

Royal Tern - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - June 29, 1996

Arctic Tern (adult) - Miller Beach, Indiana - August 11, 2005

Arctic Tern (adult) - Miller Beach, Indiana - August 13, 2005

Black Skimmer - Wolf Lake, Hammond, Indiana - October 10, 2004

White-winged Dove - Whiting, IN - April 25, 2004

Common Ground-Dove - Ewing Bottoms, Jackson County, Indiana - December 7, 2015

Black-chinned Hummingbird (female) - Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana - December, 2006

Calliope Hummingbird (female or immature) - Jennings County, Indiana - December, 2011

Anna's Hummingbird (male) - Lake County, Indiana - November, 2020 and January, 2021

Western Wood-Pewee - Griffith, Lake County, Indiana - July 6, 2011

Say's Phoebe - Vigo County, Indiana - December, 2011

Vermilion Flycatcher (female) - Forsythe Park, Hammond, Indiana - October 11, 1997

Western Kingbird - Kingsbury FWA, Kingsbury, Indiana - June, 1996

Western Kingbird - Valparaiso, Indiana - September 9, 2001

Western Kingbird - Pulaski County, Indiana - June 9, 2007

Western Kingbird - Grant Street Wetland, Lake County, Indiana - May 30, 2015

Great Kiskadee - Noble County, Indiana - December 20, 2018

Gray Kingbird - Southeast LaPorte County, Indiana - November 5, 2005

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Mulberry, Indiana - September 12, 2004

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Elkhart County, Indiana - June 4, 2010

Fork-tailed Flycatcher - Near Lick Creek, Hubble, Owen County, Indiana - May 31, 2008

Rock Wren - Miller Farm, Howe, Lagrange County, Indiana - May 16, 2013

Townsend's Solitaire (immature) - West Beach Pinery, Ogden Dunes, Indiana - November 25, 1995

Townsend's Solitaire (adults) - Indiana Dunes State Park, Porter County, Indiana - November 25, 2007

Townsend's Solitaire (adult) - West Beach, Porter County, Indiana - October 31, 2009

Townsend's Solitaire (adult) - East Pinery, Ogden Dunes, Indiana - November 10, 2012

Townsend's Solitaire (adult) - West Beach, Porter County, Indiana - November 24, 2015

Townsend's Solitaire (adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October 25, 2020

Bohemian Waxwing - West Beach, Porter County, Indiana - November 16, 1997

Bohemian Waxwing - East Pinery, Ogden Dunes, Indiana - November 17, 2012

Bohemian Waxwing - Indiana Dunes Nat. Lakeshore Headquarters, Porter County, Indiana - December 1, 2012

Kirtland's Warbler (female) - Whiting Park, Lake County, Indiana - May 17, 2016

Western Tanager (male) - New Castle, Indiana - May 4, 1996

Western Tanager (male) - Chesterton, Indiana - May 3, 2008

Green-tailed Towhee - New Albany, Indiana - December 13, 2003

Spotted Towhee (female) - Ogden Dunes, Porter County, Indiana - January, 2009

Spotted Towhee (male) - Beverly Shores, Porter County, Indiana - January 19, 2021

Lark Bunting (male) - Millersburg, LaGrange County, Indiana - April 23, 2020

Golden-crowned Sparrow (adult) - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana - April 18, 2017

Black-headed Grosbeak - West Lafayette, Indiana - December 26, 1998

Bullock's Oriole - Austin, Scott County, Indiana - February 18, 2007

Hoary Redpoll - Indiana Dunes State Park, Porter County, Indiana - December 8, 2012

Hoary Redpoll - Indiana Dunes State Park, Porter County, Indiana - January 6, 2013

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